The Bears offseason

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Spotrac shows the Hoyer contract as 2M. Not that it matters that much as they have plenty of cap room.

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Also 10 UDFA confirmed. I think my list was longer before, but some may have just been rookie minicamp invites. Perry is the most prominent guy lately to turn a rookie tryout to a 53 man roster gig.

 

Of this list, Braunecker has the best 53 man odds. The rest present some possible PS fodder.

 

Harvard TE Ben Braunecker

Duquesne OL Dan Bucholz

Mississippi CB Taveze Calhoun

Villanova LB Don Cherry

Georgia Southern WR Derek Keaton

Buffalo OT John Kling

Liberty WR Darrin Peterson

Oklahoma State CB Kevin Peterson

UTEP OLB Roy Robertson-Harris

UW-Oshkosh TE Joe Sommers

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Mark Sadowski is in his 10th season with the Bears and his first as the team's senior national scout.

 

Sadowski has 17 years of scouting experience with the New Orleans Saints (1998-2005) and Bears (2005-14), including spending 2012 as one of Chicago's national scouts.

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Mark Sadowski is in his 10th season with the Bears and his first as the team's senior national scout.

 

Sadowski has 17 years of scouting experience with the New Orleans Saints (1998-2005) and Bears (2005-14), including spending 2012 as one of Chicago's national scouts.

 

 

I dont like this. I don't have a great reason not to like it, but is the fact that this guy has survived 3 regimes and been there forever worrisome to anyone else?

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Mark Sadowski is in his 10th season with the Bears and his first as the team's senior national scout.

 

Sadowski has 17 years of scouting experience with the New Orleans Saints (1998-2005) and Bears (2005-14), including spending 2012 as one of Chicago's national scouts.

 

 

I dont like this. I don't have a great reason not to like it, but is the fact that this guy has survived 3 regimes and been there forever worrisome to anyone else?

 

The sentiment around Bears beat writers and others is that this is definitely a move you shouldn't like.

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What's the worse part, losing the guy to Philadelphia or promoting this dud?

[jersey cubs fan]

What's the worse part, losing the guy to Philadelphia or promoting this dud?

Losing a longtime Baltimore guy after one season seems bad to me

[minnesotacubsfan]

Didn't realize he was a long time Baltimore guy

[jersey cubs fan]

My real concern is that pace is a pro scout and always needed help from the college scouting side. He may have gotten that from Douglas who had a very strong resume for the position. But now it's a big unknown again.

[David]

I'm surprised um hasn't mentioned this yet but the nfl.com power rankings apparently have us 28th...

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My real concern is that pace is a pro scout and always needed help from the college scouting side. He may have gotten that from Douglas who had a very strong resume for the position. But now it's a big unknown again.

 

I get that. They've seemingly been having success the past couple of drafts, and if Douglas had anything to do with it losing him would suck

 

And some entrenched could-be McKaskey guy scares me

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Looping back to this Sadowski guy, an article I read said he was the Southeast area scout from 05-12. Taking some guesswork, some picks that may fall in that region;

 

Alshon Jeffery

Major Wright

DJ Moore

Chris Williams

Earl Bennett

Marcus Harrison

Craig Steltz

Greg Olsen

Kevin Payne

Trumaine McBride

Devin Hester

Mark Anderson

Airese Curry

Chris Harris

 

Left off a few 7th rounders I didn't even remember, and it's a guessing game with some of those guys falling in other regions. And the regional scout only means so much, especially with early picks. Still, hopefully there's something there.

[minnesotacubsfan]

Tillman?

[David]

Tillman?

 

05-12 he said

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Any of the Louisiana school are iffy anyways for me, especially the small ones. Maybe it was his territory, maybe in more of a West territory with Texas.

 

One article specifically mentioned Hester and Olsen.

 

The fact that Pace knew him in NO before he ended up in Chicago makes me a bit more comfortable, but I always find these exercises intetesting.

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how much of a difference can a scout make really? if the directive comes from Pace (ie evaluate like this, look for that)

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how much of a difference can a scout make really? if the directive comes from Pace (ie evaluate like this, look for that)

I don't believe that is how it works. The scouting director is setting directives, whatever they may be, but the scout has to scout how he scouts. Pace's biggest influence is going to be who he hires to lead the scouts.

[Brian]

I'm surprised um hasn't mentioned this yet but the nfl.com power rankings apparently have us 28th...

 

Tried to find this to figure out their reason (given they weren't that bad in '15 and look to be improved this year), and the last one I could find was from March 16th and they're 26 there. There is a draft class power ranking on NFL.com that has the Bears #2.

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I'm surprised um hasn't mentioned this yet but the nfl.com power rankings apparently have us 28th...

 

Tried to find this to figure out their reason (given they weren't that bad in '15 and look to be improved this year), and the last one I could find was from March 16th and they're 26 there. There is a draft class power ranking on NFL.com that has the Bears #2.

 

no particular reasoning. they fell 2 spots

 

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000659907/article/nfl-power-rankings-draft-lifts-cardinals-broncos-patriots-fall

 

Spent a bit of time with tight end Zach Miller during draft week. The dude is excited for the season. He also is rocking that sweet, shaved-side (clipper No. 1), slick-haired-with-the-hard-part look. It's sporty. With five of the Bears' first six picks aimed towards the defensive side of the ball, it's obvious John Fox wants to sport an imposing defense for a change. Whether it was in Carolina or Denver, Fox has always wanted to run the football and play D. While taking a divergent path with the Peyton Manning Broncos, remember it was during Fox's regime that Denver drafted Von Miller and Malik Jackson and signed DeMarcus Ware. The Bears lost out on the C.J. Anderson sweepstakes; now youngster Jeremy Langford must make hay as the lead back. That job will be made easier if second-round choice Cody Whitehair makes the left guard job his by preseason.

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Thanks for the write up on Zach Miller's hair.

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And Whitehair

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