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He won't get many carries at first. I like his potential though even if it was a dumb decision to draft him where we did including his recovery time.

People need to look at the guaranteed money. If he is playing great then yeah he gets just over 8.3 a year. If he has a decline it was a 15 total guarantee. I’d like to see how it’s structured…

So only 15 of it is fully guaranteed. Not too bad at all. Hell 2 years ago he was average 4.9 a carry and last year he was making something out of nothing every play. We clearly want to be a running team with our pricey guards and RBs.

If I had to guess, I’d say we are trying to copy the Lions with Gibbs and extending Mont. We are at a different stage of the roster building though.

Say what you will about DC, but he definitely isn’t handling Bryce with kid gloves. I know many people on here wanted this.

XL has a TD in 3 of his last 4 games. He actually has improved quite a bit as a blocker as well. Aside from him and Coker (who you said is developing) that leaves Mingo who we just shipped off. The other WRs are veterans. JT is also starting to get comfortable in the offense, but his blocking still needs work. Yeah Tepper pushed for Young but you were hinting at him being a big RAS guy. I do agree though in we absolutely have to hit on these next few drafts. Our top pick this year HAS to be a franchise cornerstone if we want to get out of this mess…

They certainly didn’t use the RAS score when trading up for Bryce. All teams are going to use it to a degree. It helps judge where a player’s ceiling could be. You just can’t ignore other factors too, especially important ones like film/game tape.

One was pick 39 vs pick 72. Wallace has actually showed some promise as well getting over 10 tackles in each of his first couple starts. Also Brugler was high on him who I have more faith in than most scouts. You can’t ignore athletic ability as it should be part of the equation and I’m good with gambling on mid to late picks especially ones that were originally going to sit a year like Wallace was before Shaq went down. https://x.com/Marcus_Mosher/status/1778057337275555970

We need Marty just for round 1

Hopefully they keep developing and we need to keep hitting on our draft picks.

Lamb is banged up too I believe. I wonder when they shut him down?

You only don’t trade down in 2 scenarios IMO. There is a QB you love at your pick and he won’t be there later or there aren’t any decent offers.

Agreed there isn’t a clear 1 in the pass rushers. If we trade down he might be an option.

The Broncos fixed their shitty defense in one offseason while also drafting a QB in the first. It’s possible to do both. DB coming back and players being healthy will help. We haven’t seen Wonnum with Clowney yet. Nothing crazy but should be much better than what we’ve seen. Add some mid tier young FAs and another good draft and who knows how it looks.

It’s a good trade for us, but Mingo is on a cheap deal and they had a high draft grade on him. They may think we just suck at developing WRs and they could be right. Still overpaid though.

The draft trade to get a future 2nd was a nice trade too. There has been some bad ones too no doubt.

Did we do something good???

I think AT wants to be here which is odd and I doubt Miles has any takers.

Agreed. Watching the game, I felt like Robinson was making plays. I was surprised to see his grade so low…

As long as 19 isn’t on the field…

https://www.bleachernation.com/bears/2024/11/04/2025-nfl-mock-draft-1104/ This one is for @tukafan21

Saints defense was a mess no doubt, but I think the Packers game was mostly a 4th quarter rally that fell short. They seem a little different. Also as bad as the Saints defense was our offense had a rookie WR, 4th round rookie TE, undrafted rookie WR, David Moore, backup LT, 3rd string C, and Chuba is solid of course. You are right though, I want to see it consistently and see some of it against better competition.

Dalton's QBR is the highest it has been since 2019. I remember some of us telling people that Dalton's game against Seattle wasn't special and wasn't the norm. He is what he has been for half a decade now...

Are you talking about him getting lit up on a different play?

Seems like a lot of change and investment in a unit that is already decent on a roster that has many holes… Next year we just need to figure out center.