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dallasbear

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Re: 2018 Chicago Bears
« Reply #481 on: May 15, 2018, 10:01:38 am »

Interesting idea about picking up fringe edge rushers.  I'm wondering why we didn't sign the top UDFA edge rushers with our huge need at the position.

I like this Erik Lambert - here's another article from him that shares my thoughts exactly:

https://sportsmockery.com/2018/05/bears-make-yet-another-baffling-move-at-edge-rusher/

Howard Jones is all of 28 - which is old for Pace.  Apparently they saw enough from the rookies/UDFAs that they felt Jones was expendable.  I think they need one more guy.   Someone to provide insurance for Lynch and to let Fitts develop.  And I like Sam Acho, but he's not that guy and neither are these practice squad guys from other teams.

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Re: 2018 Chicago Bears
« Reply #482 on: May 15, 2018, 12:33:56 pm »
Was just thinking, if all the lbers drafted this year meet expectations, 3/4 of our starting lbers will be new 2nd year players next year as.I expect they will let Treviathan and his >$7M salary walk.

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Re: 2018 Chicago Bears
« Reply #483 on: May 15, 2018, 03:00:20 pm »

Maybe, but before we replace Trevathan with 4th rounder Joel Iyiegbuniwe at ILB lets review Pace's 4th round picks:

2017
Tarik Cohen - not a starter but valuable weapon on offense
Eddie Jackson - quality starter

2016
Nick Kwiatkoski - so good they drafted 2 replacements at his position this year
Deon Bush  - started a handful of games due to injuries - showed nothing
Deiondre Hall - hasn't really done anything yet beside look good in preseason games

2015
Jeremy Langford - IRd in 2017 - FA in 2018

Kind of early to start projecting ANY rookie.

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Re: 2018 Chicago Bears
« Reply #484 on: May 16, 2018, 04:53:47 am »
Agreed.  If Trevathian is healthy heading into 2019, 7 million seems like small compensation for production.  The Bears defense is at another level when he is on the field.  I am looking forward to what it looks like with Smith and Trevathian at the same time.

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Re: 2018 Chicago Bears
« Reply #487 on: May 27, 2018, 11:35:39 am »
Getting rid of John Fox will be a huge improvement..
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Re: 2018 Chicago Bears
« Reply #488 on: May 31, 2018, 08:16:24 am »
Good news for Dallas:

This point in each of the last three offseasons has been marked by positives in the direction of Kevin White. Even the first one, in 2015, before White’s stress fracture had been diagnosed conclusively, saw the young wide receiver showing flashes, to the point of White starting both the 2016 and 2017 opening games. So having seen all of White’s pre-camp offseasons, and more than just White’s over the past couple decades, this humble and faithful narrator has learned to temper encouraging observations.

But Wednesday was different. On a couple levels.

White’s straight-ahead deep speed was flat-out startling, the first time this very graceful athlete looked like the one who ran 4.35 at the ’15 Combine. Not necessarily quickness (he’s 6-3, 216 pounds; “quick” is for another discussion). But just raw speed. Using one snap for illustration, White simply ran up to and by a cornerback (whose identity is being protected here) who’d started with a seven-yard cushion, White visibly accelerating with each stride and pulling away from deep-safety help.

This is potentially a very big deal, for a couple of reasons. For White personally, this was very, very nice to see. Coaches last year confided that White had to effectively re-learn how to run, to again trust his once-natural gait after consecutive season-ending leg injuries. To see White explode deep on Wednesday was something different from anything this reporter had seen from him.

Teammates of legendary Bears speed wideout Willie Gault described Gault as, “If he’s even, he’s leavin’.” That was White.

And you know who knows it? Mitchell Trubisky.

The second-year quarterback went into missile-launch mode with White more than once, interspersed with White driving hard into his break and creating separation on out and slants. The intriguing side element here is, that within all the run-pass-option stuff, the West Coast schematics and so forth, Matt Nagy and this staff appear to know what they might be sitting on. Hence the Trubisky air show on Wednesday.

“Right now, it’s ‘Let’s test it downfield a little bit,’” Nagy said. “If you’re going to make a mistake and make a poor throw, let’s do it with an aggressive mentality… .[Trubisky] made some throws today that we talked about last night that we now have put on tape.”

