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It is Pineiro's job to lose now. Either he kicks well or we are waiver wire hunting before the regular season. http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001042496/article/bears-waive-elliott-fry-kicking-battle-remains-open

RIP Cedric, crazy to hear the news after what I experienced last night. I came upon a motorcycle accident on an interstate off-ramp, 3rd car on scene, immobilized the guy's head/neck until paramedics arrived. He was not in good shape. Then I hear the news about Cedric this morning....

Here are the current draft windows following the last preseason games on Thursday: Friday August 30th - currently open (6pm - 11pm CT) Saturday August 31st - currently open (10am - 11pm CT) Sunday September 1st - currently open (10am - 11pm CT) Monday September 2nd - Stinger is unavailable at 8pm CT (6pm-7pm; 10pm-11pm) Tuesday September 3rd - Stinger is unavailable at 6pm CT (8pm-11pm) Wednesday September 4th - MadLith is unavailable (unavailable) I would prefer to have keepers locked in at least the day before the draft, if possible.

The dates haven't been set yet, but they both obviously need to occur by 04SEP.

He runs with such determination, and never goes down on first contact. He is a huge upgrade over Howard. Teams are going to have to respect the run, so I can imagine a lot of RPO and Play Action this year.

A quick 3 and out and a punt with Bray (who looked like a hot mess). On the punt, CAR gets a huge return and Montgomery makes the stop to prevent a TD. On a short field, CAR scores easily and take the lead.

The Bears get into FG range but Pineiro misses wide left on 47-yarder. The Bears defense come up big again with RRH getting a big sack. Daniel leads a late 2nd quarter hurry up drive and connects with Bunting for a huge gain with a few seconds left. That leaves a 43-yarder and Fry nails it to end the half. Bears up 10-6 at half.

Nick Williams getting a lot of pressures, then Deon Bush makes an easy INT. Great series for the defense.

Montgomery is going to be fun to watch. After Bears defense creates a fumble, the Bears move the ball nicely with Montgomery carrying the load. He had one crazy spin move near the LOS that allowed him to gain 3 more yards. Then a hard stutter step and bounces it outside for an 8 yard TD run! He is going to be a beast. Fry in for the XP, and it's good!

Montgomery with a nice run, bounces it outside for a few extra yards. Then takes a short swing pass. Bunting makes a nice catch and it is negated by a phantom holding penalty. On the next play Daniel is sacked and the Bears punt.

2nd drive for Panthers, on 4th down they make it, then end up making a FG. Kwiatkoski missed another tackle on a long screen play.

A really odd first series for the Bears, or the trend. I believe they did the same thing last year? Trubisky in and hands off to Mike Davis 3 times, for a 3 and out.

Bears deferred the ball and kicked off to CAR. Pineiro kicks a touchback 8 yards into end zone. Notable plays: Kwiatkoski is out of position and let's up a long dump off pass to the RB. Roquan Smith comes in on a blitz up the middle and almost kills the QB (he has a family). Smith is going to be a Pro Bowler this year. On 3 and long, pass incomplete, Panthers punt.

Here we go!

Alaska, on a few of his scrambles, there was nowhere to throw the ball. Sometimes the defense gets it right and has everyone covered. On a few he missed an open guy, but we don't know what his progression was on that play. Either way, he seems to get flak for doing things that other more seasoned QBs do, or in this case, Mahomes had very similar mistakes but doesn't get the criticism like Mitch does.

Compare to Mahomes' INTs, of his 12 INTs, he had at least 3 bad reads, and some other terrible throws. Oddly enough, very similar to Trubisky's. 1. BAL - Under pressure, just throws it up (bad throw) 2. CLE - Under pressure, long INT at end of half (bad throw) 3. LAR - Lazy form, throws right to defender (bad throw) 4. LAR - Arm hit 5. LAR - Under pressure, long throw, underthrow (bad throw) 6. CIN - Throws into triple coverage (bad throw/read) 7. DEN - Overthrow (bad throw) 8. NE - Throws right into LB (bad read) 9. NE - Under pressure, throws into triple coverage in end zone (bad read) 10 JAX - Terrible overthrow (bad throw) 11. JAX - late throw (bad throw) 12. OAK - deep underthrow (bad throw)

That is correct, 11th and 16th for a 10th and a 14th.

Yeah, and from the last reports, he if finally building a rapport with Trubisky as they seem to be getting more and more on the same sheet of music.

