Emmanuel McNeil-Warren is gaining a lot of buzz. Some even grade him ahead of Oregon Duck [S] Dillon Thieneman.
“EMW” is yuge. Nearly 6’4. 200+ Forced 9 fumbles [Peanut Punch!]. Plays deep. In the box. Ran a 4.52. Rangy. Can cover TEs. The obvious comp is Kam Chancellor.
Naturally, I’d prefer Dline.
This class is deep at Corner and Edge, but a Cover Corner only eliminates ONE WR; a pass rush eliminates ALL of them – Trey Wingo
Once more this comes down to the forever debate of need-v-BPA.
Who improves the Bears more? an Alex Brown DE or a Kam at S?
Some talk about the Bears trading back esp if a prospect like DE Zion Young falls. Young is graded by many in the the 40s, so drafting him at #25 may not be maximizing value. As such, a trade down could be viable.
In the ’25 draft, The Texans traded back, and this is what it looked like:
In exchange for No. 25 overall, Houston will receive No. 34 in the second round, No. 99 in the third round, and a 2026 third-round pick.
I don’t know if QB Ty Simpson will tempt a team to move up, but needless to say, I’d be for it. If picks 25-45 are roughly equal, may as well get more picks.
Well, it was around this time last year that Jeff turned off the lights at DBB, and we had to scramble to salvage the peanut gallery.
Special shout out to GP who pointed me the right way to set it up, and fast, while that lurker, forgot his handle, who actually created a ready-made blog as an emergency backup.
I’m definitely going to be posting more draft stuff. I think the biggest hits were on Draft Day and GB Wild Card Game.
So on that note…
@noneyourbidness7926 2 months ago Inject this into my veins!!!
I’ll try to relay the prospects most mocked to the Bears. Zion Young is definitely #1. Makes sense. Bears need Dline, specifically Edge ’cause Motivated or not, Dayo ain’t it while Austin frequently gets washed out on run plays [the 9ers abused him].
Enter a 6’6 262 Edge Setter in Young.
Gotta be honest – his tape didn’t wow me. He looks like a less explosive Leonard Floyd. Appears a lil light in the pants. Plays too high. Doesn’t exactly bend like Von Miller. Hands aren’t violent. Arm length decent. His RAS accurately reflects him. Functional. All this would be fine if Young punched like Mike Tyson or was Colossus-strong like Jared Verse, but he seems like an above avg DE known more for setting the edge than attacking the QB. Don’t we already have two of those? I do like that he plays with an attitude. Here’s a quick 2min run down:
Here’s Eric Edholm, lead Draft writer at NFL.com, breaking down Young. He compares him to Sweat, but Sweat was a RAS monster, so if this is Sweat-lite…
Albeit, I do agree with Edholm. I doubt the Bears could draft him in the 2nd, so if BJ/Poles want to get more turns at the roulette table, I’d rather trade down to draft Young. He’s a high-floor prospect, but Big Balls BJ doesn’t exactly “settle” while Poles is obsessed with 34″+ Arms and 9.5+ RAS. I could see Bears’ brass taking a swing at a higher upside prospects like OT Kadyn Proctor, S Dillon Thieneman, DT Kayden McDonald, DT Peter Woods, or even a chad like LB Jacob Rodriquez.
Joe Klatt ranks Zion Young as his 42nd overall player on his top 50 board which is more or less where I would take him; obviously need may drive his value higher.
I don’t know what really goes on at the owner’s meetings. Sometimes it feels like the NFL just likes filler; however, Cronin and other beat reporters did get some nuggets.
Some takeaways from Ben Johnson’s 30-minute session at the NFC coaches breakfast -Said he found out about Drew Dalman’s decision to retire in mid-February. Team quickly pivoted to Garrett Bradbury, who they believe “will fit us like a glove” -Johnson on left tackle: “There’s a lot of uncertainty there.” Said he’s not sure the Bears will have Ozzy Trapilo during the 2026 season after Trapilo suffered a “pretty serious injury” with his ruptured patellar tendon.” Johnson said it’s hard to say what the Bears left tackle position will look like this year or in five years. -Braxton Jones is up to 310 pounds and looked “yolked” when Johnson saw him come in to sign his contract during free agency. Said Jones is eager to get his career trajectory back on track. -Johnson isn’t happy with the offensive staff for how they didn’t coach WRs to get open enough. Emphasized getting back to fundamentals in OTAs on catching the ball to address drop issues.
