Bears 2017....better, or worse than Bears 2014, i.e. has this team made any progress or is it going nowhere fast....let's see:
2014 2017 Better, Worse, Equal
OFFENSE
QB - Cutler Trubisky Equal, possibly worse
RB - Forte Jordan Equal
WR - Jeffery White
Royal Merrideth Worse
Bellami Wheaton
Aromashadu Wright
TE - Bennett Miller Worse
Miller Simms
OL - Bushrod Leno
Slauson Sitton
Long Long Slight improvement
Garza Whitehair
Mills Massie
P - O'Donnell O'Donnell Equal
K - Gould Barth,etc etc Worse
DEFENSE
DL - Young Bullard Better
Houston Hicks
Allen Unrein
Anderson Jenkins
Bass Goldman
Sutton
Ratliff
Ferguson
LB - Acho Floyd Better
Bostic Freeman
Briggs Trevathan
McClellin Young
McPhee McPhee
CB - Fuller Fuller Better
Hurst Amukamara
Jennings Cooper
Hayden Callahan
S - Vereen Amos Better
Steltz Jackson
Rolle Bush
Mundy Demps
Writing this I am struck by how incredibly pathetic the safety situation was in 14'. CB wasn't much better, so those spots could only hope to go up from the bottom. This list is my opinion....