To me a sure sigh of wave 3 is the 1 year deals. Multi year deals are gonna be pretty few and far between from here on out. That's a sign it's wave 3, for sure. I'm looking at the roster and I see most position groups already have their "camp body" types already filled. As I understand it...

There’s a huge difference in perception and expectations on a top 10 pick and a late first round pick. You can take a flyer on a guy on day three like Dominique Robinson and it’s expected and accepted that it’s going to take time for a converted WR to play at a high level—if it even ever happens. A...

No team can be successful without hitting on draft picks and getting several impact players. If you haven’t hit on enough of draft picks, there isn’t a sufficient team built for a major free agent signing or two or three to have enough of an impact to compete for championships. And if you never spe...

If he doesn’t live up to the draft spot or takes a few years to develop, your cartwheels will mean nothing to the GM taking him instead of a player performing better than him that was drafted after him. That's true of literally every player in the draft. There’s a huge difference in perception and ...

It’s not a straw man argument, it’s a recognition of history. History clearly demonstrates that spending big money in free agency is not how you build a successful and sustainable franchise. Frequently, teams end up regretting their big ticket signings. I believe the Patriots just traded away their...

IF - and its a SIZEABLE IF - they think Jenkins can play RT That means we go into the draft with the following 2023 Needs (granted longer term playing IS needed) - DL - 3rd CB - Backups End List Even if Jenkins can play RT, given his injury history (he’s only played more than 50% of the snaps in 11...

Do you really build a winner in the draft or by signing some overpriced free agents? This team won 3, 3 games last season. Do you think they are going to jump to 12+ wins. Is fields going to take a Herculean leap or small steps forward? Do you want to extend guys like Mooney, claypool, Kmet or JJt ...

Van Ness is very raw (he literally has one move in his bag) and looks like he’s going to need to take some to develop. I think taking him in the top 10 is a bit of a reach his tape and production don’t warrant that. Well...he declared after his redshirt sophomore season, didn't he? Yeah, he's raw. ...

I thought the Wright kid was the talk at the Senior Bowl? I thought he impressed everyone so much that he went from a mid 2nd to a potential mid 1st. Then, I believe he impressed with his measurables at the combine as well I think the NFL.com write up seems pretty on point for the Tenn kid https://...

I think Billings is our NT and Walker is our LDE. Consider calling them both strong side DT and DE. I like that for the run. And I think Walker can slide in to DT in sub packages depending on how the rest of the personnel play out. I think that's probably correct. At least at the moment. I like Van...

I don’t agree, I think Walker will primarily be used as a rotational 3T that can slide outside sometimes. He’s been more successful rushing on the inside, so I think they’ll stick with that. Billings is definitely going to be the 1T. RT is something they obviously think they need since they targeted...

I don’t believe there’s a snowball’s chance in hell the Bears drat Kancey, especially in the first round. But Eberflus and Poles have mentioned valuing length, and Poles again went on about length when talking about Edmunds—his biggest free agency signing. Can’t see them turning around and using a ...

Why would there be any HB pick at this point? Maybe R7, if you're totally out of options and really like someone for the PS. Disagree... Homer is a ST player primarily, Ebner is PS at best, Evans should be gone after TC if not sooner. We need a 3rd RB and Spears would be a nice 4th rd. pick. Homer ...

https://twitter.com/NFLBeast2/status/1635719490452193280 I should add that I don't know the credentials of these Twitter posters. This kid I like. I heard a radio interview with him during the combine and started researching him. Look like an excellent DL 3T prospect. https://thedraftnetwork.com/sr...

I’m not worried by Poles’ plan. He’s sticking to the plan - good for him. Remember when we had one of the worst cap situations and one of the leanest draft capital? Yeah, that was 12 months ago, when Poles took over. Loaded with vets who were past their peak but still on big contracts. Multiple yea...

I don’t believe there’s a snowball’s chance in hell the Bears drat Kancey, especially in the first round. But Eberflus and Poles have mentioned valuing length, and Poles again went on about length when talking about Edmunds—his biggest free agency signing. Can’t see them turning around and using a 1...

I think Walker is the 3T. I highly doubt that. I also think that guy isn't on the team yet... Sounds like Mike Pennel Part Deux. Have to disagree with you. He's actually a pretty good player. Pennell, on the other hand... Walker played outside and inside and had the most success inside, so I think ...

Billings was PFF's 16th ranked interior DLineman last years. Our ex-guy Tonga was like 13th. That was one of Poles' decisions I didn't really like - but accepted given the new regime's stated desire for certain types of players. Is Billings really that different than Tonga? Both are more run stuffe...

Flus and Poles are so full of crap. Here's what they said at the beginning of the month as to what they look for in defensive linemen: Bears general manager Ryan Poles and head coach Matt Eberflus met with the media at the NFL Scouting Combine, where they discussed exactly what they’re looking for ...

The Bears offensive line was also somehow ranked in the top 10 despite being by far the worst pass blocking line in true pass sets. I don’t care about a ranking when you watched the games last year, he wasn’t very good. You ummmm know we weren't too often in true pass sets because it didn't fit our...

wab wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 7:50 pm This is a weird one IMO. 6’1 and nearly 240. Seems like an odd fit.

He’s faster and accelerates better than Montgomery. Watch how he explosively he hits the holes in his highlights:

Whitehair also got injured and wasn’t very good at guard last year. Older players have gone to guard later, I believe Garza moved there after Kreutz left, for example. The Bears were also the worst pass blocking line in true pass sets. So I’m not sure anyone should have their spots given how they p...

Absolutely HATE the idea of moving Jenkins from the spot where he's been the best lineman on our team to the position where last year he got demoted because he was getting consistently beat by a guy who didn't even make the team. Even if Jenkins wants to play OT, to tell him that we're going to get...

I don't know... he also said when he was hired that he sees Cody as a guard and that he hated how much the previous staff shuffled guys around. I get shuffling because of injury in 2022, there weren't a lot of options, but Whitehair didn't even get a sniff at center last year when he presumably cou...

I feel like he always had some back breaking catches against the Bears. Hopefully, he can do that to them now.

wulfy wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 7:26 pm Fun Fact: Foreman rushed for more yards than Montgomery last season.

Another interesting fact: Montgomery’s longest run last year was 28 yards, Foreman’s was 60.

I liked him in college and his talent is tantalizing but if he can’t care enough to prepare for the biggest interview of his life, I don’t know how you can trust him to put in the work to be great in the NFL.

1-4 seems like you’re just trying to hate. If a guy you’re hiding on the practice squad is poached to another team’s roster and stays there that’s not a miss. If a guy makes you’re roster as a backup that’s not a miss. If a guy goes on IR before he plays, that’s not a miss yet. Come on dude, expecti...

Kidding aside, I think you can slot this kid anywhere on the offensive line, which has value but not the only reason you draft him at #9 overall. I like his functional strength, balance and technique. If this indeed is our draft choice, I think you'll see him at RT unless/until Braxton Jones gets h...

This one confuses me - and I wanted Edmunds from Day 1 that I started pondering free agency. This guy is a great athlete who is really coming on after a bit of a slow start to his career. I think his best ball is in front of him. What I don't get is spending 18M on this and not addressing more core...