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Well in regards to Slauson and Sitton. Sitton is a Pro-Bowler and was not expected to just become available out of nowhere. Grasu's injury also was not expected. In regards to the kickers, Pace said the timing was tied to Barth becoming available, that is why they had no one in camp competing against Robbie. He said if someone from their list came available, they would explore those opportunities. Again, I think the move from Gould to Barth will be marginal at best (kickoffs slightly better, more accurate inside 40) with a huge cap difference. The LS came down to the Kicker. Different Kicker, different LS.

I like it. No rookies starting, which actually shows we are not desperate. We can work the rookies in on a rotational basis.

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Barth is better 40 and in recently and 49 and in for their careers. Gould is just much better at 50+. To me this is not necessarily even an upgrade as it is a salary dump with a little, if any drop in performance.

It is always better to move on a year early than a year late. I have no issues with moving on from guys in their mid 30s because you will more than likely save some cap space during the process.

I don't know if you are kidding but Mariani was cut and signed with the Titans?

I am really liking what Pace is doing with this team. Some bold moves with the signing of Sitton and cutting of Gould. It is hard to say we are not a markedly better team than we were to end last season. The preseason performance, especially in Game 3 really brought my expectations down, but the latest moves to solidfy the roster have been reassuring.

I think they like Bellamy in the slot as well. For KR duties, you could use any of the DB's, backup WRs or even RBs.

Current 53-man roster: QB Jay Cutler Brian Hoyer RB Jeremy Langford Jordan Howard Ka'Deem Carey WR Alshon Jeffery Deonte Thompson WR Kevin White Josh Bellamy WR Eddie Royal Cameron Meredith TE/FB Zach Miller Logan Paulsen Greg Scruggs Paul Lasike (FB) LT Charles Leno Mike Adams LG Josh Sitton Cody Whitehair C Ted Larsen Eric Kush RG Kyle Long RT Bobby Massie 8 23 - Offense DE Mitch Unrein Jonathan Bullard DT Eddie Goldman Will Sutton DE Akiem Hicks Cornelius Washington 6 OLB Willie Young Leonard Floyd OLB Lamarr Houston Sam Acho ILB Jerrell Freeman Nick Kwiatkowski Christian Jones (ILB/OLB) ILB Danny Trevathan Jonathan Anderson 9 CB Tracey Porter Kyle Fuller Sherrick McManis Cre'von LeBlanc CB Bryce Callahan Deoindre Hall Jacoby Glenn SS Harold Jones-Quartey Deon Bush FS Adrian Amos DeAndre Houston-Carson Chris Prosinski 12 27 - Defense K Connor Barth P Pat O'Donnell LS Patrick Scales PUP - Wilson and McPhee

More moves: #Bears cut LS Aaron Brewer, OL Amini Silatolu & sign LS Patrick Scales. Matt Barkley officially signed to practice squad. Silatolu cut to make room for Sitton.

Barth replaces Gould, and Thompson is handling kick return duties.

I appreciate everything he did for the franchise, but I feel like this decision is about a year and a half late. We save a good amount of cap space, so some other moves could be coming. From 49 and under, Barth is more accurate and a lot more accurate in the last few years. Gould only made 75%of his FG attempts in 2014 and 84.6% last year.

Current 53-man roster: QB Jay Cutler Brian Hoyer RB Jeremy Langford Jordan Howard Ka'Deem Carey WR Alshon Jeffery Deonte Thompson WR Kevin White Josh Bellamy WR Eddie Royal Cameron Meredith TE/FB Zach Miller Logan Paulsen Greg Scruggs Paul Lasike (FB) LT Charles Leno Mike Adams LG Cody Whitehair Amini Silatolu C Ted Larsen Eric Kush RG Kyle Long RT Bobby Massie 8 23 - Offense DE Mitch Unrein Jonathan Bullard DT Eddie Goldman Will Sutton DE Akiem Hicks Cornelius Washington 6 OLB Willie Young Leonard Floyd OLB Lamarr Houston Sam Acho ILB Jerrell Freeman Nick Kwiatkowski Christian Jones (ILB/OLB) ILB Danny Trevathan Jonathan Anderson 9 CB Tracey Porter Kyle Fuller Sherrick McManis Cre'von LeBlanc CB Bryce Callahan Deoindre Hall Jacoby Glenn SS Harold Jones-Quartey Deon Bush FS Adrian Amos DeAndre Houston-Carson Chris Prosinski 12 27 - Defense K Robbie Gould P Pat O'Donnell LS Aaron Brewer PUP - Wilson and McPhee

Lee, Hurst, and Edison gone. Replaced by Paulsen, LeBlanc, and Kush.

Do we kick the tires? Seems like a low risk signing, and he is still fairly young.

Bears claim OL Eric Kush, DB Cre'Von LeBlanc off waivers https://t.co/onmb4Vj0Oc

Sorry about confusion in regards to Fuller, he is not on PUP, Ego Ferguson was waived freeing up the last spot for Fuller.

As good as Johnson was/is, his target to reception ratio was one of the lowest in the league every year. So when you take that into account there was some room for more efficiency with less targets thrown his way. 731 receptions on 1312 targets, so a 55.7% and 581 incompletions/interceptions thrown his way.

Sitton is a regular probowler, if you can acquire someone like that, you do it as long as the price is right. Also, we don't know the extent of Long's injury. Having too many good players is not a bad problem to have.

Current 53-man roster: QB Jay Cutler Brian Hoyer RB Jeremy Langford Jordan Howard Ka'Deem Carey WR Alshon Jeffery Deonte Thompson WR Kevin White Josh Bellamy WR Eddie Royal Cameron Meredith TE/FB Zach Miller Logan Paulsen Greg Scruggs Paul Lasike (FB) LT Charles Leno Mike Adams LG Cody Whitehair Amini Silatolu C Ted Larsen Eric Kush RG Kyle Long RT Bobby Massie 8 23 - Offense DE Mitch Unrein Jonathan Bullard DT Eddie Goldman Will Sutton DE Akiem Hicks Cornelius Washington 6 OLB Willie Young Leonard Floyd OLB Lamarr Houston Sam Acho ILB Jerrell Freeman Nick Kwiatkowski Christian Jones (ILB/OLB) ILB Danny Trevathan Jonathan Anderson 9 CB Tracey Porter Kyle Fuller Sherrick McManis Cre'von LeBlanc CB Bryce Callahan Deoindre Hall Jacoby Glenn SS Harold Jones-Quartey Deon Bush FS Adrian Amos DeAndre Houston-Carson Chris Prosinski 12 27 - Defense K Robbie Gould P Pat O'Donnell LS Aaron Brewer PUP - Wilson and McPhee

I've updated the first post with the latest. 3 more cuts if McPhee is put on some type of IR, 4 more if he is not. Looks like McPhee, Wilson and Fuller to start on PUP list, which would be last 3 moves.

Hester is better than all of them in regards to returns, but Mariani is a better receiver. I just don't see this regime going back to that well.

I am figuring Ebron will see a lot of looks.

With the new kickoff, his value is even less than it was before. As much as I would want him for sentimental reasons, I don't think they would use a spot on the 53-man roster for him at this point.

Yeah, I didn't even get there. However, looking at this from another perspective, they may be better without him with Tate, Jones, and Ebron. Even though he was a matchup nightmare, now you don't know where the ball is going.