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The more I have read thru the OTA and mini camp reports from various beat writers, one trend I noticed was a lot of them talking about the same rookies. In almost every recent update, I have seen very positive things written about Braxton Jones, Brisker, Velus Jones, Ebner. Another sleeper is Elijah Hicks who would play in some of the hybrid schemes. He was a 7th rounder, but should've been a 4th or 5th rounder.

Yep we will see. He was also a FA so he can sign wherever he wants to. I assume the pulling of the contract would take the Bears out of the equation even though it was the correct thing to do.

Yep, signed a 1-yr deal with Pittsburgh:

I would throw the Cowboys and Steelers into the mix as well. Watt + Quinn would be a pretty formidable duo like Bosa + Mack. The Cowboys leading Edge Rusher was Gregory with 6 sacks last year. So those two would definitely be options.

After hearing about the progress of Braxton Jones and then watching his time at the podium (see below), I am going with him as a surprise on offense. If Charles Leno can go from 7th Rounder to Pro Bowl and other guys like Terron Armstead can go from small school to All Pro, why not Braxton Jones? He talks about how he didn't use his hands/arms that much in college and still was one of the best tackles from a smaller school.

The 2 trade windows are before training camp or in season before the trading deadline.

If the Bears bring in a vet, especially one to a substantial deal, it is going to be in this window between OTAs and training camp. That way whatever vet joins doesn't really miss any critical time with the team compared to some of the younger guys who need the reps. I also think if Quinn is going to be traded, it is going to be before they show back up for training camp, because they are not going to want the distraction of a hold out.

The Jenkins situation is concerning, but like you said, he didn't have a rookie offseason, had surgery, didn't get many reps when he did play, and now is in an entirely new offensive scheme. The optimistic side is that Braxton Jones is legit, the pessimistic side is that Jenkins has looked terrible.

Thanks gents, I will post LeagueSafe info once we get everyone confirmed.

Gents, TalkBears Keeper League has been renewed for 2022 (now in our 13th year). https://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1/77716 We have 84 days before the season starts. Since it is hard to track everyone down in the offseason, I just wanted to verify everyone is still wanting to participate this year. Here are the 10 current teams: Fields of Dreams MotM Nips&Tips Nopper PapaBear Run dem pockets SAVAGEw/LOOSEMORALS! (Champ) The Bunny The Mad Lithuanians Victorious Secret If I can get confirmation by August 1st, that would be great. That way it gives us a month to find any new GMs. Keepers: Up to 2 Keepers, 1st one loses 1 round (5th round pick in 2021 = loss of 4th rounder in 2022), and 2nd keeper loses two rounds (8th Rounder = 6th rounder). You can't keep the same player two years in a row, and they had to be drafted by you and on your final roster: Final Roster: https://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1/77716/lastseason 2021 Draft: https://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/2021/f1/119614/draftresults?pspid=782203783&activity=draftresults League Changes: 1. $75 buy-in with payouts: $440 / $200 / $75 / $35 (LeagueSafe will open up after all GMs are confirmed) 2. Added 2nd IR spot 3. Changed W/R flex to W/R/T flex

Yeah, it's funny how more and more players are "not wanting to play for a rebuilding team". Every year half of the league is rebuilding lol.

Daryl Williams come on down.

Yeah that was one of Pace's biggest flaws. Smartest guy in the room syndrome and not admitting mistakes.

I hope they can at least get a 4th for him. Right now they would gain $12.9M on a trade as he has the highest cap hit on the team. They would eat $4.24 in Dead Cap. Here are teams with over $18M left in their 2022 cap: Browns, Panthers, Raiders, Cowboys, Steelers, Commanders. They would have more than enough to sign one of the top remaining OL, which would be a great swap of salary.

Hasn't tweeted since 2018, so who knows. Good find though.

RG seems like the biggest need on the team. Dozier was terrible last year and Mustipher seems too weak for that position (I could be wrong). They drafted so many OLs, hopefully one or two stick as at least depth. Braxton Jones getting first team reps is interesting.

Interesting move, they must like some of the younger Edge/DEs. They freed up even more cap space by releasing Attacochu. Pennel was signed by the Bears a few years ago, but never made the team. Seems like just another body for the D-Line.

Yeah, PFFs accuracy is so off. Sometimes they are spot on and sometimes way off. Fields was terrible in PFF, but was also dead last in QBR and 3rd to last in DVOA. However, none of that takes into account the Nagy Effect. Fields is now getting 1st, 2nd, and 3rd team reps, he is getting all of them. So those extra reps are going to speed up his learning curve considerably. On paper, the Bears do have one of the weaker WR Corps in the league. However, instead of rank-ordering them, it is easier to group them. The Bears probably have a bottom 3rd unit, which is ok if the RBs, TEs, and especially the QB are in the top 3rd. Our RB Room is easily top 3rd, our TEs probably middle 3rd and just say Fields ends up in the middle 3rd. That should equate to a middle 3rd offense, which is fine because we were terrible last year.

This is a great point and it is very subjective. There was a week a few years ago where Rodgers had one of the best statistical games ever and he was graded lower than Colt McCoy who threw for 180 yards, it was absolutely ridiculous. They should only be used as supplemental information.

There is also a chance they need to know if a sub is better at one side or the other, so in case of injury to say Borom, it may be better to slide Jenkins over instead of replacing him with a sub, or something along those lines.

I would not get too caught up in positional stuff this early in the offseason. Most of this is media driven stuff to stir up some content in the deadest months for pro sports.

Oh I agree, I am just saying how the media is portraying it. I did't really think either of these things were a big deal. This one is clearly not. I thought the Larry O thing showed them doing the right thing. I guess they could've done the physical first before announcing a deal? Maybe that was done wrong, but at the end of the day, it doesn't matter. There was not some other superstar waiting to sign with the Bears that they missed out on.

The Bears lost Tuesday's practice because they apparently exceeded the amount of contact activity earlier in the offseason. Two views on this right now. One is the team is setting the new tone and culture at all costs and losing one non-contact practice is worth the price to have contact earlier in the offseason. On the flip side, this is the second public mishap by the new regime, first the Larry O contract (which potentially prevented the signing of another top FA) and now this.

I am going to say Morrow. We haven't had that type of speed with Roquan before. I could see him getting 100+ tackles this year.

I doubt he would come to Chicago if he has other offers.