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Yeah - Consistency of the offense an issue. The good thing is, they have consistently ran the ball well. If they can keep that up and make it an identity of the unit, I expect we'll see the team start to capitalize on that more. There were some real costly drops by Miller (the TD and a separate 3rd down conversion). Not easy catches - but ones he knows he'd like to make. Robinson had a pretty soft game. Will be interesting to see how Mooney responds now that the league is probably getting some footage on him a bit. He's the only explosive wideout this squad has (not counting Ginn) - where he can literally take the top off of the defense.

I keep waiting for them to sign a veteran CB. Our depth at CB seems so thin and unproven. I hope Fuller holds up - this team can not afford an injury to him.

Agree - this is the right move. If the two were even close in training camp - you had to go with Mitch - if somehow he has broken through, it would be huge for the LT implications of the franchise. If he hasn't, you have a guy in Foles who has shown he can come in off the bench and we see if he can right the ship. Either way - if Foles plays most of the season, Bears are looking for a new QB next year. If Trubisky plays the whole year - than it is likely we are having an interesting conversation over the off-season (and a better one than the one we had this off-season). Lets hope Mitch takes a big step forward this year.

Hasn't yet sunk in yet that football is literally days away. Can't wait!

He is eligible to return in week 4 (I think) - Presume Santos will be kicking for us the 1st few weeks, unless they plan to sign someone else. Was interesting how they made all of these moves (cut Cairo but knowing Piniero was going to go on IR). Must have been a cap / flexibility reason for doing it the way they did.

This would be a very nice fit. Certainly a worthwhile depth piece with Goldman out.

I think it will be Trubisky - if for no other reason that you kind of know how Foles will respond as a backup. Further - it still is in the Bears long term interest for Mitch to work. If they were even close in competition, you got to go with the younger guy and that is even more important when you know the other has been a backup before (meaning you know he is better / more apt to accept it). Let Mitch role for a couple games - if it doesn't work, they'll make the move to Nick quick.

2-4 weeks is definitely better than what some had thought. That said - still a bummer given how crisp and quick he was supposedly looking in practice. Hopefully this ends up being on the shorter end of the recovery and he comes back healthy and hasn't lost that burst he picked up.

This was not a good trade for Seattle. They gave up way too much. I didn't like the Mack trade either, because I similarly thought I much. I just don't believe in trading that many 1st round picks unless you truly believe you are one step away. Seattle is better positioned to make that claim than the Bears were when they made the Mack move. However, I'm also going to state if there was a non QB who you give up that many picks for, it is for an edge rush like Mack.

And Bulls win 2nd bubble - getting surprise push into the NBA playoffs (commish was so impressed that he made a specific rule for them to be included) and Lavine and Mark look like the next Pippen/Jordan and win a shocking championship. DBDB bet $1 which turned into $100B in payout

That is a ton of money but he sure is fun to watch. Who knows, maybe Mitch has a good year, Bears sign him to a reasonable deal and he builds on that good year and ends up being great and one day we all look back and Mahomes was the better player, but Mitch got more rings? I can dream, right?

Isn't this just one of those - it didn't work with them, so while I might think they are solid, etc, too much bad blood for a regroup to happen today. My guess is, Long doesn't trust that if they did bring him back (and to be frank - they probably wouldn't want to anyway), he knows they aren't loyal to him, etc, and he could be right back on the outs again.

If they get creative, they could probably do Peters and Warford. Talk about a huge boost to the oline (and competition on the oline). That would depend on getting Robinson extended.

I think Bears will end up signing him.

If he absolutely crushes it you can always franchise him. At this point it seems like a no brainer to let him play this out and best case you negotiate with him during the season and/or franchise him (I say best case because if we are doing those things it means he has had a major bounce back and that would be fantastic). I'd still probably argue even with a bounce back I franchise him for one year, see how the following year goes and than pay him (if he has back to back productive seasons). It could cost the team money but at this point I think it is better than the risk of locking yourself in long-term to mediocrity.

This was another really nice pick. BUmmer that he had the surgery, but without those injuries, he is a 1st round pick (no doubt). And despite the injuries he played a lot in college. This was another really nice pick. I have knocked Pace for a lot of things, but I really like this 2nd round. I would have liked more picks and a trade down, but I think we got 2 long term starters and both picks have upside to be above average at their respective positions.

Do they trade a 5th and a future 4th for the Redskins LT? Not sure how they could make it work cap wise, but it would be intriguing (if he really goes for as little as a 3rd day pick).

Haha. Hopefully we find out they drafted 2 perennial pro bowlers at these positions. With Nagy;'s offense, Kmet is just going to open up so much. I'm not big on Graham, but having Graham, Robinson, and Kmet will be much better. Miller is going to have to step up (and Kmet is a rookie so we have to temper expectations no matter what...but I really think the Bears finally found one). They still need some speed at wideout...like big time they are lacking that. But the offense got a lot better this year, purely by the massive upgrades at TE. We need to hope the oline got a lot better via coaching/scheme enhancements (not as optimistic here but I hope it works out). I also think we should see improvements from Daniel and whitehair and I would hope a bounce back from Leno. No reason he struggled as much as he did last year.

I could see this guy being a perennial all pro TE. Just love this pick and the fit is also just fantastic. Finally we got a TE. Let's not hire Marta in a year and ship him off cause he doesn't fit the system haha. I don't know if people realized the fact he wasn't dedicated to football. I think with him now doing this full time, we'll see him get even better. Just such a nice athlete and a guy who can just be an absolute complete tight end. Despite his size, he looks and runs so fluid. Just a really nice athlete. LOVE IT.

Yes please. I actually kind of think we see the Bears potentially dangle a pick from next year to pick in the 4th or 5th this year. Could very well be for Eason.

My opinion - CB was the biggest need on the team. The teams #2 CB is a free agent out of the CFL (as it currently stands). If anything happened to Fuller, oh man, this team probably has the worst DB set in the league. Johnson is a good player and despite the surgery he played last season. I do agree, definitely a health concern though.

Kellen Davis had stone hands. He actually would have been a pretty solid TE if he could catch. Not near as athletic as Kmet (but he was a solid blocker and a physical specimen). Kmet has pretty good speed for his size. Much more fluid than Davis was and with better hands.

Completely agree Pix.

Plus Nagy's offense runs through the TE, so it is paramount to have one. I fully believe one of the biggest issues that plagued the Bears offense in 2020 was the fact that it had the worst TE production in the NFL (and to be frank - there wasn't a team even close to as bad as the Bears). I had read something that indicated Burton was one of the worst starting TE's (based upon advanced analytics) in like NFL history. Having Graham and a young guy who appears to have potential to be a complete TE would be really nice. Fact he can block and get out on routes and make plays is huge because Bears have struggled a ton with their predictability of certain personnel (in terms of telegraphing pass vs. run) and this will certainly help with that. No issue with the CB we took either. Position of need and nice value. I wonder if they bring back Prince at some point on a 1 yr deal too (to help with depth). Would love to find a wideout that fell later in this draft but presume we'll see oline next. I do think if Eason is there when the Bears pick they will grab him.

In this draft I'm trading down. Deep draft and we have needs. I'd try to move both down (but not too far) and be in a position where they can really land some of these wideouts. I'm not okay with just 1 wideout in this deep of a draft. This team needs speed in Nagy's offense and it doesn't have that.