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Stevenson compliments JJ very well. Stevenson is more boom or bust and will have more INTs and PDs while JJ is the shutdown guy who lets up very little of anything, but will have fewer splash plays.

I love Tyrique but JJ is still the top CB on the team. No one throws at him, so his PD and INT numbers are lower than they would be. Stevenson may surpass JJ and think both are CB1s which is awesome for the Bears.

Literally every position group goes thru this sequence, so I don't think of this as any new type of issue. The Bears can extend guys like Jenkins and Moore and when their big money kicks in, guys like Davis and Edmunds will come off the books. Like today, how big of a drop off would the Bears have with Edwards, Sanborn, and Sewell with a rookie LB as LB4 vs Edmunds, Edwards, Sanborn and Sewell today? The drop off ain't that big but that allows the Bears to extend Jenkins. Then if you replace Davis with a rookie OG, that allows you to extend Moore. This roster is basically locked in and cost controlled thru 2025, and Williams is cost controlled thru 2028, so the Bears will more than likely front load some of their vets to pay them in 2027 and 2028 to give them flexibility in 2029 and 2030 when Williams QB pay bump will force the cap for the rest of the roster to drop. If Poles does it correctly, they won't lose any core players until 2031, which is 8 years from now.

I saw the college reps mentioned again. Not that there is 100% correlation between raw number of attempts and success, but there is a point where you can say you know who the QB is, that there is something to work with and room to grow vs an unknown due to lower reps. That is why it always fascinates me on why Pace chose Trubisky over Watson or Mahomes (I wanted Watson). Then, with another shot at drafting a QB, which is rare for a GM, he goes with another QB with low reps and question marks in Fields. Guys with extra years at QB might have the high volume reps, but that is only because of the extra seasons. Penix is #2, but with 6 years (Williams had only 3), so when you take away some years of service, you can see Penix drop all the way to dead last on this list with 4 years of play. McCarthy seems high risk with less than 500 completions.

I agree with most of that, but I don't know about the hug thing. To me it just looked like they were trying to get down the line with Flus knowing Warren, who he just hugged, was right behind him. Unless there were more hugs lol, I only saw the one after Williams was selected.

There are already soooo many cameras on these guys nowadays. This is totally different than a decade ago. The Bears already do their own form of this with 1920 Football Drive. So I don't think this will be a big deal. Also, I have to imagine guys are going to want to give it their all, all the time knowing if they are loafing, that is going to be plastered all over national tv weekly. So I have to imagine guys are going to go extra hard knowing they are on tape. Can you imagine Eddie Jackson's comments about not worrying about tackling in a Hard Knocks episode? That would be it's own storyline for the entire season. I think they are going to focus on the following storylines: 1. Caleb 2. The WR Room race to 1K 3. The Secondary and their vibe 4. The Crocodile Punter 5. Flus' new flow 6. Where is Nate Davis today? 7. Bagent's Dad arm wrestling staff members 8. Velus Jones HoF resurgence as a KR

To me, I use PFF as a validator. So if something passes the eye test, has some other raw stats to back it up AND PFF has similar grades, it is more believable. Like for Leno, to me, he was always below league average, like a 20-25 ranked LT (assuming 15-16th is league average), he was definitely serviceable, but his best trait was his health. Hard to pay top dollar for someone like that.

Very cool, more Bears content is always good. The team already video tapes a bunch of stuff so I don't know how much different it will be for the players. On Phil, that is cool.

Have you seen any of his workout videos? He looks less explosive than last year, like the injury is still impacting him get off. I don't think he is signing with anyone any time soon.

This is sort of dependent on how you look at it, Jones is 31st and Wright is 32nd. So you could say Jones is one of the worst LTs in the league while Wright is the best RT. Jones is good enough, and Wright still needs to improve. If both can improve this season, then when you add in Amegajie as the swing tackle, that is a solid OT room. Center needs to be addressed and I still do not trust Davis at RG.

and if you figure that you get an extra year with him, that he should be even better in 2025 with 1 year under his belt than he would be coming out as a rookie in 2025, even with an extra year of college.

With the secondary being so elite, it feels like that energy is going to propagate throughout the rest of the defense. That unit may be the best in the NFL this year, and in reality, the Bears LB+Secondary may be the best as well when you include Edmunds, Edwards, and Sanborn into the mix.

