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A Bears win with Fields performing better than Lance would be a great start to the season. The national media is just waiting with stories already pre-written on how Fields will fail because of X, Y, and Z. Dan Orlovsky and crew can't wait for the first incompletion to deem Fields a bust. God forbid he throws an Interception as it will be dissected down to the shoelaces, frame by frame for weeks.

Waddle and ARob as flex is a strong roster. I have Gabe Davis and Amari Cooper as my flex players.

In the first, wanted Mixon, went one pick ahead of me. In the 6th, I was waiting on Kittle, went one pick ahead of me. Then in the 12th, I had a brain fart and went defense for some reason with a good 10-12 other players I should've picked. Likely was one of those guys.

If you look back, most wins occur when your top 3-4 guys go off. It's always one player that tops 40 that decides the game. Even though we are always waiver wire hunting, the bottom 2-3 guys on the roster rarely matter.

Just based on QB alone, Fields vs Jones, that seems like an easy sell.

Caleb Johnson was picked up by the Jags. Most of our other guys ended up on our PS.

Yeah, huge news. Especially with the Arlington Heights stuff ramping up. I'm assuming Poles will move into President of FB Ops and they will promote Cunningham to GM.

hahaha. Sometimes if feels like the other GMs know my draft rankings. I can't tell you how many times the guys I was about to draft come off the board within 2 picks of my pick almost every round, then I am scrambling for the next guy and do a panic/safe pick.

Oh man, I was wondering about the defense picks. There are at least a few decent QBs (Ryan, Tua) and TEs (Tonyan, Fant) available.

Last year's 53-man, strikethrough players gone, bold+strikethrough are players on the PS this year: OFFENSE (26) QB (3): Andy Dalton, Justin Fields, Nick Foles RB (3): David Montgomery, Damien Williams, Khalil Herbert WR (6): Allen Robinson, Darnell Mooney, Marquise Goodwin, Damiere Byrd, Nsimba Webster, Breshad Perriman TE (5): Cole Kmet, Jimmy Graham, Jesse James, Jesper Horsted, J.P. Holtz OL (9): Jason Peters, Cody Whitehair, Sam Mustipher, James Daniels, Germain Ifedi, Larry Borom, Alex Bars, Elijah Wilkinson, Lachavious Simmons DEFENSE (24) DL (5): Akiem Hicks, Eddie Goldman, Bilal Nichols, Angelo Blackson, Khyiris Tonga OLB (4): Khalil Mack, Robert Quinn, Jeremiah Attaochu, Trevis Gipson ILB (5): Roquan Smith, Christian Jones, Alec Ogletree, Joel Iyiegbuniwe, Caleb Johnson S (4): Eddie Jackson, Tashaun Gipson, Deon Bush, DeAndre Houston-Carson CB (6): Jaylon Johnson, Kindle Vildor, Duke Shelley, Xavier Crawford, Artie Burns, Marqui Christian ST (3): Santos, O'Donnell, Scales Only 18 players from the 2021 53-man roster made this year's 53-man roster. 8 offensive players, 8 defensive players, and 2 special team players. That's 35 new players!

This is an approach we are not used to. I feel like Poles is hedging his bets with Fields this year. He has created a ton of roster flexibility and can lock up players next year that are deserving while still adding talent from other teams. If for some reason Fields is not the answer at QB, the team is young enough that they could bring another young QB in next year and roster age would not be an issue. This roster may not have a high ceiling (unless Fields balls out), but it has a pretty high floor.

He scored 2 TDs against the Bears last year on a total of 5 receptions on the season. In Week 17, he had 3-103, 1 TD against the Bears.

SF's 2021 draft already looking suspect: Trey Lance, Aaron Brooks, Trey Sermon (cut) as their first 3 picks in rounds 1-3.

Biggs is saying that they will put Harry on after 3pm so he will get the IR-Return Designation which allows the 21 day ramp up period (before activation). That also means the Bears need another WR.

Yep, I agree. Nagy didn't help him though. He is probably a career backup, spot starter type of QB. He can even come in for some gadget plays or the Wildcat.

Weatherford is a beast: Outside of 12 pounds, he is a taller, faster Roquan (minus the instincts).

Current 53-man, after first waive of cuts (31 AUG): QB: Fields, Siemian RB: Montgomery, Herbert, Ebner, Blasingame, Tonges TE: Kmet, Griffin, Wesco WR: Mooney, St. Brown, Pringle, Jones, Pettis, Harry, Sharpe-IR OT: Jones, Borom, Reiff OG: Whitehair, Jenkins, Carter, Leatherwood (OT/OG?) OC: Patrick, Mustipher DE: Quinn, Muhammad, Gipson, Robinson, Kingsley DT: Jones, Blackson, Pennel, Watts LB: Smith, Morrow, Sanborn, Adams, Weatherford CB: Johnson, Gordon, Vildor, Jackson, Jones, Blackwell S: Jackson, Brisker, DHC, Cruikshank, Hicks P: Gill K: Santos LS: Scales

It looks like they expect to have him back before Week 4.

Whoa, Tajae Sharpe put on IR, not Harry. Joe Thomas released.

I was close.

Interesting to see that 3 were UDFAs this year. No surprise there is at least one from Philly (Asst GM) and one from Indy. Alex Leatherwood, OL (Las Vegas Raiders) - 1st Round 2021 Trevon Wesco, TE (New York Jets) - 4th Round 2019 Armon Watts, DL (Minnesota Vikings) - 6th Round 2019 Josh Blackwell, DB (Philadelphia Eagles) - UDFA 2022 Kingsley Jonathan, DL (Buffalo Bills) - UDFA 2022 Sterling Weatherford, LB (Indianapolis Colts) - UDFA 2022 6 spots need to be created with 3 cuts and at least 1 IR (Harry), means 2 more cuts. I am assuming they will stay fairly consistent on replacement positions outside Harry. So Harry > Wesco Thomas > Leatherwood Tonga > Watts Shelley > Blackwell DL/DE > Kingsley LB > Weatherford My guess is Caleb Johnson to IR for Weatherford. It will be interesting to see what they do for Kingsley, probably one of the young DBs (Jones or Jackson).

Harry expected to go to IR. Tavon Young on season ending IR.

First 53-man: QB: Fields, Siemian RB: Montgomery, Herbert, Ebner, Blasingame, Tonges TE: Kmet, Griffin WR: Mooney, St. Brown, Pringle, Jones, Pettis, Sharpe, Harry OT: Jones, Borom, Reiff OG: Whitehair, Jenkins, Carter, Thomas OC: Patrick, Mustipher DE: Quinn, Muhammad, Gipson, Robinson DT: Jones, Blackson, Tonga, Pennel LB: Smith, Morrow, Sanborn, Thomas, Adams, Johnson CB: Johnson, Gordon, Vildor, Shelley, Jackson, Jones S: Jackson, Brisker, DHC, Cruikshank, Hicks P: Gill K: Santos LS: Scales

Waived: Allen, Coulter, Dew-Treadway, Eiselen, Evans, Finke, Gates, Graham Jr, Kamara, Simmons, Snowden, AJ. Thomas, Tuggle, Webster. Cut: Coleman, Coley, Edwards, Harris, Peterman, Schofield, Stroman Other: O'Shaughnessy, Young

That makes a lot of sense. Edwards, Coley, and Schofield are the surprises so far.