Nagy said that he’s noticed more from White through his part of the offseason which allows coach-player interaction. White has never gone prima-donna, and “he’s somebody that you’ll see stay after practice and take those extra reps, if it’s a route he didn’t have the correct footwork on,” Nagy said. “Maybe he was two steps off on a seven-step route and he took five steps so he’s going to go back out there and run the route with seven steps the right way…or maybe he dropped the football. So, he’s committed. He’s dedicated. He wants to be really good wide receiver. When you have somebody that has that want, we as coaches need to give him every opportunity to succeed.”

Succeeding in May is a long way from succeeding in September (or in White’s case, October, since White has only played one game in October in his three “seasons”). But something is happening in White, around White, whatever. And as a couple Bears DB’s learned the hard way, if he’s even….

Odds and tight ends…

Rookie James Daniels continues to get reps at guard with the No. 2 offense and at center with the 3’s. Hroniss Grasu is getting his shot at center in an offense coordinated by his old college coach, Mark Helfrich… . Right guard Kyle Long still not practicing is giving veteran Earl Watford (21 career starts) extensive work with the No. 1 offense, with Erik Kush at left guard… .

Mitchell Trubisky’s reads and decisions have drawn nods and compliments beyond the usual offseason palaver. Specifically, the “Pretty Boy Assassin” continues to practice ball security without forcing balls into tight places, and reacting on broken plays with some creative improv… .

Rookie linebacker Roquan Smith has been getting reps with the No. 1 defense, but he’s got a ways to go before a position change happens. “We roll those guys [between units] a pretty fair amount,” said defensive coordinator Vic Fangio, who likes Smith’s intangibles but doesn’t count intangibles until the tangibles are in place. “I think the sooner he becomes proficient at doing his own job, then that will come. You can’t be a so-called ‘leader’ or intangible- breeding type of guy if you’re not doing your own job as good as expected. So the sooner he gets to that, the sooner the intangibles can happen”… .

Danny Trevathan gave the defense a highlight on Wednesday in a team red-zone session, picking off a pass intended for Kevin White. It was one of the very few wayward throws by any of the three Bears QB’s.

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Re: 2018 Chicago Bears
« Reply #489 on: May 31, 2018, 11:05:01 am »
If somehow White could pull it out (if), we would be set at WR..

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Re: 2018 Chicago Bears
« Reply #490 on: May 31, 2018, 11:10:08 am »
I had read Nagy's comments on White and interpreted it as he's working and trying read hard, etc etc, which I expected to hear since I know he worked his butt off in the off-season.  What I hadn't heard was whether he had re-gained some of his combine speed which he had lost after the 2 successive years of breaking bones in his leg.

So now I'm encouraged with this article.  Let's hope injuries are in the rear view mirror for White.  Bears could quite possibly have one of the best group of receivers in the league with everybody healthy.

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Re: 2018 Chicago Bears
« Reply #491 on: May 31, 2018, 07:44:28 pm »
They said Robinson practiced for the first time yesterday.

Another good sign.

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Re: 2018 Chicago Bears
« Reply #492 on: June 01, 2018, 12:24:36 am »

...and Cam Meridith is catching passes in Saints OTAs.


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Re: 2018 Chicago Bears
« Reply #493 on: June 04, 2018, 08:19:59 am »
Nice:

The football career of Bears tight end Zach Miller likely ended last season, when he suffered a serious knee injury against the Saints. Even thought it’s doubtful that Miller will ever play again, the Bears have brought him back for 2018.

Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the Bears have re-signed Miller to a one-year deal.

Miller, 33, joined the Bears in 2015. Under the so-called “split” contract with the Bears, he’ll earn $458,000 for 2018, whether he plays or not.

If he somehow is able to play, he would make $790,000 in 2018.

It’s a class move by the Bears, who otherwise wouldn’t have owed Miller a dime, since his contract expired after the 2017 season. And it sends a message to the locker room that the Bears don’t automatically regard players as nameless, faceless, fungible commodities who come and go on a constant basis, and who get nothing more than what the CBA entitles them to.

 
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Re: 2018 Chicago Bears
« Reply #494 on: June 04, 2018, 08:37:15 am »
I wonder if he has coaching potential and/or desire?