[This makes me wonder about Rome sticking. I feel like BJ covets quick-twitch athletes like Burden and Loveland – players who can separate with short area burst. That’s not Rome. Johnson also brought up how Rome and others must do better on scramble drills.Bears were 3rd worst in drops, and 1st worst in dropped yardage.]
-Johnson and the Bears staff recently turned on the tape from Family Fest at Soldier Field in early August 2025 (the really sloppy practice that featured a bunch of delay of game penalties) to see where they were starting camp last year and how much further ahead they want to be in OTAs with the offense. -New OC Press Taylor (formerly the passing game coordinator) is “the most organized coach I’ve ever been around” per Johnson. Noted his “library of plays” for how to beat different defenses and how he organizes information as a benefit to Johnson in Taylor’s new role. -Johnson said coaches will be “hyper vigilant” to any complacency and entitlement after the success of last season. While he was happy to hear from fans/supporters “for about a week” about how exciting the 2025 season was, he said he doesn’t want to hear anymore about how good the Bears were as they have moved on to 2026. -New safety Coby Bryant wowed Johnson with a ‘holy cow, it-factor’ in terms of his leadership. Will be a critical piece to replace the leadership void created by Kevin Byard’s departure. -Johnson noted how “challenging” it was to form relationships with Jaylon Johnson and Kyler Gordon last year given how both missed significant time with injuries. “We’re starting over completely this spring” with their relationships so he has a better chance to get to know these players.
Bears coach Ben Johnson was asked about facing defensive coordinators — who now have a full season of game film on his offense — in 2026.
His long answer detailed some areas where he wants to be better offensively, including QB Caleb Williams.
Bearsszn@bearszn · Bears GM Ryan Poles says the team will stay disciplined with their “best player available” draft philosophy even if that means drafting offense over defense:
“You look at the draft, when I’ve been here, we’ve taken the right mentality and taken the best available. That’s been very offensive centric and I think that’s paid off for us. We got an All-Pro tackle (Darnell Wright) and Colston’s going to be All-Pro tight end. So, we’ve done some really good things there. It just hasn’t lined up to be defensive line…..I think the biggest mistake you can make is forcing something just because that’s what you need.”
March Madness, Spring-Break Marauding, and Mocking – tis that time of year.
I don’t know if I’ll write up my own mock. I feel almost obligated to do so, but I may not be the most “qualified” since I don’t really watch college football because it’s basically just super-teams like in MLB and NBA; despite that, I have been an avid fan of combines, tape and the whole draft process for decades, and my takes -for better or worse – don’t totally buck the industry godfathers like Kiper, McShay, Prisco, Davis, etc…
Neither Lincoln nor FDR were soldiers in a war, but that didn’t make them awful wartime leaders. IKE wasn’t a military genius like Grant or Patton, but he didn’t have to be.
All those men simply listened to the ‘experts,’ interpreted facts and delegated correctly; now they’re heroes.
On the flip side, Hitler very much served as a runner in WW1 [In one of the biggest ironies in history, Hugo Gutmann, a Jewish lieutenant in the List Regiment, recommended Adolf Hitler for the Iron Cross, First Class, in August 1918]. Yet, Hitler made COLOSSAL mistakes [ahem, invading Russia whilst still at war with England. Immediately declaring war on the U.S. after Pearl Harbor. Slow-walking Dunkirk. Heading south to the Caucus Oil instead of beelining Moscow. Switching to carpet bombing instead of destroying RAF. Not investing more in Uboats… Bad moves, Mein Duh-rer].
Being an “expert” guarantees nothing and sometimes it can come down to blind luck [See, Bradshaw coinflip].