The draft really fell almost perfect for the Bears. Top 2 players on their board, best punter in the last decade, Booker for only a future 4th but were looking to move up immediately after picking Taylor. So they clearly had a 4th round grade (or better on Booker).

The rumor can be true, however, it seems to be more like this: Worker at Halas Hall - tells Phil that he never saw Flus and Getsy speak to each other. What that guy doesn't tell Phil or Phil doesn't ask, how often are you around them, are you in meetings, or behind closed doors? So it may have been a public thing, which I could see. Maybe they didn't like each other and if that is the case, I could see that too. Either way, this is going to be a telling season for Flus. I don't know if he is on the hot seat, but of all the coaches, staff, and players, he is probably the closest to being on the hot seat. I would say that order goes: Flus, Davis, Braxton, Edmunds, and Herbert.

Also, the Eagles defense is a lot different than the Titans, so he was basically playing at half speed. I really like him and think he will be a pleasant surprise on defense. All he has to do is play average and it will be a massive upgrade from Jackson. Also, if you remember a few years ago, Jackson was basically telling rookies that they didn't need to worry about tackling. Byard is clearly not like that. He fits in well with Brisker and the rest of the secondary. I would not be surprised if they extend him to allow the team to address other positions in 2025's draft.

Regardless, I am sure he still provides some great breakdowns, he clearly knows what he is talking about on the tape. It is hard for me to take what he says about rumors seriously though. Not that he is not correct, or that he doesn't actually have inside info, but if it sounds sensational, I tend to just leave it there as a rumor.

I am glad this is happening and it would be a bad look for the defense if a rookie QB is carving them up this early in the offseason. I hope it is a battle for him all offseason and he just shows the growth we have wanted to see from the previous drafted QBs. Byard is going to be a better addition than most expect. Jackson was terrible and predictable. Byard can play both FS and SS, so they can get more exotic in their pre snap coverage looks than they could in the past.

He has recovered a lot since then, but man, when it happened, it was UG LEE. There are a lot of links about it on Google. He basically deleted whatever Twitter Accounts he had, went dark, then came back online a few years later like nothing happened. He has done a good job since that point but if you witnessed it, it is hard to unsee it. Here is a forum post where someone is asking about burner accounts: https://www.bearsfansonline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7548 Here is a Reddit post about it: Another one: Here is the deleted Twitter account, you can still search it: https://twitter.com/FulphilO/ What is wild is he didn't need to defend himself. He posted good video breakdowns, but for some odd reason, any negative comment would set him off. Then he would swap to his burner accounts and attack the other person. To the point where he was doxxing people from the burner accounts to discredit them. It was sooo bizarre. Once I say that, he lost all credibility with me.

Draft Dr. Phil? I don't mind the draft stuff, but he was busted a few years ago with a bunch of burner Twitter accounts and paying for followers. He got busted, went dark, and then came back. Basically he was citing himself as the inside sources, then backing it up with other burner accounts referencing other burner accounts. It was pretty wild. He got caught replying as himself on one of the burner accounts, tried to delete it, and then it all unraveled.

2 - how does that make sense if Getsy wanted to stay with Bagent but they went back to Fields? Did Poles come down and interject and bypass Flus? I highly doubt it. There may have been something they didn't speak to each other about, but I highly doubt they didn't speak to each other all year. With how NFL teams operate, especially on game day with challenges, etc, I don't even know how that is possible. Just say it was, then winning 7 games like that is a borderline miracle.

Yeah, it really is hard to fathom. To think one of those 3 will draw CB3, a LB, or a S on every play is wild.

There have been a few periods with 2 WRs, but never 3. Odunze is a WR1 on at least 10 teams, a WR2 on all but 5-6 teams, and the top WR3 in the NFL. That may not seem like a big deal, but if Allen or Moore miss any time, the drop off won't be massive like it normally is.

They have Stroud 10th on this list, but also have Rodgers at 8. If you look at skill position players, Stroud had Collins and Dell as his top 2 WRs where Williams has Moore and Allen AND Odunze. So Stroud's performance last year should be Williams floor to be honest.

True, but QBR is also roster-based, he is obviously producing elite numbers due to his performance with his supporting cast and coaching.

Caleb comes in at #19, between Geno Smith and Baker Mayfield. This feels like a pretty fair spot to start at, though, I think he will be closer to to 10 than top 20. I think he will be better than Murray, Smith, and Lawrence at least. Lawrence at #12 seems too high for me. https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-quarterback-rankings-all-32-starters-2024-nfl-season