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No way they waive Ola and Mills, and bring in Omameh to play tackle. Long gets pushed outside to RT and gets Clay Matthews in Week One, should be fun.

per Biggs #Bears have signed NT Terry Williams to the practice squad Nice to see.

Biggest surprise: #Bears have cut RT Jordan Mills, a source confirms https://twitter.com/ProFootballTalk/status/...592715600785408 Speculation: Long is our new RT, and Ducasse or Omameh are the new RG.

There goes one, kinda surprised, as I thought Martin would stick: #Bears have informed veteran S Sherrod Martin they will terminate his contract. https://twitter.com/BradBiggs/status/640580231171047425

BEARS MAKE FIRST CLAIM: G/T Patrick Omameh was claimed by Bears. https://twitter.com/NFLSTROUD/status/640569973589590016 and #2: #Bears also claimed CB Harold Jones-Quartey off waivers from #Cardinals https://twitter.com/BradBiggs/status/640572712134541313

David Bass claimed by Titans #Titans claimed David Bass & Steven Johnson, as they look to add depth. https://twitter.com/RapSheet

Cool, yeah, some browsers are quirky with add-ons/plug-ins.

Yeah, I don't think they will be on the final 53-man roster. I am expecting 4-5 more moves overall. There are some good players out there for one reason or another. Even if you are just improving the bottom of the roster, you still are improving.

He was an injury risk with those knees.

53 man roster in first post, surprised about Porter and Callahan.

Absolutely, but just based on last year's opening day 53-man roster, Tayo, Meredith, and Bellamy or whoever is in their place will be new to the roster.

Just to put this in perspective, the Bears have had a 44% roster turnover (23 new players and counting) from opening day 2014 to 2015: 3 more new players and half the roster will be turned over in one offseason. Bostic, Dunn, Fales, and Young are still potential roster cuts from 2014.

I am mixed, you have to pay someone, and it might as well be a perennial Pro Bowler and someone who is top 5 at their position every year. The way contracts work nowadays, it is more about the guaranteed money vs the contract or annual salary. If they were willing to take Willie Young and a 3rd, would you do it?

Sort of related: Damn, I would love Kam, adding him and McPhee in one offseason? What would you be willing to trade for him?

Me too, but Dunn might not make it either if we pick up someone off the waiver wire.

per Biggs: #Bears have informed LB Matthew Wells, acquired in trade with #Patriots, that he will be placed on waivers. Damn, that means Bostic stays and Timu replaces Foster

Bengals release DT Devon Still.

Damn, James Jones was cut by NYG, you know he is going back to GB. That would be a great pickup for us as a solid #3.

per Biggs: #Bears have informed LB Jonathan Anderson he will be placed on waivers. Good candidate to return to practice squad after solid preseason. #Bears have informed TE Gannon Sinclair he will be placed on waivers. Was claimed from Arizona earlier this week. #Bears will waive/injured WR AJ Cruz, who suffered a sprained ankle in practice on Tuesday. I really liked Anderson and hope he makes it thru to the Practice Squad.

I updated my first post with some better projections. Everything almost looks set unless we acquire someone else. For offense, depending on health, we will either carry 3x QBs due to Clausen's status, or 6th WR due to WR health. I think we could even add a 4th TE for the final spot on offense. To me, most positions seem pretty locked in. The only major changes will be if we pick up some other off the waiver wire (which I fully suspect we will).

https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/640192571986329601 Makes sense considering we have McPhee, Allen, Houston, Acho, and potentially Bass already on the outside. With the need for another Special Teamer (due to Perry injury), I could see them going with Anderson, Timu, and Wells over Young, Foster, and Bostic.

Stinger did it work? If you get the test to work, sign up and go thru a mock draft to ensure it works (completely). I had one instance where it loaded, but then I could not select a player.

Yeah, I wasn't trying to cherry pick stats, I just saw the sack totals and turnover ratio and was like "wow, that seems different", and sure enough, both were way better than anything we have seen in quite a while.

I was shocked at first, but after seeing Timu, Anderson, and Wells play lights out, I could see them easily letting Foster and Bostic go to make room for at least two of them.

I know Preseason numbers mean next to nothing, but it is nice to see some stats like this: Sack differential 14 - 4 Turnover Ratio +9 0 pts allowed in 2nd half (entire preseason) 6 straight shutout quarters to end preseason I was actually surprised to see the Sacks differential and Turnover Ratios so positive, so I compared them to the last 5 years with regular season comparisons. 2014 Preseason: Sacks 5 - 7 Turnover Ratio 0 for the season: 39 - 41 and -5 2013 Preseason: Sacks 9 - 13 Turnover Ratio +5 for the season: 31 - 30 and +5 2012 Preseason: Sacks 9 - 11 Turnover Ratio +2 for the season: 41 - 44 and +20 2011 Preseason: Sacks 7 - 15 Turnover Ratio -2 for the season: 32 - 49 and +2 2010 Preseason: Sacks 9 - 19 Turnover Ratio -1 for the season: 34 - 56 and +4 I was surprised to see the numbers were loosely correlated. Very bad sack differentials in 2010 and 2011 didn't change much during the season, and average sack numbers were relatively comparable for the regular season from 2012-2014. For Turnover ratio, the two most positive preseasons were followed by the most productive regular seasons (in terms of turnover ratio) in 2012 and 2013. The Bears, during the regular season have averaged 27 offensive turnovers a season (over the past 5 years) and have averaged 32 takeaways during that same span. As bad as our offensive line has looked, giving up only 4 sacks for an entire preseason is pretty remarkable. The 14 sacks for the defense is also promising. If these numbers are at all an indication of the scheme, we might have a surprisingly efficient year. It might not correlate to points or wins, but the foundation looks like it is forming with Fox-Gase-Fangio. Again, I know it is preseason, but interesting nonetheless.