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I sent Chad another invite. I sent Mike the transfer team invite from Yahoo. You are good to go on payment, thanks!

Hm, I send Chad an invite. I will delete the previous team and add him fresh. For Mike, which team of the two you managed do you want him to take over?

I don't know know if you heard this chatter, but I read this today. So since Byard joined the team, they have been running basically a Left Safety and Right Safety and not FS and SS. Apparently they have been doing that for DT as well, instead of 1T and 3T, they are playing as LT and RT (but on defense) and they are basically interchangeable.

Revisiting the schedule and predictions. Using the schedule grid, I went and tried to predict every game for every team based on last year's record, and which teams improved the most during the draft and offseason. The Bears were the only team with 2x top 10 picks. So they had the highest weighted draft for key contributors this season. MIN had 2x picks in the top 17 but lost McCarthy for the season. They went from a net positive to a net negative as Turner just negates the loss of Hunter. The Division winners are projected to be SF, DET, DAL, and ATL with the 3x Wild Cards being CHI, PHI, and GB (in no order). LAR and TB are lurking and could easily pop into the discussion and should be in the hunt until the last week. For the AFC it is KC, MIA, HOU, and BAL with BUF, CIN, and NYJ as the WCs. DEN is the only other team close. It looks like PIT, CLE, and JAC will fade into no-man's land, between 6-9 wins. The projected draft order for 2025 is: 1. NYG (1-3 wins) 6-11 last season, rolling with Daniel Jones, top RB is Singletary, and top TE is Bellinger. First coach fired is Daboll, tough schedule. 2. LVR (1-3 wins) 8-9 last season, Minshew starting QB, from Josh Jacobs to Zamir White at RB1, brutal schedule. 3. CAR (2-4 wins) 2-15 last season, new coaching staff, Mini Me starting QB 4. NE (2-4 wins) 4-13 last season, new coaching staff, QB1 unknown, tough schedule. 5. MIN (2-4 wins) 7-10 last season, Darnold QB1 6. TEN (4-6 wins) 6-11 last season, new coaching staff 7. ARZ (4-6 wins) 4-13 last season, tough schedule 8. SEA (5-7 wins) 9-8 last season, new coaching staff, no rest advantage 9. IND (5-7 wins) 9-8 last season, Richardson looks terrible, no rest advantage 10. CLE (6-8 wins) 11-6 last season, cap hell thanks to Mr. Massage ($64M Cap hit for 3 more yrs lol), tough schedule Overall the margin of error looks like 2 wins. I have the Bears going 12-5 (+/- 2 wins). They are projected to lose to HOU, LAR, DET, SF, and GB. Their only win against a 10-win team from last season comes against DET at home in Week 16. Nothing seems too crazy right, right? Thoughts?

I think some of that has to be for Hard Knocks, to show how "detail oriented" Warren is. He even picked out the color of the drapes "Navy Blue and Orange"! Brilliant! lol

I know they were kicking the tires on Judon, but he is on a completely different level than Ngakoue. If they bring Ngakoue in, Robinson is probably the odd man out. Hardy has outplayed almost everyone on the D-Line next to Booker. I would roll with the young guys and look for a trading deadline trade instead. The schedule gets more difficult in the 2nd half, so adding talent for the playoff push makes sense.

Oh I know, but to me it was more of a symbolic move. The McCaskey's go outside of the family circle. Bring in a guy who has stadium building experience, etc. He is like a Stadium Czar! However, his involvement in football ops is all show. Like I can't see him giving Poles any advice that would change Poles mind about a difficult decision.

My unbiased, indisputable, backed by scientific fact prediction: Bears 31-13

Best episode so far. It feels like they wasted a little too much time on other things in the first 2 episodes (Simone Biles). They really like the rookie singing thing. After awhile it gets a little old though. Odunze is a lot faster than I thought, I may have been underestimating him a little. I know there were some concerns about Allen but based on this episode and the recent practice reports, he is looking really good. It is a relief to see Flus isn't 100% Coach speak and the team seems to like playing for him. Bagent already talking about going undefeated in the preseason. We will see if he can help with that on Thursday. I know I have thought that "the preseason doesn't matter" but it seems to these guys. I still can't believe Booker was drafted in the 5th round. Warren, like a lot of top level Execs are basically worthless and just a figure head. Some of those positions are part of the bloat of corporations today. Like what is the ROI on his hire? How much more profit margin have the Bears brought in over Warren's salary directly related to his work?

