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I would be shocked if Shaheen doesn't make the roster. I think Whyte and Nall have a shot because they both are ST'ers. Whyte can return kicks and is an upgrade over Mizzell/Cunningham. Nall is also a good STer and pass blocker and catcher, so you don't lose much when he is on the field. Whyte replaces Mizzell and Nall replaces Cunningham.

Miller will be fine. I am not concerned with him as the injuries were completely unrelated (upper vs lower body). He just rolled an ankle which will happen. At least he gets a few weeks to get it to 100%. I am more worried about Shaheen. We don't even need that much production from Shaheen, his sheer presence on the field creates mismatches all over.

Bill, Injuries are the wild card with any team, so it's hard for me to worry about that variable. Roster vs Roster, we are definitely a Super Bowl caliber team. Getting a first-round bye is the key to long term playoff success. Anything less than the NFCC would be a disappointment for me. However, it's hard for me to imagine losing like we did against the Eagles again. Our offense is better and technically our defense should be better (2nd year of Mack and Smith w/ training camps, Floyd with 2 arms, and HHCD vs Amos). So even if we have a tougher schedule (as do all the NFCN teams), I see us coming in around the same amount of wins. Looking at the other divisions, the East is going to have DAL and PHI, the South is going to have NO, ATL, and CAR, and the West is STL and SEA. So there shouldn't be any one team running away with the conference, which is good for us. 11-12 might get a bye this year. In the end I expect no less than 10 wins and would not be surprised if we won 13. If we start out with a win against GB at home, it will set the tone for the entire season. We then get extended rest before playing in Denver. Then we get an extra day to travel to Washington. I really expect us to start 3-0. Week 4 is tough against MIN, but it's at home and Cousins is 13-23-2 on the road compared to 23-17 at home. Week 5 is in London against the Raiders, so we could easily be 5-0 heading into the bye. That would allow us to only need to go 6-5 the rest of the way for 11 wins which should be completely reasonable. After the bye, things get interesting. We have one of the toughest 3 game stretches with NO, LAC at home followed by a game in Philly. I am hoping for 2-1 but would not be surprised with 1-2. We then get Detroit at home (win) and then play LAR in LA, followed by NYG at home. We should be 8-3 (at worst at this point) going into the short week Thanksgiving game against the Lions. We then get a few more days off, then face Dallas at home in December. We should be favored in both of those games. We then close out the season at GB, vs KC, then at MIN. If we are a SB contender, we need to win 2 of those games.

I think Mack is a safer bet now as I assume he will get more touches. Hilton definitely takes a hit though.

Here is the 53-Man projection from Windy City GridIron. I feel like TE and OL are really thin (with Coward hurting). I don't know if Sowell makes it over someone like Bunting. OFFENSE (25) Quarterback (2): Mitchell Trubisky, Chase Daniel Running back (5): Tarik Cohen, David Montgomery, Mike Davis, Kerrith Whyte Jr., Ryan Nall Wide receiver (6): Allen Robinson II, Taylor Gabriel, Anthony Miller, Javon Wims, Riley Ridley, Cordarrelle Patterson Tight ends (4): Trey Burton, Adam Shaheen, Ben Braunecker, Bradley Sowell Offensive line (8): Charles Leno Jr., Cody Whitehair, James Daniels, Kyle Long, Bobby Massie, Ted Larsen, Alex Bars, Rashaad Coward DEFENSE (25) Defensive line (5): Akiem Hicks, Eddie Goldman, Bilal Nichols, Roy Robertson-Harris, Nick Williams Outside linebacker (5): Khalil Mack, Leonard Floyd, Aaron Lynch, Isaiah Irving, James Vaughters Inside linebacker (5): Roquan Smith, Danny Trevathan, Nick Kwiatkoski, Joel Iyiegbuniwe, Kevin Pierre-Louis Cornerback (5): Kyle Fuller, Prince Amukamara, Buster Skrine, Duke Shelley, Kevin Toliver II Safety (5): Eddie Jackson, Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, Deon Bush, Sherrick McManis, DeAndre Houston-Carson SPECIALISTS (3) Punter: Patrick O’Donnell Kicker: Eddy Pineiro Long snapper: Patrick Scales Practice squad: Tyler Bray (QB), Kylie Fitts (OLB), John Franklin III (CB), Ian Bunting (TE), Dax Raymond (TE), Josh Woods (ILB), Sam Mustipher (OL), Jordan Williams-Lambert (WR), Clifton Duck (CB), Abdullah Anderson (DL) Injured reserve: Stephen Denmark (DB) https://www.windycitygridiron.com/2019/8/25/20813289/chicago-bears-53-man-roster-prediction-practice-squad-chase-daniel-ryan-nall-sowell-shaheen-coward

Update as of 26AUG: 1. Pepe - Jeffery (7th-61), Edelman (8th-80* or 9th-81*) 2. El Dragon - Ryan (8th-79) 3. Run dem Pockets - Cooks (5th-43), Lockett (11th-103) 4. The Bunny - Golladay (11th-104), Chubb (12th-117) 5. The Mad Lithuanians - CHI (10th-96), Zuerlein (14th-136) 6. Nopper - Woods (7th-66), Ridley (12th-126) 7. PapaBear - 8. Cali Bears - Smith-Schuster (2nd-13), Trubisky (8th-73) 9. Domination Inc - Hill (2nd-12), Sutton (14th-132) 10. SUPERBEARSSUPERBOWL! - Mahomes (10th-91), Conner (13th-130) * - waiting on Commish decision Draft choices used on keepers (by round): 1. 2. 12 (Hill), 13 (Smith-Schuster) 3. 4. 5. 43 (Cooks) 6. 7. 61 (Jeffery), 66 (Woods) 8. 73 (Trubisky), 79 (Ryan), 80 (Edelman*) 9. 81 (Edelman*) 10. 91 (Mahomes), 96 (CHI) 11. 103 (Lockett), 104 (Golladay) 12. 117 (Chubb), 126 (Ridley) 13. 130 (Conner) 14. 132 (Sutton), 136 (Zuerlein) 15. 16. Keepers by position: QB (3): Trubisky, Ryan, Mahomes RB (2): Chubb, Conner WR (10): Hill, Smith-Schuster, Cooks, Jeffery, Woods, Edelman, Lockett, Golladay, Ridley, Sutton TE (0): DEF (1): CHI K (1): Zuerlein

That's cool about Duck's uncle. He should make the PS.

