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Go back and look at his career for inconsistent.....not just one contract year...

You guys sound like the doctors that thought his knee was fine with your ability to delve deep into Kyle Fuller's psyche.

So his strategy is to play well now, get a big contract, then regress, so maybe he gets cut and doesn't get paid in year 2 of his deal so he can sign a FA one year deal with some team.  What a great plan for a 25 year old that has at least 3 or 4 years left in his career.

As for Fuller, he played in every game his first 2 years with the Bears...had 6 picks...was in the top 3 or 4 each year in tackles.  He played on some pretty bad defenses (recall his safety help were guys like Ryan Mundy, Harold Jones-Quartey, and Chris Prosinski).   Where are those guys now?   

 Did he play up to his first round status - no.  But is he a quality starter in the NFL - yes. 

Hope next year works out well with the Bears at CB.  They'll have Marcus Cooper returning - that's it.

Yeah, Prosinski was on his couch for the last 4 months.   Nobody called.   He's only playing now because Demps and Amos are hurt and Deon Bush who started ahead of him sucks.

Just emphasizes my point at the talent level we've had at safety the last few years.

You mean passing on Jamaal Adams of LSU?

He's a really good strong safety.  Not what you call a ball hawk with 4 passes defended and no interceptions on the year.

Schuster is the perfect #2  guy...not a speed merchant.  But a guy who knows how to get open and catch the ball.  Of course he benefits from having Ben as a QB and Antonio Brown on the other side.  I totally underestimated his ability when I saw his average 40 time at the combine.

OL just moved up in the draft priority list:

Bears guard Kyle Long dealt with a variety of injuries during the 2017 season and he went in for surgery on one of them this week.

Long shared pictures of himself in a hospital bed with a neck brace on to announce that he had neck surgery. Long explained that lingering problems with his left shoulder caused issues with other parts of his body and led to the decision to have an operation on his neck.

Long tore the labrum in his shoulder, but chose not to have surgery last offseason. He did have ankle surgery, which kept him off the field until training camp and led to Long losing a lot of weight before he could resume working. In addition to those troubles, Long also hurt his hand this season before going on injured reserve.

Surgery may be part of the treatment plan on some of those fronts as well. Long captioned a video on Instagram with “1/3 done” in apparent reference to what else is in store as he tries to get healthy for the 2018 season.

If the Bears are going to win as a favorite for the first time under head coach John Fox, they’ll do it without the help of linebacker Pernell McPhee.

The Bears placed McPhee on injured reserve on Wednesday, ending his third season with the team with a couple of games left on the schedule. McPhee left last Saturday’s loss to the Lions with a shoulder injury.

McPhee played 13 games and started five times for Chicago this season and ends his year with 21 tackles, four sacks and a forced fumble. He’s signed for next season with a salary of $7.2 million and a cap hit of just over $8 million, but the team would get almost all of it back if they parted ways with a player who has also dealt with knee injuries since coming to Chicago.

The Bears will bring linebacker Jonathan Anderson back to the active roster to replace McPhee. Anderson has appeared in 10 games this season while making several trips to and from the practice squad.

Minny can't take next weekend off.  They are playing for the bye.  I wish we had a better oline right now, but glad to have a meaningful game to end the season.