Ep 2. He has Austin Reed on as a guest, and they go into some great detail and give their perspective on the team. Interesting takes about the defense and Flus. They said that the defense is "elite" and that other teams have told them that. They also love Flus and credit him for how the defense plays. Some other cool nuggets. For me, I like the behind the scenes from the player's perspective. This really ties in with Hard Knocks and 1920 Series.

Nice job, the site feels a lot quicker tbh.

Well, they should be healthier than the Titans. They are expecting to play starters in their preseason finale: That's surprising, because the regular season is only 2 weeks later, so even if a guy has a soft tissue injury, he may not be 100% going to Week 1. For the Bears, unless someone gets hurt in practice, they should have all of their starters and key subs healthy for Week 1.

Here are my stand out players who I think will slip into the bottom of the 53-man. OFF - TE - Tommy Sweeney 6-75, 1 TD - With Kmet, Everett, and Lewis not playing ST, I think they carry a 4th TE, and it would be Sweeney. He also has been a key contributor with several ST tackles. WR - Dante Pettis 5-98, 2 TD - I think Pettis ends up as WR5/6 and is the lead PR. He looks healthy this year and reminds me of his time in SF where he looked like a solid WR2/3. Like Sweeney, Pettis has ST value. That might get him on the roster over Johnson and/or possibly Velus. DEF - Edge - Hardy 10 tackles, 3.5 sacks - This dude has really impressed. He is everywhere, making tackles, and leads the NFL in sacks. He should make the roster over Robinson. I believe Robinson is going to be the Hard Knocks player cut. LB - Ogbongbemiga 17 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT - He probably ends up as the last LB on the roster, and that would be fine by me. He reminds me of a poor man's Lance Briggs and he may even push Sanborn for some playing time. Another ST contributor. Sweeney is the only one that might be a roster composition casualty, but I doubt he makes it to the PS if they don't put him on the 53-man.

Placeholder for Week 1 - SEA (Waldron's offense) beat TEN in Week 16 last season 20-17 in TEN. Geno Smith was 25-36, 69.4%, 227 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT, 2 Sacks, 104.7 QB Rating. 18 receptions by WRs. SEA sacked TEN 6 times. TEN replaced Derrick Henry with Tony Pollard. If the Bears can stop Pollard, who is more of a dual threat than Henry, I think the Bears win handily.

On a side note, Hardy has really impressed as well. He also has a crazy motor like Booker, but is also violent. He is a good change of pace rusher that offers something different for the O-Line to worry about. Sweat, Booker, Walker, and Hardy is at least a league average group with one star and a lot of upside for the young guys. Robinson may be a surprise cut.

Oh yeah, bring in the Sprint package.

I already have an account for NFL+ for the other content, so I think it is part of that package, which just makes it more useful. Before I was just paying for the game replays, etc. Now I get a really cool resource added to that content. I only sign up from now until December, so I pay about $60, which isn't too bad considering what you get access to.

It was weird seeing Mitch vs Justin both play against each other. I thought it was fitting that both players highlighted exactly why they are no longer Bears QBs.

The Preseason finale is in 3 days! So we get Hard Knocks on Tuesday and Bears football on Thursday. Obviously with the quick turn around, I can't see the Bears playing any starters. So it will be curious to see how the team handles guys like Velus. If they don't suit up, they are basically on the 53-man roster. So we should know who the bubble players are on Thursday night.

The Bears may end up flipping him in a few years like Matt Flynn to SEA. I hope they don't because he has already shown he can be a solid NFL QB.

This is almost porn, lol.

That's fine we can agree to disagree. I just don't see anything where you would want him running the ball over someone like Wheeler. He would be the worst RB on the roster and if he is a WR, he would be the worst WR on the roster. So why keep him? If he was a 4th round or later pick, he would've been cut this offseason. What did you see from him in this game? He had one 7 yard run, then had 6 rushes for 6 yards after that. Just from going over his entire body of work, and after 2+ years and 3 training camps and this NOW they are experimenting with him at RB tells me we are nearing the end.

Possessed.

Wheeler is a better runner than Homer, but worse pass catcher. Both play ST about the same. Wheeler has more juice. Homer looks tired when he runs the ball. At that part of the roster it is maximizing what you need them for. With Swift as the primary 3rd Down back and Roschon able to catch passes, I would go with Wheeler over Homer and Pettis over Velus.

Pettis is taller than I always imagine him. He ran some really nice routes today. I would not mind if he makes the team.