No way will he be considered, and yeah, this would be devastating news. I just don't think they will be as bad as they were when they got Luck. This team is much better and will probably still win 5-6 games. Winners in this? The rest of the AFC South. Texans and Jags now have an easier path to playoffs.

Think if we traded for Vedvik, and then he goes out and misses two kicks, albeit one from 54. Talk about kicker anxiety. https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/08/24/kaare-vedviks-two-field-goal-misses-concern-mike-zimmer

21 years with Manning and Luck at QB and the Colts won 1x Super Bowl (against us no less). Interestingly, Manning won another one with the Broncos while the Colts have nothing to show for the Luck era. 27 years of Favre and Rodgers and the Fudge Packers only won 2. Crazy to think about how many wasted seasons these two franchises had with those QBs. 34 playoff berths between those two teams with those QB's (in 48 seasons) and only 3 Super Bowl wins. 1. Manning 11/14 (rookie year, and 1 year to injury) 2. Rodgers - 8/11 (1 year due to injury) 3. Favre - 11/16 4. Luck - 4/7 (1 year due to injury) Rodgers only needs to be sacked 27 more times to become #1 on the GB Franchise Record Books. I figure he will reach that by mid-season after Week 1

Keepers by position: QB (3): Trubisky, Ryan, Mahomes RB (2): Chubb, Conner WR (8): Hill, Smith-Schuster, Jeffery, Woods, Edelman, Golladay, Ridley, Sutton TE (0): DEF (1): CHI K (1): Zuerlein

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This is what I am tracking so far: 1. Pepe - Jeffery (7th-61), Edelman (8th-80 or 9th-81*) 2. El Dragon - Ryan (8th-79) 3. Run dem Pockets - 4. The Bunny - Golladay (11th-104), Chubb (12th-117) 5. The Mad Lithuanians - CHI (10th-96), Zuerlein (14th-136) 6. Nopper - Woods (7th-66), Ridley (12th-126) 7. PapaBear - 8. Cali Bears - Smith-Schuster (2nd-13), Trubisky (8th-73) 9. Domination Inc - Hill (2nd-12), Sutton (14th-132) 10. SUPERBEARSSUPERBOWL! - Mahomes (10th-91), Conner (13th-130) * - waiting on Commish decision Draft choices used on keepers (by round): 1. 2. 12 (Hill), 13 (Smith-Schuster) 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 61 (Jeffery), 66 (Woods) 8. 73 (Trubisky), 79 (Ryan), 80 (Edelman*) 9. 81 (Edelman*) 10. 91 (Mahomes), 96 (CHI) 11. 104 (Golladay) 12. 117 (Chubb), 126 (Ridley) 13. 130 (Conner) 14. 132 (Sutton), 136 (Zuerlein) 15. 16.

I will leave that up to the commish. I guess at the end of the day, losing 2 rounds with the first pick, and 1 with the second is worse than losing 1 round with the first pick and 2 rounds with the second. In your case, that difference (between the 8th or 9th round) will only be one pick (from 81 to 80) and since you have both of those picks, it literally has no impact to the draft other than potentially for a keeper next year. So for the round ties (keeping two from consecutive rounds resulting in the same round), we could just swap the rounds to where the first pick loses 2 and the second loses 1. This was the exception we talked about on the league message board.

Eddy sure looked good against the Colts, 3-3 on XP's and was 2-2 on FG's and nailed a 58-yarder (beating Lloyd by 3 yards ). All we need is a guy that can reliably make reasonable distance kicks and every now and then nail some longer ones. Hopefully, he has another strong showing next week. His confidence has to be at an all-time high after that 58-yarder.

Wow.

Andrew Luck just announced he is retiring per Schefter.

Just some quick notes as the plays happen: - Kwiatkoski has looked much better, had a sack and some nice tackles in first half. - Deon Bush with a 91-yard pick-6. - Ryan Nall looks like a wrecking ball. Had a huge 69-yard run in first half. - Chase Daniel still looks like garbage. - Eddy Pineiro just kicked a 58-yarder straight down the middle. Would've been good from 60.

I will be keeping Tyreek Hill (3rd) for my 2nd, and Courtland Sutton (16th) for my 14th. With a few of the top RB's and Mahomes off the board, that really slides some 2nd rounders up and I don't want to miss out on a top guy with my 3rd pick not until pick #29, so I am taking a huge chance on Hill reproducing his WR2 status from last year (2nd to Jones). Keepers: T. Hill (KC) and C. Sutton (DEN) Picks: 2nd (Pick #12) and 14th (Pick #132)

Nope, you lose your 11th and 12th. You drafted Golladay in the 12th (lose a 11th), and Chubb in the 14th (lose a 12th).

No worries man, I know everyone is busy, so I just try to help out where I can.

Updated draft windows: Friday August 30th - currently open (6pm - 11pm CT) Saturday August 31st - MadLith is unavailable after 7pm, currently open (10am - 6pm CT) Sunday September 1st - killakrzydav is unavailable from 3-7pm, currently open (10am - 2pm and 8-11pm CT), best day for TD. 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)

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.