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5 Prime Time games, 4 away. Bye Week 10 (after a MNF, which is nice) Alternating away/home, no two weeks in a row at home or on the road

1 - at LAR (SNF) 2 - CIN 3 - at CLE 4 - DET 5 - at LVR 6 - GB 7 - at TB 8 - SF 9 - at PIT (MNF) 10 - BYE 11 - BAL 12 - at DET (THU - Thanksgiving) 13 - ARZ 14 - at GB (SNF) 15 - MIN (MNF) 16 - at SEA 17 - NYG 18 - at MIN

In comparison, Massie signed for $4M.

Leno signs a one year $5M deal with WFT.

I remember the Trubisky draft, everyone was excited/perplexed by the trade up from #3 to #2, assuming the Bears were drafting Watson, only to hear Trubisky's name called. There was a collective groan throughout Bears Fandom. He got booed at the Bulls game and had a deer in the headlights look all the time. Good kid, but not a starting NFL QB. Fields is literally the polar opposite. With all the crazy stuff going on with Watson, maybe this worked out about as good as it could have as the team was never taking Mahomes.

From 2011-2020, there are only 2 NFL teams that are in the top 5 in the league in the following schedule categories: 1. Games with less rest than opponents (NYG - 2nd (39), CHI - 5th (31)) 2. # of short week road games (NYG - T/1st (16), CHI - T/4th (14)) 3. # of games off road SNF or MNF (NYG - 2nd (20), CHI - T/4th (17)) Overall with all the other factors, the Bears had the 27th worst scheduling variables over the past decade and one of the biggest disparities between division opponents (27th > GB 13th, Vikings 12th, Lions 4th). Seattle (30th) to LAR (14th) was the biggest. https://www.nbcsports.com/edge/article/offseason-research/teams-most-impacted-scheduling-inequalities I always had a feeling the Bears had it bad, but this really depicts it pretty well. For how bad the team was for a good portion of the decade, you would think some of these numbers wouldn't be so high. I remember the 3 games in 11 days thing a few years ago, and I believe this analysis doesn't take into account return from international travel (which a team loses a day on two on). Thoughts?

Tragic news. Why would anyone climb over a fence at a substation, then onto transformers? You can hear the electricity in the air around those.

He has that mentality towards everything he does, he is not just a gym rat.

and he has some intense workouts, haven't seen very many QBs working out like that.

Another thing, Mack comes off the left side a lot (against RT). You really need bookend tackles, so if Jenkins locks down the right side of the line for the next 10+ years, I will still be good with the pick.

Justin Fields is 6'3" 227lbs, Pat Mahomes is 6'2", 225lbs. They carry their weight much differently lol.

It is also nice to be able to wipe the Trubisky off and move on from that. Up until the Fields pick, it was a hard pill to swallow, but if Trubisky was even a little better, they may have picked up his 5th year option and we wouldn't have picked Fields. So this ended up working out great for us. Pace hadn't used an early round pick on a OT ever, so to take one swing at it and get a 1st round graded talent at 39 is awesome. If Mustipher sticks, the team will have a good ratio of players on rookie contracts on the O-Line for a long time. Daniels is next for a contract extension. If we can solidify the other tackle spot, this line may become a top-10 unit.

Yeah, I was thinking blocking TE, but outside of that, we would have to start cutting dudes to add any more. We also have some interesting UDFAs (Snowden).

This is an awesome video and breakdown, I love the title. I have no doubt that this guy will be able to anchor the left side of the line.

There have only been 2x college QBs with back-to-back years with a QBR over 90, Fields and Mayfield. If you think of how their games translate to the NFL, it's hard to imagine someone would say Mayfield was more NFL-ready than Fields coming out. In Mayfield's rookie year, he played in 14 games, had 3725 yds, 27 TDs, 15 INTs, and 131 rushing yds, so I imagine Fields' floor is somewhere around Mayfield's rookie year with more rushing yards.

AG, Yeah, I think you are right, he is basically Lanbisky. Nothing about Love's game stands out to me. Lance at least has some high end traits, but it's funny because Fields has all of them.

A really good unbiased review from Matt Bowen: I feel like Fields is going to be as good as Herbert, who was the only rookie to throw for 4K yards and 25 TDs. Folbisky threw for 3900 yds and 26 TDs, so I think Fields can do at least that good in an offense that is technically better on paper. #1 Burrow (0/1) #5 Tua (0/1) #6 Herbert (1/1, rookie) #1 Murray (0/2) #6 Jones (0/2) #1 Mayfield (0/3) #7 Allen (1/3, 3rd year) #10 Rosen (0/3)

IIRC, he was probably a little better in coverage than Trevathan. So hopefully we will see less of him in coverage this year.

Good catch on Burns. I agree on LT, for ILB, we added Jones, and still have Iggy and Woods. I don't know how many more we can carry. Jones has been a starter for the last 4 years (1 with Bears), so he is a really solid depth piece at ILB.

Jordan Love came out of Utah State with 20 TDs and 17 INTs in his final year of college. Love being anything close to Rodgers is highly unlikely. Love ended his college career with a loss to Kent St. Against Big Ten/SEC, Love had 0 TDs and 5 INTs. He played LSU his last season (2019) and went 15-30, 50%, 130 yds, 0 TD, 3 INT.

So 9 starters, 7 draft picks, 4 UDFAs would make 48 players with only 5 more for the 53 and 3 for the top 51. Still not bad, especially if we can jettison Quinn and Foles, we would have $20M more with zero drop off.

I would extend Hicks, but Graham is on the last year of his deal, so we would have to extend him or cut him.

We are close. I am having a hard time finding huge holes outside CB and depth TE, but we have Trufant and Burns (who opted out last year), and the rookie Graham to test out there. QB - set, if Fields plays close to his college level, we have a top 10 QB with real mobility, could also trade Foles to get him off the books RB - set, the best group in the league? Monty, Williams, Cohen, and Herbert, wow? Very little drop off and different styles. WR - set, with the Byrd addition, Goodwin, Newsome to go with ARob, Mooney, Miller, Ridley. There will be a battle for WR5-6 for sure. TE - almost set, Graham/Kmet, Horsted, bring in a blocking TE and we are set. OL - set, some quality depth with Bars, Wilkinson, and the lesser of Ifedi/Borom, battle for OL8-9 DL - stacked with Goldman back, Tonga will be fun to watch on first downs. LB - set, Attaochu is going to be an impact signing, Jones back for depth in the middle, UDFA Snowden will make the roster too CB - might add another vet, but a lot of guys competing for CB2 and NB1. Still think it will come down to Trufant, Burns, Graham for CB2 and Shelley/Vildor are in the mix.6 S - set, same as last year, Gipson better than expected ST - set, no kicker worries thankfully What am I missing?