Or as Rev refrains, “The draft is a crapshoot”.
I view it more like running an FF team or a portfolio. Yes, unforeseen circumstances CAN fuck you [Black Monday, Covid, your HB1 and WR1 going down in the same game]; nevertheless a person can master a field to minimize risk.
Minimizing risk and taking tactical chances is essentially life. It’s possible to knock out Mike Tyson with a lucky shot, but uhm, probably prudent to take some boxing lessons beforehand.
So, here we are, avg fans wading through the draftnik datumsphere. Well, if the turnover of NFL GMs tell us anything, it’s that no definitive empirical evidence or Newtonian equation can be applied to draft well. Eventually some Tech Bro will create some algo, but we’ll likely live on Mars before that. Perhaps this is what makes it so fascinating. It’s a mystery dropped in a riddle inside an enigma, wrapped in a dick-in-o-box.
For every ‘self-evident’ draft truism, 10 exceptions exist. Great QBs only come in the first RD. [Brady]. WRs who don’t run at least 4.4 suck [Rice]. Winning a Heisman accurate predictor [Tebus]. Gotta play for big program. Nope. Gotta have long arms. Nope. Need to be a 3 year starter. Nope. Never draft a primadonna, a criminal, a white CB or RB! Nope – nope – nope!
Still, that doesn’t mean one must blindly spin the roulette wheel and simply put $ on some random number “Jesus, take the wheel!”
Bill Polian, a Pro Football Hall of Fame general manager and former analyst, once asserted, ‘don’t build your draft on outliers‘
How many HOF LTs have arms shorter than 33″? How many HOF QBs [in modern era] are under 6’1? How many HOF CBs are slow? How many HOF LBs are dumb and soft? How many HOF DEs are weak and stiff?
The draft industry constantly churns trying to discover the new all-predictive metrics like an alchemist attempting to turn lead into gold:
DT – 10 yard split; WR – fast gauntlet; CBs – some combo of 40, cone, and broad jump; Edge, bend, pop, pressure rates + arm length.
And this doesn’t even account fore the psychologically, medical or mental [Wonderlic, S2 Cognition Test]. A team once asked a prospect if his mom was a hooker just to test his response.
QB? fogget about it. Could do a dissertation on all the data used to find franchise QBs, yet teams still draft Ken Obrien, Jeff George, or treat Brady and Purdy as afterthoughts. There’s a tortoise in the desert lying on its back…
As such, dunno if I’m going to sit on my dragon throne dropping down draft dogma. Instead, I’ll relay and reflect on what the pundits are pushing.
With that in mind, let’s start with a 1st RD Mock Draft from Kiper. Again, not arguing this is how it’s going down [it’s not without trades, of that we are certain], but mostly to survey the 1st round landscape.
ESPN is obviously grooming Field Yates to be Kiper’s successor. Personally, others like Charles Davis or Joel Klatt are waaaay better at breaking down film, stats, metrics and framing them in context, but Yates is more ‘plugged in’, and often the most accurate mocks aren’t even from proper scouts, rather “insiders”, like Schefter, esp on the night before the draft.
Since Bears have TWO picks in the 2nd, may be worth perusing to see who’ll be in our range. As to whom Poles should draft, need vs BPA, etc, well, that’s why the comments’ section exists!
Ran across a vid that confirmed what I suspected. While the new signings may not ‘wow’ anyone, and appear equilateral [or even downgrades], they fit schematically. It’s like buying that fancy Black&Decker circularsaw. It’s a fine expensive tool, but a lot of good it’ll do if you gotta screw something in.
