I get the feeling Randle-El is on the track to become an OC in a year or 2.


It's possible, although he officially has an assistant head coach designation, so a promotion for him would be to head coach.

I doubt the Bears would stop him from jumping to a coordinator job if he wanted, but I ...

I hate byes before Week 8 myself.

That's not necessarily Bears-specific, either.

It's not just the marginal cost, it's the sellouts needed to broadcast locally as well.

I mean overate him in terms of what picks people think he’ll fetch in a trade.

He’s no doubt talented, but I’ve seen people throw out R2 or R3 picks as compensation for him.


All teams' fans overrated their players (and underrate other teams' players) to some extent.

It's why Bears fans ...

NFL bloodlines usually help a player. (There are exceptions, of course.)

Trapilo isn't the physical mold I look for in an offensive tackle, but he's a Bear now and I want him to succeed. Seeming to be a good guy makes me want to root for him all the more.

Regarding A&M specifically: Jimbo Fisher was not a very good coach, but I think Mike Ehlo is terrific, and I expect to see significant improvement in Aggie prospects in the coming years.

grendel2000 wrote: Fri May 09, 2025 10:57 am I kinda love that Steve Smith dropped the Johnny Knox reference!

And called DJ Moore his spirit animal.

Shadow wrote: Fri May 09, 2025 9:09 am I am just afraid Roshon is running scared. Maybe it was just their usage of him last year but it seemed very inefective. Some people do not get over a concussion. Changes their approach to the game.

Maybe.

We'll find out pretty quickly what Ben Johnson and his staff think of RoJo.

Of particular note is several of the DBs they brought in: long arms and big wingspans.

CBs
Bryquice Brown
Jordan Mahoney
Devin Kirkwood and Isaiah Greene are similar.

Ss
Bryan Addison

Here's the full rookie minicamp roster, incidentally.
https://i.redd.it/z25veyatqmze1.png

Draft gurus? Anyone on that list have a roster shot?


I like Walker and Carlton. I though they both were 5th round guys.
And Tysheem Johnson has a legit chance to start in a year.


I agree about Carlton (more of a late-round flyer type, so the kind of guy I'd expect to be targeted in UDFA ...

Moriarty wrote: Wed May 07, 2025 8:41 am Does this mean they've quit on Rodgers and are tanking a year?

Or they are getting Rodgers and having both would put them over their douchebaggery limit?

I LOLd.

6th year player (including two years in JUCO after leaving FCS-level SIU) who turned 24 during his lone season starting. That season was terrific in the AAC...but it was the AAC at age 23-24. He's got promise, but there are enough yellow flags to give pause.


Cool, thanks. The age bit doesn ...

Z Bear wrote: Sun May 04, 2025 12:06 pm You want a LB returning kicks? Wild

I dunno, Hyppolite has the speed for it...

Yeah, except for speed, size, and agility, they're exactly the same!

Also, kick returns are like 132nd on the list of priorities, with how few kick are able to be returned anymore.

Duvernay and one other is more than fine.


With the rule change to the ball coming out to the 35, we'll see an increase in kick returns. How many remains to be seen. I agree with ...

Also, kick returns are like 132nd on the list of priorities, with how few kick are able to be returned anymore.

Duvernay and one other is more than fine.

Y'all know Heinz.
Y'all know how much he despises Poles.

If things go the way he predicts it'll be Poles' fault.
If things go well it'll be because of Johnson and Poles won't deserve any credit.

Lather, rinse, repeat.

I'm guessing it's the level of competition and lack of play time that caused him to be around in the 5th?


6th year player (including two years in JUCO after leaving FCS-level SIU) who turned 24 during his lone season starting. That season was terrific in the AAC...but it was the AAC at age 23 ...

Some good quotes here about the Bears' draft, from other NFL teams: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6327490/2025/05/02/nfl-draft-2025-nfc-teams-giants-bears/

It wasn't universal praise - this one wasn't exactly a ringing endorsement:

“Chicago was interesting,” another exec said. “They got a ...

Johnny Bollocks wrote: Thu May 01, 2025 5:06 am Fuck it, I'm with this guy. Let's start Kylie Minogue at HB.

Can't get this out of my head...

Could be, but he has landed a couple of good UDFAs recently that stuck and played. Sanborn was one and Bagent another.



I dunno.
Sanborn was one of his, right?
And Benedet is very much a "raw project you hope pays off eventually" not an "experienced and reliable body, but just not athletic ...

Burden is the one player the Bears took in this draft that should be considered underdrafted.

Burden came into the 2024 season considered a first-round pick. His 2024 season wasn't as impressive as his 2023 season (which was stellar), but he's the same prospect he was coming into the season.

So he is a faster Roquan. Interesting, very interesting.


And if you look at their stats as starters... they are pretty similar. Which shocked me.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/ruban-hyppolite-ii-1.html
https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/roquan-smith-1.html


Yes ...

Also, this is surprising. Hardly the same area code in production, of course.

Going back and looking at every LB that Dennis Allen has coached... and this dude is most definitely an outlier. So is the other LB they picked up...Echols. Exactly the same size just a terrible athlete.

I don't get it, but whatever. We will see.


Hyppolite is roughly the same size as D'Marco ...

A tough exercise because you have the benefit of hindsight, even if you try to ignore your bias.

wab wrote: Tue Apr 29, 2025 8:36 am You have to remember, we don't get any nuance with DD.

Nope.

But most of the time we love him anyway.

Sounds like they gave Power Echols a pretty significant amount of guaranteed money (as far as UDFA money goes). He's slow, and small with marginal instincts, but they clearly see something in him.

I don't get this new 5'11 LB thing they are doing though.


Power may be short, but at least he ...