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I dunno - they have some good defenders. 

A lot depends on how much they have to depend on BYoung.

So thats what a No 1 WR looks like.  Now lets see it in a game, with a pass rush.

12-5?!?? Yeah that's way optimistic...

Rank is a big Bears fan, no doubt…but which of his picks are y’all disagreeing with?

12-5? Yeah way optimistic. With 3 Thursday games its going to be hard for some fans to follow the team.

Seems like they are picking on the Bears

Well I just saw a different schedule that said we only had 2 Thursdays.

 No BEARRSE fan gave a flyin fuuck about the 1983 Bears ...

 but then ... in 1984 ...

 and then again the next year.

 History has a way of repeating itself.

If the Bears goal this season is to be mediocre and not be in playoff contention then they should just sit tight with their 4 DEs they have now.  And I'm not sure that the 2 DEs they acquired (Walker and Raheem Green) are true DEs. 

Gipson might increase his sack totals in his contract year.  Robinson could take a big step his sophmore season.  The new DTs could open things up for the edge guys.

But if you want to really improve this team you got to bring in some kind of talent on the edge.  Hopefully, Poles has a plan and is playing chicken with a couple of these veteran FA DEs or is hoping someone gets cut.  You can't have a team where everyone is 22 to 27 years old.  You might need to sprinkle in some 30+ guys that can give you some quality snaps especially on defense where rotating is more prevalent.