Football Insights 📊@fball_insights Bears defense ranked 3rd in sub package usage vs heavy (2 or fewer WRs) outside the red area this year at 64%
Seahawks ranked 1st (86%)
Bills ranked 4th (54%)
Bears signed safeties Coby Bryant and Cam Lewis in free agency
Brisker and Byard didn’t play the slot as much as Lewis or Bryant. Obviously Allen wants a versatile secondary that can slot. Both Brisker and Byard were more traditional Cover-2 safeties which makes sense considering that’s essentially what Eberflus runs, but a new sheriff is in town. More flexibility obfuscates coverages; If Brisker lurked around the line of scrimmage high likelihood he’s blitzing which makes life simpler for opposing QBs. Well, with the new acquisitions, the QB must now think twice if he sees the safeties on the LOS. The Big Nickel is likely the template for upgrading the SS too through the draft or otherwise.
Here’s Saturday Morning Inspection breaking it down.
TBC, I did NOT write this! So put down the pitchforks. One of the drawbacks of basically being a one man blog [with awesome help from some regs] is the risk of solipsism, or worse – an infinite circle-jerk! I’m naturally an optimistic person, and as such, tend to shy away from negative criticism [until the evidence is overwhelming – see, Smoking Jay Cutler]. However, that doesn’t mean more negative takes aren’t out there!
The most consistent, and in-depth, critique I have crossed on Twitter is certainly FIRST ROUND MOCK@firstroundmock . He’s basically in a one-man death match with the entire Chicago Bears’ fan base, so tip-o-the hat to him since I wouldn’t even bother. Well, without further ado, here’s his latest “Caleb Hit Piece”. I’ll let you decide [I may add some more independent evidence which reinforces his case].
People want to talk about the games Caleb Williams “won at the end” with his throws. People don’t want to talk about how he “lost at the end” with his throws against the Packers, 49ers or Rams this past season.pic.twitter.com/VTrH47KOcj
Williams actually regressed under Johnson. Williams dropped from a 62.5% completion percentage in 2024 to a 58.1% completion percentage during the regular season in 2025 ⎯
And then he dropped to a 52.2% completion percentage in the playoffs.
Will he improve?
No.
Why?
Williams is in love with playing hero ball.
He loves to hold onto the ball too long.
He hates to get the ball out of his hand on time.
He hates structure.
He likes to run around back there like a chicken with its head cut off and play his brand of football, which is — unstructured — playground football.
Williams actually had a better completion percentage and got the ball out of his hand faster when Matt Eberflus was his head coach.
Think about that.
Williams time to throw (PFF):
2024: 3.03 seconds 2025: 3.23 seconds
The numbers speak for themselves.
Johnson even built a better offensive line for Williams ⎯
And he still couldn’t get the ball out of his hand faster.
All it did was make him more comfortable holding onto the ball longer.
Just about everyone out there wants to continue to whisper sweet nothings in your ear about Williams, but the truth of the matter is, Williams is regressing in the NFL; he’s regressing right in front of our eyes.
And ⎯
With just about everybody out there telling him “how wonderful he is,” and “making excuses for him,” will not motivate change.
All that’s going to do is solidify his one-way ticket out of Chicago.
Most everyone will try to tell you that Williams “led the Bears to the playoffs,” but I’ll tell you the truth.
The Bears No. 3 rushing attack (142.3 yards per game) and his YAC receivers carried him (1,889 of his “3,942 passing yards” during the 2025 regular season were YAC per PFF).
They’ll all try to tell you Williams is getting “better,” but I’ll tell you the truth, he’s regressing. The longer he holds the ball⏱️ the more his accuracy declines 📉
But “what about all the dropped passes” they’ll cry***Quarterbacks control the timing, velocity, and location of their passes.
“Look up in the sky! It’s a bird, it’s a plane…”
No…it’s not Superman
It’s a Bust.
I [Butch back] was going to post these graphs, but I’m heeding the words of a publisher, ‘the more math a book presents, the less it sells,’ so, I’m just going to link a ‘predictive model for 1st round QBs‘
It basically breaks it down into categories.
