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Patterson is going to be all over and probably in the backfield more than anywhere else. I don't think the position designation means much for hybrid players. Graham is still a Red Zone machine, and that's where we have had problems, scoring TDs. Him, Kmet, ARob, and Wims make some big targets in the RZ. Also, Graham and Kmet can stretch the seam, which is going to force ILBs to play off the line more, which should open up some running lanes for Monty and Co. Last year there were 8-9 in the box constantly, with zero threat of an inside seam passing game. I am worried about RB too, especially if Monty is injured or playing hurt. I guess we will see what Nall can do, and if he can't handle the extra touches, they will have to bring someone in off the street.

Well maybe any math in general, at some point it just doesn't make sense and no amount of practice makes you better at it. You still "don't get it" but might be able to get some answers correct.

Yeah, they took the convenient route. Now they can save face and say "we gave Mitch every opportunity to succeed". It allows them to move on easier.

That would be huge, no pun intended. He is a great run stopper and we have enough other pieces to rotate in to keep him fresh. Mack and Snacks!

QBing is like Calculus, either you get it or you don't. If you don't, you can still work thru the problems and sometimes get the right answer, but it is really tough. That to me is Mitch Trubisky. He has all the physical and leadership traits to be a QB, but he just doesn't understand the advanced math. He can get by for a while, but then is eventually exposed. With the schedule, I think he gets two games, DET and NYG. If he can't figure it out against those teams, Foles comes in for the ATL game. They will give him the first game to knock off the rust, but after the second game, there cannot be any more excuses. Last year it was Chase Daniel. This year, it is Nick Foles. I could see giving him every possible chance to grow last year, but not this year. That also gives Foles a couple of additional weeks to work in the offense.

Me too. I like Wims and just think he needs more targets. When he gets the ball, he makes plays. I think Miller is going to have a breakout year with Gabriel gone.

I think Nagy is going to turn into Matt Exotic this year. Especially with Patterson. 12 personnel is going to be a huge strength for us, we can go 2-TE and mix them up with Harris and Holtz. Yeah, Saubert on ST and as primarily a blocking TE.

Skrine and McManis are there to cover down on the outside if needed. ILB is still interesting to me, we lost Kwit and KPL and replaced them with air.

Yeah, Pineiro is too injury prone to be a kicker. Groin injuries for a kicker are terrible and never really go away. I would just dump him and move on.

I would say Bears winning the Division is the toughest one. All the others seem legit. Hopkins 1150, he only had 1165 with Watson, so that seems easily attainable as well.

Interesting to see who they cut for Edwards on the 53-man.

Lions favored at home by a FG. Talk about a great game to bet on. The one team that Trubisky has dominated has been the Lions. I am surprised the Lions are favored by anything, but I suspect this line will crawl closer to even by game time. I say Bears 27-13.

So compared to last year, the offense has an extra TE (from 4 to 5), and an extra OL (from 8 to 9). On defense, there is one less DL and two less ILB, but one more OLB. Mingo can play both inside and outside. The biggest shock is no Toliver. The assumption is the team is planning to bring back Prince and then will send someone like Vildor to the PS (unless they are happy with Vildor as a backup). Either way, McManis can play CB, so you really have 6, with Fuller and Johnson starting, Skrine in the slot, with Shelley and Vildor as backups, and McManis there as needed. RB's are also interesting, Patterson listed there, making Monty and Nall the only true RBs if you don't consider Cohen a true RB. So to me, the RB group is the thinnest, especially if there is a major injury. Unless they are planning to bring someone else in like Devonta Freeman, I am a little worried about this group out of all the position groups. However, I think the roster is pretty solid. If you look at the bottom 5 players, which I say would be Hambright (rookie OL), Josh Woods, Kindle Vildor, James Vaughters, and Ryan Nall are the worst players on the 53-man, that's pretty good. Alex Bars and Jason Spriggs made it. They both have some upside and Spriggs has starting experience in GB. Ifedi in at RG, where he should dominate and have fewer issues with offsides. I don't know about you, but I like our WR Corps. ARob and Wims the big bodies, Miller and Ridley the technicians, and Ginn and Mooney the burners. A good mix, not carbon copies. TE's look to be a huge strength. Graham and Kmet as the starters, with Harris and Saubert in for big packages (twss), and then Holtz as that H-Back type. No Horsted, hopefully he makes the PS. To me, this roster is better than opening day last year. We went from Daniel to Foles (upgrade), Davis to Nall (push), Whyte to Patterson (upgrade), Gabriel to Ginn (push), Patterson to Mooney (upgrade), Burton to Graham (upgrade), Shaheen to Kmet (upgrade), Braunecker to Harris (upgrade), Sowell to Holtz (upgrade). Long to Ifedi (upgrade), Larsen to Spriggs (push), Lucas to Bars (upgrade). The TE group is night and day, wow. On defense, we lose Goldman and Williams (who I really liked), and Anderson for Urban and Jenkins (downgrade x2). The DL probably took the biggest hit this offseason, so Hicks cannot get hurt and RRH and Nichols both need to play at a high level. ILB group lost Kwit and KPL and did not replace them. A very odd move with the roster composition. Again this is a thin group like RB and is one injury away from having issues. So (downgrade x2) Outside of Mack, OLB lost Floyd, Lynch, and Irving for Quinn, Gipson, Vaughters, Mingo, so (upgrade x1, push x2) CB's went from Prince and Toliver to Johnson and Vildor (upgrade and push). Safeties went from HaHa to Gipson (push). So it looks like the offense got significantly better and the defense got worse with the thin DL and loss of depth at ILB.

