Bears/NFL training camp opens

[Guest]

The Vikings probably wouldnt be willing to part with Treadwell, huh?

[Thrilho]

I guess Tanner Gentry just made the team.

I think he was already a lock. I think he'll now grab a starting spot at some point and guess he tops 600 yards and 4 TDs. He's 6'2 and there aren't that many tall "go up and get em" receivers on the roster.

 

Edit: reminder this guy had 1,350 yards and 14 TDs last year, as well as (I think?) the most 20+ yard passes of anyone in college football

Edited August 27, 2017 by Thrilho

[Derwood]

Wait, are you guys seriously watching Bears preseason football instead of the Cubs? Please tell me you're at least flipping

[We Got The Whole 9]

Wait, are you guys seriously watching Bears preseason football instead of the Cubs? Please tell me you're at least flipping

Bears on tv, Cubs on spare phone

 

Bears are becoming must see tv

[Guest]

Wait, are you guys seriously watching Bears preseason football instead of the Cubs? Please tell me you're at least flipping

 

Get out of the way you spaz

[Guest]

I guess Tanner Gentry just made the team.

I think he was already a lock. I think he'll now grab a starting spot at some point and guess he tops 600 yards and 4 TDs. He's 6'2 and there aren't that many tall "go up and get em" receivers on the roster.

 

Edit: reminder this guy had 1,350 yards and 14 TDs last year, as well as (I think?) the most 20+ yard passes of anyone in college football

 

I hope so. Whats his speed like?

[Derwood]

 

Bears are becoming must see tv

 

well that's simply not true

[We Got The Whole 9]

 

Bears are becoming must see tv

 

well that's simply not true

A good defense goes a long way

[David]

defense, line especially, looks great

 

run game and o line look really good. just gotta get rid of the giraffe dude.

 

really sucks to lose meredith.

[David]

Wait, are you guys seriously watching Bears preseason football instead of the Cubs? Please tell me you're at least flipping

 

meh. the cubs play 162 times and this will be our last chance to watch trubisky for a few weeks at least.

[UMFan83]

Glennon did not look great after the first drive but made some throws. My guess is that unless Trubisky just dominates in the 2nd half starting with the series w the starters that Glennon did enough to win the job. I don't like that but whatever with that schedule he's either benched by week 4 or he actually does well and becomes an asset.

[UMFan83]

Wait, are you guys seriously watching Bears preseason football instead of the Cubs? Please tell me you're at least flipping

 

meh. the cubs play 162 times and this will be our last chance to watch trubisky for a few weeks at least.

 

You think the 4th game will be all Sanchez/Shaw?

[David]

Wait, are you guys seriously watching Bears preseason football instead of the Cubs? Please tell me you're at least flipping

 

meh. the cubs play 162 times and this will be our last chance to watch trubisky for a few weeks at least.

 

You think the 4th game will be all Sanchez/Shaw?

 

who knows...i kind of forgot the 4th game exists because i never watch it lol

 

but however much he plays, it'll be with bum ass 3rd and 4th string bums (which only make up the WR corps on the first string offense)

[Guest]

Glennon is so bad, even when he's good, he's bad.

[Thrilho]

I hope so. Whats his speed like?

4.58, nothing special but enough to be a jump ball guy. Here's some stuff I wrote about him a couple months ago.

 

Tanner Gentry - WR - Wyoming - 4.58 40-dash 6'2 220

He had 72 receptions for 1,326 and 14 TDs as Josh Allen's primary target. His 49 targets on deep passes was the most among college receivers (PFF). The PFF scouting report says he has NFL starter potential, and that his strengths are jump balls, sideline catches, and "circus" catches. But he's also not that slow and clearly can get downfield.

 

He didn't get an invite to the combine, which seems weird for a guy who had those numbers and played with a likely high first round QB. But it's also weird that I couldn't find a highlight video for him. I'm guessing that for a guy whose goal is to "eventually be one of the best receivers in the league" going undrafted was a harsh lesson in the virtues of self-promotion. Hopefully he just got missed because he's a white guy from Wyoming and forgot to hire an agent or something.

 

Either way, he doesn't have a good highlight video, so here's one of Josh Allen. It's pretty much all Allen heaving it downfield, while only occasionally looking where he's throwing it and Gentry making all kinds of jump ball grabs. He's very much of the jump up in the air, grab it, and fall down variety with zero YAC, but that can be pretty valuable if you can also have a knack for getting open on broken plays.

 

 

On his training camp (some good Trubisky stuff too): http://sportsmockery.com/2017/05/one-name-dominated-early-bears-rookie-minicamp/

PFF scouting report: https://www.profootballfocus.com/draft-pff-scouting-report-tanner-gentry-wr-wyoming/

http://www.isportsweb.com/2017/05/13/chicago-bears-sign-tanner-gentry-12-other-undrafted-free-agents/

Trubisky has seemed to like him as a target so far, so hopefully he gets featured in the second half.

[UMFan83]

Meredith has a torn ACL which I'm guessing anyone who saw the injury expected

[We Got The Whole 9]

Mitch needs work in the pocket and the Bears know it. They're not just gonna move the pocket on every pass play for him. He needs to make those throws from within the pocket.

 

He seems to get a bit flat footed from the little I've seen.

[Thrilho]

Mitch needs work in the pocket and the Bears know it. They're not just gonna move the pocket on every pass play for him. He needs to make those throws from within the pocket.

 

He seems to get a bit flat footed from the little I've seen.

I was actually just jumping in to say Trubisky seems to never stop moving his feet. That last screen he just shuffled back like a yard or two with a guy in his face to create space for that Langford dump off.

[David]

wonder what jarvis landry would cost

[We Got The Whole 9]

You gotta go for it

[Guest]

Well....

[We Got The Whole 9]

Well that wasn't good

[SpongeWorthy]

gotta huddle up faster buddy boy

[SpongeWorthy]

that's 4 offsides/neutral zone penalties by young and houston by my count

 

veteran savvy

[Guest]

That's exciting.