1. NFL EPA Per Play vs Predicted NFL EPA Per Play based on College-to-NFL QB Prediction Model (QBs with at least 150 snaps since 2015)
2. NFL EPA Per Play vs Pressure-to-Sack Rate on Plays w/o a Blitz (in College) (QBs with at least 150 snaps since 2015)
3. NFL EPA Per Play vs Accuracy % on Throws between 10-19 yards (in College) (QBs with at least 150 snaps since 2015)
4. NFL EPA Per Play vs BTT Rate on Plays >2.5sec (in College) (QBs with at least 150 snaps since 2015)
Summary. If you don’t want to bust out your binoculars, I’ll simply relay that on a scale of Nathan Peterman [absolute awful] to Purdy/Mahomes [excellence], Caleb Williams consistently floats in the realm of Daniel Jones, Lawrence, Darnold, Mariota, Brissett, Minshew and yes, Fields.
It’s a mixed neighborhood. Mostly talented QBs who didn’t live up to hype, though not outright busts; worth noting, Darnold DID win a SB [despite only completing 61% of his passes during his ’25 playoff run].
So, what does this all mean? Well, guess we’ll find out soon enough.
Growing up is confusing enough, but it’s even more of a clusterfuck when you get contradictory advice. We often rely on folksy sayings, time proven proverbs and maxims especially when one doesn’t have a dad [like me]. You can probably finish these:
“Bird in the hand…”, “Devil finds work…”, “A penny saved…”All work and no play…”
“Measure twice cut once” – Lincoln.
One of my faves.
But sometimes you get conflicting proverbs:
“He who hesitates loses.” “Look before you leap.”
OK. So which is it? Well, both are in/correct aren’t they? Plenty of evidence for either cases. One learns in life that, unlike football, no playbook exists, so you gotta decide, often in a split second, which to roll with.
Aristotle said as much. “You can’t make someone wise.” Seems like the last case a philosopher should write, but that’s essentially what he expressed. He advocated The Golden Mean: Making the right decision involves acting at the right time, towards the right people, for the right purpose, and in the right way.
Student, “Follow up question, Prof A… how do we discern that?”
Aristotle, “Ultimately, that’s up to YOU.”
In other words, “You can lead a horse to water…”
In literature [and now films] the ‘hero’ is often presented with a choice:
1. Stay home. Think about your family, safety and happiness. A woman usually presents this case [think Adrian in “Rocky IV” – “You can’t win!”]. 2.Take a chance. Set off! Sometimes an elderly ‘wise’ man spurs this on like Obi Wan to Luke or guides the neophyte [up to a point] like Virgil in Dante’s “Paradise Lost”.
“Call to adventure“. It’s a Jungian trope that is in nearly every movie.
What the hell are you babbling on about, Butch? Gimme football!
Well young grass-hoppa, this IS about football, the Bears and Poles.
See, Poles thus far has acted prudently. He hasn’t splurged like the Raiders or leveraged the Bears’ future, but he also hasn’t been completely frigid in FA like the Puke during the Rodgers-Favre era.
Poles has taken the middle road. When his Nissan broke down, he didn’t hit the German dealership. He took a bus to his local Carmax and purchased a newer Camry.
Now, that could work. Maybe he’s saving his pennies for some secret target we’re not privy to. Or maybe Booker suddenly turns into Richard Dent, or Benedet’s arms grow 2 inches, or Motivated Dayo Mack-Attacks the league…I suppose anything’s possible. It certainly appears Poles is banking on prior bets to finally pay.
This all leaves us sorta…meh, right?
Maybe lit and flicks have conditioned us so thoroughly that we no longer can sit on our hands; spectators get fidgety . We WANT Achilles to go to Troy. We WANT Rocky to fight Drago. We WANT Luke to fly to the stars.
We WANT a Crosby, Garrett, or Hendrickson.
Now, going bold doesn’t always work out. If “Grinder” represents the extreme of caution, “Worm” represents the other spectrum of recklessness.
Jerry “Glitchy” Angelo went bold and signed Cutler.
Ryan Pace went bold and gave up the kitchen sink for Mack.
We all remember the Herschel Walker Trade and the Ditka-Ricky Williams marriage. Heck, The Commandos’ MO basically the last 40 years has been to Albert Haynesworth it.
Still, at SOME point, you gotta take your shot.