Really good video, but I will say the pre-snap read is overrated if you just care about zone vs man. Just because a defender does or does not follow an offensive player doesn't automatically mean they are in a zone or man scheme. Defenses show something pre-snap (like man) and drop into zone after the snap all the time. Also, individual defenders can be in man (top DB following top WR) while the rest of the defense is in zone. The big takeaway is the safety positioning. When a Safety intercepts a pass, it is almost always a bad read. If any other defender does, it is normally is a bad pass. I always felt that some of Trubisky's issues dealt with the play calls themselves. I have seen plays where all the receivers seemed to have the same progression, instead of short, intermediate, long, dump off options. They all seemed to be the same. That changed at some point in the season, maybe when Trubisky was able to handle it and process it (knowing where guys will be). I think Nagy shifted away from single reads as the season went along. Also, I really feel like Trubisky's reading defenses thing is also a little exaggerated. If he had so many bad reads, most of his mistakes or INTs would show that, but they didnt. Check out Trubisky's interceptions from 2018: 1. SEA, deep sideline pass, underthrow (bad pass) 2. SEA, balled tipped 3. ARZ, balled tipped 4. MIA, deep middle, (bad read from video) 5. NE, scramble play (bad pass) 6. NE, deep pass, great one-handed play by defender (bad pass) 7. BUF, wrong route, no offensive player within 10 yards (miscommunication or bad pass) 8. MIN, should have been pass interference on defense (good pass, bad call) 9. MIN, wrong route (miscommunication or bad pass) 10. LAR, terrible pass, overthrow by 10 feet (bad pass) 11. LAR, an out, defender undercut it, (bad pass, maybe a bad read too) 12. LAR, overthrow (bad pass) So out of 12 interceptions, the only clear misread was the one in the video (vs MIA). Maybe the 2nd one vs LAR was too, but not many more. So I think the whole Trubisky can't read defenses things was a little overblown. Most of his INTs were due to bad passes (mainly over or under throws).

MadLith, you can keep Def and K, same thing applies, you lose the round earlier.

See article below. I got spammed for comparing Anthony Miller to a young Antonio Brown, but it's surprising more people have not seen the similarities. In a way, Miller is already ahead of Brown. Brown took 3 years to get to 7 TDs, Miller did it in his rookie year with a bum shoulder. Brown was not WR1 until his 4th season, so Miller still has time to get there. Robinson, Miller, and Wims are all 25 and under. That would be a great trio to ride on for the next decade. Compare Brown/Miller in their last two years of college football: Miller 191-2896 yds, 15.2 YPC, 32 TDs Brown 203-2196 yds, 10.8 AVG, 16 TDs Basically the same receptions with Miller having 700 more yards, over 4 more yards per catch and double the TDs. Fast forward to their rookie seasons and Brown barely sniffed the field (16 receptions for 167 yds). https://www.sharpfootballanalysis.com/analysis/players-who-could-be-primed-for-a-big-leap-in-year-2/

Draft order messed up? I am assuming the currently listed draft order is not correct? I am assuming the order should be the reverse order of the league from last season. This is how the season ended last year (correct draft position): 1. My Deflated Balls (10th) 2. Domination Inc (9th) 3. Cali Bears (8th) 4. PapaBear (7th) 5. Nopper (6th) 6. The Mad Lithuanians (5th) 7. The Bunny (4th) 8. Run dem pockets (3rd) 9. Victorious Secret (2nd) 10. Pepe (1st) Current listed draft order on Yahoo: 1. The Bunny 2. Cali Bears 3. Pepe 4. Domination Inc 5. Run dem pockets 6. SUPERBEARSSUPER 7. Nopper 8. PapaBear 9. The Mad Lithuanians 10. El Dragon

Bears kicking comp going better than expected. Pineiro has a slight edge in % and distance (long of 63). He has the leg strength, which will be helpful in the Chicago weather. Fry will need to put on a show the rest of the way to win this one. It seems like it's Pineiro's to lose.

My Deflated Balls, Kittle and Mahomes? Man, that was a great draft. Your keepers are locked in lol.

Keepers from 2018: Pepe - Carson Wentz PapaBear - Corey Davis Run dem pockets - Derrick Henry Cali Bears - Davante Adams Victorious Secret - Keenan Allen Nopper - Stefon Diggs The Mad Lithuanians - Adam Thielen Domination Inc - Zach Ertz The Bunny - DeAndre Hopkins My Deflated Balls - Kareem Hunt