Here it is: Quarterbacks (2): Nick Foles, Mitchell Trubisky. Running backs (4): Tarik Cohen, David Montgomery, Ryan Nall, Cordarrelle Patterson. Receivers (6): Ted Ginn Jr., Anthony Miller, Darnell Mooney, Riley Ridley, Allen Robinson II, Javon Wims. Tight ends (5): Jimmy Graham, Demetrius Harris, J.P. Holtz, Cole Kmet, Eric Saubert. Offensive linemen (9): Alex Bars, Rashaad Coward, James Daniels, Arlington Hambright, Germain Ifedi, Charles Leno Jr., Bobby Massie, Jason Spriggs, Cody Whitehair. Defensive linemen (5): Roy Robertson-Harris, Akiem Hicks, John Jenkins, Bilal Nichols, Brent Urban. Inside linebackers (4): Joel Iyiegbuniwe, Roquan Smith, Danny Trevathan, Josh Woods. Outside linebackers (5): Trevis Gipson, Khalil Mack, Barkevious Mingo, Robert Quinn, James Vaughters. Cornerbacks (5): Kyle Fuller, Jaylon Johnson, Duke Shelley, Buster Skrine, Kindle Vildor. Safeties (5): Deon Bush, DeAndre Houston-Carson, Tashaun Gipson, Eddie Jackson, Sherrick McManis. Specialists (3): Pat O'Donnell, Eddy Piñeiro, Patrick Scales.

Looks like Trubisky is the starter per multiple reports.

This was one of Nagy's quotes. The first two are Trubisky's worst two traits. You literally could not come up with two worse traits for him. He is terrible at making a decision (or at least the correct one), and his accuracy, especially deep ball accuracy is terrible. Then the last one, situational football. Trubisky had to get the new call after going to the line from Nagy on every play. His brain locks up the minute something changes.

So after all of this talk in the offseason, we leave training camp without an answer. If you have two QB's, you have none. My gut tells me it will be Foles based on Nagy's comments. He keeps saying it will be a tough decision, but wouldn't naming Trubisky the starter in Year 4 be easy? So if it is a difficult decision, then it has to be Foles right? That seems logical to me because if they were that close throughout training camp, the no-brainer is to go with Trubisky. So I am saying it's Foles for Week 1. How about you?

Sully, the league renewed on July 29th and an automated message was sent out that day. Brad posted in here and on Yahoo on August 14th. We did a roll call and you were the only one that didn't respond. I just took over as co-commish at the last second, so I didn't have access to your email address. So I made a post on here on the 23rd and we had to make a decision in order to get the league locked in with the draft scheduled for today. So we found two replacement GMs to fill the vacancies. So I apologize for not getting in contact with you but I had 3 days to find two new GMs, get the leaguesafe stuff done, lock in keepers and set the draft order.

Monty must be healthy.

That's crazy. I would take a look, even as a backup.

That's good to hear. Let me know if you need any assistance.

How did the surgery go?

Got it, thx

Here is an updated Keeper list, I still need valid keepers from MotM (Mongo), PapaBear, and our newest GM Nips&Tips. If any GM needs help with Keepers or the draft, I will see what I can do. Keepers so Far (w/ pick lost): Corona Kings D. Henry (3rd) MadLith C. Kupp (5th), K. Hunt (13th) Savage with Loose Morals M. Gordon (5th), D. Waller (14th) Victorious Secret D. Moore (5th), L. Jackson (10th) The Bunny C. Godwin (4th) Nopper A. Green (7th) Run Dem Pockets K. Drake (6th), A. Peterson (7th) Invalid Keepers PapaBear A. Jones (Keeper from last year), D. Samuel (was drafted by another team) No Keepers Yet Nips&Tips Possible Keepers: 2. (20) Zach Ertz - for a 1st 3. (21) Mike Evans - for a 2nd 5. (41) Miles Sanders - for a 4th 6. (60) Austin Ekeler - for a 5th 15. (141) Alexander Mattison - for a 14th MotM (Mongo) 3.(28) Leonard Fournette - for a 2nd 4.(33) Mark Ingram II - for a 3rd 5.(48) Mike Williams - for a 4th 9.(88) Michael Gallup - for a 8th 10.(93) Los Angeles - for a 9th 12.(113) Jordan Howard - for an 11th 16.(153) Golden Tate - for a 15th

Here is an updated Keeper list, I still need valid keepers from MotM (Mongo), PapaBear, and our newest GM Nips&Tips. If any GM needs help with Keepers or the draft, I will see what I can do. Keepers so Far (w/ pick lost): Corona Kings D. Henry (3rd) MadLith C. Kupp (5th), K. Hunt (13th) Savage with Loose Morals M. Gordon (5th), D. Waller (14th) Victorious Secret D. Moore (5th), L. Jackson (10th) The Bunny C. Godwin (4th) Nopper A. Green (7th) Run Dem Pockets K. Drake (6th), A. Peterson (7th) Invalid Keepers PapaBear A. Jones (Keeper from last year), D. Samuel (was drafted by another team) No Keepers Yet Nips&Tips Possible Keepers: 2. (20) Zach Ertz - for a 1st 3. (21) Mike Evans - for a 2nd 5. (41) Miles Sanders - for a 4th 6. (60) Austin Ekeler - for a 5th 15. (141) Alexander Mattison - for a 14th MotM (Mongo) 3.(28) Leonard Fournette - for a 2nd 4.(33) Mark Ingram II - for a 3rd 5.(48) Mike Williams - for a 4th 9.(88) Michael Gallup - for a 8th 10.(93) Los Angeles - for a 9th 12.(113) Jordan Howard - for an 11th 16.(153) Golden Tate - for a 15th