A GM certainly can’t be “Worm”, but being “Grinder” is death by a thousand papercuts.
Whether it’s literature, movies, or life, a person rarely achieves anything staying on the couch.
“Well-behaved women seldom make history.” – Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Perhaps the most frustrating part for fans is that we MUST trust Poles’ to ‘decide on the right player, in the right way, at the right time.’ Like lowly peasants, we have no choice but to back whatever king is on the throne, whether he be just, dumb or mad. Still, that’s a TALL ask given Poles’ history. Patience is thinning especially for one who believes this team can truly push for a SB.
It’s a shame the old reg Buttonshoes didn’t make it over here. While everyone thought he was a bitter cynic and unshakable pessimist, he wasn’t really wrong. Didn’t make him the most popular guy in a blogasphere full of homers, but he was mostly correct about Lovie, Emery, Trestman, Sweaty Teddy, and his #1 enemy whom he hated with the heat of a thousand supernovas – the McCaskeys.
So, in his honor, let’s take the skeptical tour of Ryan Poles’ FA
The Bears are a WORSE team now post-FA ’26.
Why? Glad you asked. Brisker is gone. His backup [coming off INJ] is now the starter. Wright is gone. Stevenson, who was benched for Wright, is now CB2. Trapilo is down [for who knows how long]. TWO benched backups [in Benedet and Braxton] are now going to fight to be the starter.
That’s 3 backups now starting.
Byard, while old, is likely still better than Cobe Bryant. Byard lead the league in INTs with 7. That’s BETTER than ‘lockdown’ CBs like Jayce Horn [Second with 5].To put that in perspective, Mike Brown in that magical 2000 season racked up 5 INTs. Byard also never missed games; however, Bryant is no chump. He had 5 INTs last season, and is a versatile, smart, aggressive leader on a SB winning team. So, let’s be generous and call it a wash.
Nickel CB will be Mr. Glass, I mean, Spider-Man Gordon, but common.
We all know he’s going to miss half the season. Last year Bears signed CJ Gardner Johnson off the street, and he delivered. It could be argued he saved 2 games. In 10 games he had 2 INTs, 1 FF, 3 sacks, 5 QB hits, and 51 tackles. Not shabby. Like Wright, he struggled mightily in coverage, but will CJ’s replacement [Cam Lewis] impact wins like him?
On offense, I give Poles a slight pass. I don’t know if Dalman‘s retirement shocked him like us, but isn’t vetting in the job description of an NFL GM? Maybe that’s why other GMs passed on Dalman.
Trapilo getting INJed late season was another kick in the nads out of Poles’ control.
Nonetheless, results in the same. LT and C now are downgraded with Benedet and Bradbury. How do I know this? Because on Earth 2 Trapilo and Dalman are returning healthy and willing.
Both Edwards and Dayo [motivated or not] are coming off INJ-plagued ’25 campaigns. Unfortunately, they’re also “starters.”
Last yr WR1-DJ; WR2-Rome; WR3-Burden
This year Rome [who drops at least 2 per game and is terrible at the one thing he was drafted for – contested catches] is WR1, while our WR3 is Kalif Raymond; no matter how optimistic you are, you can’t convince me that Raymond is a superior WR3 than Burden. Of course, one can argue that All Day Jadhae is the WR3, but hey, he was our WR4 last year.
Another little talked about ’26 FA factor to consider which I’m sure ButtonShoes would love.
The fact that the McCaskeys, on top of being imbeciles, are cash poor in an existential stadium struggle which may sap their NFL mojo. Our old friend Data asserts as much, and he’s not alone.
Schefter just straight said the Bears aren't going after Crosby because they don't have the cash. Not cap space, cash.
If you can't afford to run an NFL team, sell the damn team. Bears nuking a contention window because they can't afford to spend what it takes. https://t.co/4wXYFWPxbT
Well, if Buttonshoes was the eternal pessimist, his yang was the eternal [Bears] optimist LCD. He was so optimistic, he even truly pushed that the Bears should build around Fields and pass on Caleb!
