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They still need to at least add one Safety to the roster. Even if that is a backup. So I still think they will be active in free agency after these post-draft cuts.

It is confusing to me as well. The only thing I can think of is if he does win the job and plays well, they franchise him, which will cost more than the 5th year option, but not enough difference to lose the comp pick over. If he plays well, it's great news and they won't care as much about the money because they have an out with the Foles contract. The only other wild card is the "guaranteed for injury" statement. So if he gets hurt, they are on the hook either way. This may be a factor as well since he just had surgery and the team doctor's have not had a chance to evaluate him yet. I bet they use that as the media stance, which will be weak. Just come out and say he has not lived up to expectations.

Does he put someone on their ass on every play? How did this guy go undrafted?

We finally got some after a long drought, and we are set to get some more next year. Essentially if you lose a player to free agency (not cut or waived), and that player signs elsewhere for a decent amount, you get a comp pick. However, if you sign someone else's free agent, you end up negating the one you got from losing a player. So the Bears have been signing as many free agents as they have been losing for years. However, Pace had a new approach this offseason. He acquired pretty much every player this offseason without risking a comp pick loss: Graham, Harris, Foles, Burns, Roberson, Mingo, Spriggs, Ifedi, and Lucas. I believe (correct me if I am wrong), but Quinn is the only acquisition that will count against comp picks next year (negating the comp pick for Kwit leaving). However, the Bears will get comp picks for HHCD, Williams, Daniel, and KPL (3 6th rounders and a 7th). This is also a determining factor in Trubisky's 5th year option. Just because QB salaries are so inflated, they normally get a higher comp pick rating. Mariota got a 5th round comp, so depending on what happens this year, Trubisky is either sticking around as QB1 or the Bears are getting a comp pick in 2022.

I think the level of culpability will be displayed based on the 5th year option execution. If they pick it up, he probably was not the main problem. If they don't pick it up, you have to believe that a lot was on him. Otherwise, it wouldn't make sense any other way. My personal belief is that Nagy has become frustrated with Trubisky's lack of understanding and/or ability to read the defense. You can only teach so much and at some point the pupil has to do it himself. Nagy was telling Mitch what to do thru the helmet audio for pretty much the entire year after Mitch walked to the line, then backed out. That should not be happening with a 3rd year QB.

Yep, we should expect this to happen with a few others in the next few days.

It looks like the Bears are not expected to pick up the 5th year option. This will be the ultimate litmus test on how the team feels about Mitch. If they had any hope he would turn it around, this would be a no brainer. If they truly feel he has hit his ceiling and Foles is the clear QB1, then they won't pick it up. It seems like it comes down to comp picks. It seems like the Bears don't want to risk losing a potential comp pick if they pick up his option, then cut him before his 5th season (like Floyd). Outside of cap numbers, that is the main risk.

Do you want me to see if I can change it in the Admin Console?

I feel like he is Greg Olsen 2.0, which would be awesome.

All the picks seem like they all have similar traits. All are competitors and play with an edge. Watch some tape of Kmet vs Shaheen. Shaheen trips over the white lines while Kmet will not go down on first contact. I like this comment about Kmet on NFL.com: That reminds me of Montgomery, he refuses to go down. Fuller better watch out as I can see Vinder pushing for playing time and with Fuller's cap hit in 2021, he may be a cap casualty if Vinder looks good.

I think it was a series of events, the Whitehair/Daniels swap affected the entire line. Long coming in and struggling at RG then the revolving door there. I believe once they swapped Whitehair and Daniels back and Coward got a few games under his belt, they were much better down the stretch. To me it seemed like most of the blown plays were more about communication than players losing one on one battles. So if you can clean up the communication errors, that will fix a lot of the problems.

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Denmark's measurables are very similar to Chinn's. Chinn 6'3" 221 lbs 32 1/8 Arms 4.45 - 40 41" - Vert Denmark 6'3" 220 lbs 33 3/8 Arms 4.46 - 40 43 1/2" - Vert

I saw a few reviews of his tape and some of the guys were talking about his ability to track the ball is better than most coming out of college. He makes good adjustments to the ball and can track deep balls very well. Maybe a new punt returner?

Yeah, I always thought it was an odd couple from a personality standpoint (from what we can see). Jay also seems like he is more laid back and likes to be out of the public eye. She is the polar opposite and eventually, something like that is too hard to overcome. It's crazy what a quarantine can do to a marriage.

We are pretty thin at LB, so I think Mack sticks to at least the PS. With extra motivation from his brother, you never know, he may make the 53-man. That will be a fun story to watch. Pierce has a real chance to make the roster in a battle with Nall.

We actually have 11 counting Wagner as a UDFA. We had only 4 TE's on the 53-man on opening day last year: Ben Braunecker, Trey Burton, Adam Shaheen, Bradley Sowell If we only keep 4, it would seem to be Graham, Kmet, Harris, and Holtz. That's crazy, literally 1-4 upgraded. So Pace is owed some credit for fixing this black hole of death. If we keep 5, then I think it would be Horsted who has had some playing time. I think they will cut Braunecker and Shaheen to save on the cap. If they are not worrying about cap, they may keep Braunecker instead of Horsted. It will be an interesting battle. Harris may not be a lock either.

They have 3 kids, and that's who it affects the most. They have more money than they would ever need so why continue to tape every waking minute of your mundane day like people really care. Literally 90% of the viewers were to see Jay's antics. I bet he didn't want to take part in her show and like you said, she is all about her.

Good catch, I scrolled right by him on the roster.

From my count, we have added 25 new players to the roster counting the new free agents, draft picks, and UDFAs. Here is how the positional groups are broken down: OL - 6 (Ifedi, Spriggs, Hambright, Simmons, Eiselen, Traore) TE - 4 (Graham, Kmet, Wagner, Harris) CB - 4 (Johnson, Vildor, Burns, Roberson) LB - 3 (Mingo, Mack, Smith) Edge - 2 (Quinn, Gipson) DL - 2 (London, McSwain) QB - 1 (Foles) WR - 1 (Mooney) RB - 1 (Pierce) K - 1 (Ahmed) S - 1 (Lucas) The team really put an emphasis on the OLine, can you tell? TE and CB equally addressed. Really surprising that we haven't even added a one safety to the roster with the loss of HHCD. I am hoping for Jefferson to fill that void. A vet RB to be RB2 and let Pierce and Nall battle for that last spot.

Some crazy stuff must have happened when they were stuck quarantined on some island. Hate to see people get divorces, but it's hard to live your life in front of a camera every day. That has to get old.

Tony Jefferson is still out there for an SS and what about Devonta Freeman for RB2?

A small note, Mooney had more receptions and TDs in college than Wims and Ridley combined. So he is a much more accomplished WR than they were at the time of the draft. So his development should be further along.

Verified, AZ is Greg Gabriel.

Ifedi has played a lot of OT; Spriggs never really got the chance, and Bars is still a wild card. Either way, a lot of competition. It's Leno's and Massie's jobs to lose but I see a lot more competition this year compared to previous years.