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I was watching highlights on Ted Ginn jr. and in 2019 he had 30 rep and 14 yard average with 2 TDs. Not a big deal but having him on the field opened up Thomas on his routes in the tune of 378 rec in the 3 years his was in NO. Miller and Robinson are going to go nuts as he opens up the defense. Plus he can teach Mooney how to play in the NFL.

I think last year the D was in the nickel 67% of the time.

If you are considered one of the top 3 Defensive players in the league, and you only get single digit sacks, that would have to piss him off.

I think in passing situations they usually pull one of the lineman and just rush with 4. I might be wrong on that, but I know one set they do that on.

It doesnt really matter what we think, many people think Daniels should be playing center. Last year they put Whitehair their because they did not want 2 inexperienced players playing together with Daniels doing line calls. I think everything will come down to the new line coach, and since he mentioned Daniels , maybe that happens.

Today the group coaches were interviewed. A few notes: The new line coach was big on Ifedi and thought Daniels could be an all pro C. Daniels put on 10 lbs of muscle. Hopefully they put him at center and leave him there. The new TE coach was praising Shaheen, so predicting him gone maybe a little premature. We know Graham, Komet, Harris, are making it, so Holtz or Jasper may be out. I think Hotlz will play some FB so I think he makes it. No real backup at Y if Horsted isnt kept around.

He come out and said he was retiring because of all the injuries he had the last few years. He stated when he spoke out said they forced him to leave. They must have told him they were getting rid of him and then he retired.

I think he has missed games in all of the last 3 yrs. They tried to give him a chance the last two and he failed, not sure why he has a hard on for the coaches.Unless it has something to due with mishandling his injuries. I suspect making him redoing his contract has something to do with it.

Our defense is going to be awesome barring injuries. 'Fuller-EJac-Mack-Hicks-Quinn-Smith All potential All pros. Trevathan-Goldman-just a notch below and Johnson-Nichols potential stars. Might as well mention Skine-average. Where are teams going to attack us? Skine and Johnson? Run at Quinn? short quick throws to keep the rush off? Running the ball is going to be tough. This could be a 60 sack season. OK back to reality- 55 sacks.

I seen a stat that last yr, Smith had a 3.4 miss tackle rate and Trevathan had a 4.1. Smith was 8th and Trevathan was 10th. That's 2 in the top 10 in the league. Bold very well to be #1 D in the league.

Seen an article in BearsWire that predicted 3 bold statistics : Kmet will be up for rookie of the year with 70 recs-850 yds Montgomery will total 1500 yds Miller along with Robinson will each reach 1000 yds. I think Montgomery is close but Kmet will be closer to 40-450, Miller will be closer to 62- 740.

MT did a group meeting today and he sounded like he's got the right attitude going into the season. He's going to quit trying to be perfect and just go for it to be the starter

I seen an article that stated , if you could choose a player from another NFL North team that you could add to the roster , who would it be? I would say other than Rodgers. Even thou he's getting older, I would sat "David Bhacatara OT( I know I didnt spell that right)

I seen an article where Germain Ifedi has been working out with Jake Matthews and hall of famer Bruce Matthews In Georgia. As soon as the season ended he hooked up with the Matthews, so it seems to be very dedicated to be getting better.

As a retired Bears fan, I pretty well read anything I can about the team. Listen to podcasts, some good, many bad, and its amazing how stupid some of the subjects they write about. If I was a Bears writer, I would limit to viable information to write about. Their is articles suggesting possible trades for Jamal Adams (because his team might trade him) sign Devonte Freeman (he isnt signed yet although he turned down a 3.5 mil a year contract because he wants more money) trade to MT to NE for a second round pick (not going to happen). I get its hard to find subject matter to write about but some is just fantasy.

I read an article on Sports Mockery with the suggestion that next year we could let go of Fuller. The opinion was based on his cap hit and the fact that if they do not have fans in the stands this year the cap number will go down by 12 mil instead of going up. We would save 11 mil against the cap if we would let him go next year. So if we have to cut some of our star players, who would go first? We have 28 players that would go into free agency and 11 players making over 9 mil a year. https://overthecap.com/salary-cap/chicago-bears/ Here is our 2021 cap hits. I think if we are successful this year, we would try to keep as many stars that is possible. If not then some big names would go.

I seen an article on projecting defensive stats for our defense. I think it was a sports mockery writer. Mack- 14.5 Quinn-- 9.5 Hicks -- 10 A total of 55 sacks on the year. Do you think this is realistic or not?

I agree the OL still has to produce and better play calling is a must but the point I was trying to make is I think the roster is better. We were 8-8 with a disaster of an offense and an injury infested defense. I'm trying to look at the upside on offense but the defense is going to be killer. I think Smith steps up to be all pro this year along with Hicks, Mack, Fuller and EJac. If we end up with 5 pro bowlers on D , that's a nasty thought.

Kinda of slow now but I think June will bring some minicamps that will get the ball rolling. Seen an article on BearsWire on changing of the guard. Old starters:( end of year) new starters Floyd---------Quinn Prince -----Johnson HaHa---------- Gibson Coward----- IFEDI, Bars Burton------ Graham- Komet Kwit--------- Trevathan MT----------- Foles Williams ----- Hicks Gabriel ( 3rd wr)---------- ? Ridley, Ginn, Wims Lynch ( 3rd edge) Gibson If you look at the old and new starters, you would have to say the new group is a great deal better. Also take in consideration of breakout players like Daniels, Miller, Smith, Montgomery playing better, you would have to say this is a playoff contender. If we just get average play out of the QB position, this is a very good team. The weakness is the OL but should improve. Massey being healthy, IFEDI better than Coward, Whitehair ( best OL), Daniels taking a step forward and Leno playing better. Better depth with Bars and Spriggs, Coward in a backup role.

He was an undrafted free agent that signed with the bears this year. I can't find any articles that show his age. Anyone know is age? Interesting prospect, 6-4 310 LG from Yale. Was an Olympic weightlifter from South Africa and started all 4 years at Yale. Also an all star rugby player. Watched some tape on him and every play he put someone on his back. He is addicted to watching film which should allow him to assimilate to the NFL quicker. He loves football, smart ( Yale degree) and hard worker. Sounds like player that could stick.

Mongo was right, it should be 8 teams , that would even the field better for e every team.

Last year the 2 teams that got In were Pitt and Rams . That would have been okay. Once a 7-9 team gets in , people will bad mouth it but if it's our team we will at least get to see 1 more game whether they're good or bad. As a fan I'm all in for more football. Definitely will be a better game than some of the trashy games that get on the schedule. We would have been in the running last year for the last spot and would have kept the hype up for our last few games. So i see it as being a good thing.

You can still be right having fun.

You said your done with this after you started slamming something I said when I was responding to lucky. Knowing that would trigger me . Then you said I get my panties in an uproar every time you post something. Apparently you're not capable of stopping this pettiness but I'm going to go against my nature and will stop here. Mongo made the point and he's right. So smart off all you want , I quit this stupidity.

Had he played all the games last year, I think he would have made the pro bowl. This year I think he takes another step forward with all the accolades. I also seen a story on the top 25 best teams from the SB over the last 50 years and the 1985 bears team was #1.