#DaHaul
A lesson for all, but I digress…
An optimist would spin it like this.
Poles isn’t so much cooking as simmering. He’s getting everything prepped and marinated, not over committing two 1sts for Crosby, or $100M to Hendrickson – heck, not even a measly 3rd for DT Osa Odighizuwa.
Slow and steady, like the turtle.
Jarrett was INJed last year, performing better towards the end. Sweat is durable. Posted 10 sacks. Dexter great penetrator [that’s what she said], while Dayo can’t be worse, and Booker still filling out.
Bryant, Bush, Jackson, et al are young, hungry and fast. Most importantly, they’re BJ-Allen guys. More we Flush the Fluseez, the better.
Poles may have sucked ballz with Eberflus, but with BJ, they drafted fantastically, often rated as an “A” or “A+” selecting Loveland, Burden, Trapilo and Monangai.
Bears own 4 picks in top 90. If they draft as well in ’26 on Defense, holy smokes, that’ll go a long way while saving cap for possible trade-deadline studs.
NTM that this new regime has proven it can basically coach up anyone – Wright, CJGJ, Jackson, Trapilo, Monangai…so while the new crew on paper may not seem as sexy, CJ/Allen/Harris/Roushar will max their potential.
By nature, I’m not a ‘hot take’ kinda guy. I’m more akin to The Dude, and he always abides.
So, I’m not going to sit here and waste psychical energy morphing into either ButtonShoes or LCD. In my younger days, I actually cared about being right, and not just being right, but proving it to the unconverted.
Now? Well, maybe my zeal’s flaccid, but “winning” and bathing in TigerBlood about relatively trivial minutia barely moves my pulse.
For all we know, Caleb tears his ACL in August, or Myles Garrett finally forces his way out in October and Poles swings a deal – in either case, all this March Madness and angst turns moot.
For now the only thing I certainly know is that our Dline MUST improve, but at the same time, BJ/Caleb will likely take it up another notch.
ButtonShoes/LCD, Sith/Jedi, Ying/Yang. This is the way…
S Coby Bryant LB Devin Bush C Garrett Bradbury (’27 5th RDer) DT Neville Gallimore WR Kalif Raymond DB Cam Lewis DE Kentavius Street OT Jedrick Wills Jr.
Bears who re-signed LT Braxton Jones QB Case Keenum LB D’Marco Jackson S Elijah Hicks DE Daniel Hardy
Former Bears who signed elsewhere S Kevin Byard (signed with Patriots) CB Nahshon Wright (signed with Jets) LB Tremaine Edmunds (signed with Giants) WR Olamide Zaccheaus (signed with Falcons) DE Dominique Robinson (signed with Texans) DT Chris Williams (signed with Falcons) TE Durham Smythe (signed with Ravens)
Bears’ free agents who remain unsigned DE Joe Tryon-Shoyinka (Void) OL Ryan Bates (Void) DT Andrew Billings (UFA) LB Amen Ogbongbemiga (UFA) (released by Bears) S Jonathan Owens (UFA) S Jaquan Brisker (UFA) RB Travis Homer (UFA) CB Nick McCloud (UFA) LB Jalen Reeves-Maybin (UFA) CB Jaylon Jones (UFA) LS Scott Daly (UFA) WR Devin Duvernay (UFA) S C.J. Gardner-Johnson (UFA) OL Jordan McFadden (RFA) LB Ty Summers (SFA) C Ricky Stromberg (SFA)
Trust in Poles? For those who want to keep picks to draft the next Richard Dent…
Defensive line draft picks under Ryan Poles so far
At some point he needs to invest heavily in the trenches [Poles has invested, just badly]
Dayo Odeyingbo doesn’t care what his “sack total” is. He isn’t motivated by “stats, awards and accolades”. He just wants to win Championships. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/upX9BGRdDX
Hey, apparently, Dayo don’t care about sacks, pressures, TFLs, FFs, fumble recoveries, INTs, tipped passes, strips, tackles, stats, staying healthy, or any of your vein honors. He is now Motivated Dayo!
