I must be a deep-insider because I was saying that the top pick combined with non needing a QB indicates it is highly likely the Bears trade out of that spot. And I ALSO have been saying that trading the top pick could net a wealth of other picks that would be really good for the team going forward...

Contrast that with Emmitt Smith who had the good fortune to play his prime years behind one the finest offensive lines of all time and with a HoF QB and WR, not to mention a Pro Bowl FB and TE. Was he a greater RB than Walter? Very few would argue that case. You forgot to mention that Walter was a ...

PFF has us at 16th with a pass blocking grade of 68.2. Oddly, we are better than several post season contenders including the Vikings, Bills and Bengals.
The Eagles are #1 with a grade of 83.8
The Jets beat us out for last place for passing offense.

I think a lot depends on what we do in free agency - if we bolster the DL positions (say sign Payne and Dre'mont Jones), then I'm less worried about maintaining the Carter/Anderson Line (which is probably the Colts at 4) - and would consider other positions in R1 (OL, WR, etc). There are a lot of I...

PFF flagged Stanford WR Michael Wilson We talked about Stanford’s Michael Wilson a lot in the Day 1 recap, but we had to give him another shoutout on Day 2 for likely bringing us the play of the day. Wilson was once again able to show such a great understanding of how to win at the position with suc...

From PFF: This is as diverse a defensive tackle class as I’ve seen in a few years. This top includes almost every body type you can think of, from tiny three-techniques to long five-techniques and massive nose tackles. 10. JER’ZHAN NEWTON, ILLINOIS (RS SOPHOMORE | 6-2, 295) 2022 Grade: 91.0 Play Sty...

If I'm Ryan Poles I want to trade down from a top 5 pick every single time. I'd take more picks in the first 2 rounds over a single star prospect without hesitation. We've all seen star prospects fail, we've all seen them get injured. We've also seen plenty of guys taken later in Rounds 1 and 2 who...

crueltyabc wrote: ↑Sun Jan 22, 2023 9:43 pm Does anyone even have theories about what happened to Allen Robinson? Its one thing to dog it because you hate Nagy but wtf with the Rams?

He probably wishes he had stuck with the Jags.

Assuming we do a trade down from #1, we're there at 4 to 7, and Anderson is off the board this is my guy. The more video I watch and scouting reports I read I'm convinced this is the way we need to go. Murphy is listed as 6' 5" and 276 pounds, but look at the speed. This is a guy almost the si...

Not really attributing this to anyone specifically here (I don't really see any bad-faith arguments), but I always think of this when I see online arguments that continue over multiple threads: https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/duty_calls.png With me I would reply “Someone thinks I’m wrong on the intern...

Is there any player you would use the #1 pick on if you were Ryan Poles? I’m struggling, maybe Anderson if there were no good trade partners. Anderson has taken some flack because he is too small to be a 4-3 end. Khalil Mack is about 5 pounds heavier and an inch smaller. Mack has 28.5 sacks in 4 ye...

Another Churchill one: “You can always trust the Americans to do the right thing. After they have exhausted all the other options.” :D Victory is never final. Defeat is never fatal. It is courage that counts. Man will occasionally stumble over the truth but most of the time he will pick himself up ...

Couple of three points. First, if you believe PFF ( and I know many don't) he had a better rookie year than the four tackles that were drafted (and played) in the first round. Three were picked in the top 10. So if you are looking for an upgrade you would not have found him in this last draft. Secon...

I heard an interview with Dan Wiederer today and he said the exact opposite. He is HIGHLY sourced on this matter and his sense was that Warren will be running the whole show. When pressed, he said that fans shouldn’t be worried about that because Warren is such a dynamic leader and personality, he ...

The Bears always seem to do things like this bass akwards. They should have hired this guy first and then handed him the keys. But I am sure that Warren and Poles have a clear understanding , not because George would think to do things this way but because Warren would. The difference is now Poles h...

For what's it worth Jones made the PFF all rookie team: Let's be honest, it's not worth that much. The first question has to be how many rookie tackles played a significant number of snaps? I seem to recall Cody Whitehair made the all rookie team as a center. There would have been even less competi...

I didn't want to start a new thread for this...because this rating feels like a lie. https://twitter.com/clayharbs82/status/1613277370470830081 For what's it worth Jones made the PFF all rookie team: LT BRAXTON JONES, CHICAGO BEARS One of the steals of the draft class so far. The Bears' fifth-round...

If you grade Poles on won/lost record is a D at best, but if you grade him on progress made in the initial year of a rebuild I give him a solid B. I think this quote from the Sun Time this morning sums things up nicely: On Sunday, the Bears were able to pull off quite the coup. They concluded Fields...

Here is a quote from an assistant GM on Carter and Anderson from last evenings Trib: The two guys this year, you know exactly what they are. Jalen Carter is as talented of a human being as you will find. The problem is that he’s not a character guy and there is a major bust factor with D-linemen tha...

Anybody see a scenario where Poles deliberately DOES NOT trade the pick? (No, I don't think that's a good idea at all.) No, but I think Poles will posture that he might with endless droning about best player available. It makes sense to try and snooker some QB hungry team into believing we will tak...

Really? We’re celebrating this?! She’s one of the most incompetent owners in sports. Yet you are still a Bears fan. Happy Birthday, Momma Bear. The McCaskey's took a franchise that, after having been moribund for several years, had finally found success with a bright future and turned it back into ...

The only way the Bears can screw up this game is to win.
Bears 9
Vikings 7
Last second field goal dionks off goal post and in.

Arkansasbear wrote: ↑Tue Jan 03, 2023 5:27 pm Colts are starting Sam Ehlinger the outcome of this game could be that the winner is that team that does the poorest job at trying to lose.

We don't even have to try to lose. We have natural talent.

Game balls to everyone who watched the whole game.
I don't get one.

From PFF 1. JALEN CARTER, GEORGIA (JUNIOR | 6-3, 300) 2022 Grade: 92.7 Play Style: Complete DT Initial Round Projection: Top Five Carter has put together a viable case for being the best defensive tackle prospect in the PFF era. Quinnen Williams is the current title holder coming out of Alabama in 2...

Kevin Warren seems to have too many qualifications. Vikes new stadium was built under his watch. Stole USC and UCLA to play on the Big 10 and re-negotiated a giant new media contract for the league. Also experienced the the Rams. Vikes teams, though, were highly successful while he worked for them....

From 2 to 9 is a steep drop so we'd have to get paid pretty seriously to make that work. At 9 we'd be looking at guys like Johnston, the WR from TCU, Johnson the LT from Ohio State or Skoronski from Northwestern. A lot depends upon how FA goes. If Poles does his job and lands a high quality DT and ...

Fields is banged up and I think Getsy keep will try to keep him safe by using his running backs and a few (mostly) quick short passes.
It will work better than it did against Buffalo, but not enough to win.
Lions 24
Bears 19

I have zero interest in re-litigating Ryan Bates. :) Wait, actually, there is a reality where teven never gets a shot at guard and flames out as a tackle because Bates played all 17 games for us. T. Jenkins PFF grade is 80.0, 4th best OG Bates is 60.2, is 52nd best OG E Jenkins by the way is 7th wi...

Line play on both sides of the ball has never been my strong suit. I love the idea of signing Payne in FA and if we can't trade down pairing him with Anderson. But if we trade down a few spots we likely run the risk of missing on Anderson and Carter IMO becomes the BPA and by a good bit. So if we s...