2025 Bears Offseason Thread

[Hot Sauce]

On 5/3/2025 at 10:22 PM, minnesotacubsfan said:

Ooh, it’s fair for us all to look at a draft of “guys” after finally feeling like they have the mythical “franchise quarterback”  and feel - cromulent. It almost felt like a let down from having to HAVE to find a QB.

Otoh it’s fair to wonder if we got enough

i feel like it was a decent draft and made sense at points, but also was a bit puzzling. We’ll see

 

[Googles “cromulent”]

[CubinNY]

3 hours ago, Hot Sauce said:

[Googles “cromulent”]

It’s a favorite word on here for ok or mediocre. 

[minnesotacubsfan]

2 hours ago, CubinNY said:

It’s a favorite word on here for ok or mediocre. 

If he doesn’t understand the origin, maybe he should do his research

 

 

[Hot Sauce]

2 hours ago, minnesotacubsfan said:

If he doesn’t understand the origin, maybe he should do his research

 

 

[Wilson A2000]

More and more rumblings about the Bears shifting Darnell Wright to LT and letting Ozzy Trapilo see if he can win the job at RT. With Braxton Jones out for the offseason, the Bears might get plenty of time seeing these two at these positions. 

[Brian707]

Schedule is being released Wednesday.  Leaks should be coming out as soon as today. If anyone cares about that sort of thing

 

Edited May 12, 2025 by Brian707

[The_Achiever]

23 hours ago, Wilson A2000 said:

More and more rumblings about the Bears shifting Darnell Wright to LT and letting Ozzy Trapilo see if he can win the job at RT. With Braxton Jones out for the offseason, the Bears might get plenty of time seeing these two at these positions. 

It's too bad I'm already bearish (har har) on the 3rd round OL from Yale they took last year.  Would be good to have another prospect at one of the more important positions. 

I like the Ozzy pick but Poles has given me good reason to question his O-line evaluations.  

[Brian707]

3 games leaked so far for Bears

Black Friday at Eagles 

12/20 home vs Packers

12/25 at Washington 

Edited May 12, 2025 by Brian707

[Wilson A2000]

7 hours ago, The_Achiever said:

It's too bad I'm already bearish (har har) on the 3rd round OL from Yale they took last year.  Would be good to have another prospect at one of the more important positions. 

I like the Ozzy pick but Poles has given me good reason to question his O-line evaluations.  

So he fell in love with a lineman from his alma matter

[We Got The Whole 9]

TIL the NFL plays games on Black Friday

[UMFan83]

19 minutes ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

TIL the NFL plays games on Black Friday

Nebraska/Iowa used to be the only game on tv until Iowa decided to not run an offense for several years

[Ding Dong Johnson]

42 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Nebraska/Iowa used to be the only game on tv until Iowa decided to not run an offense for several years

https://247sports.com/college/iowa/article/the-offense-is-fixed-cbs-sports-tom-fornelli-high-on-hawkeye-offense-249678042/

[BigbadB]

18 hours ago, The_Achiever said:

It's too bad I'm already bearish (har har) on the 3rd round OL from Yale they took last year.  Would be good to have another prospect at one of the more important positions. 

I like the Ozzy pick but Poles has given me good reason to question his O-line evaluations.  

He was always going to be a project given his alma mater. He could still be something. On top of being from an Ivy League school, he also started off camp in his rookie year injured.

[UMFan83]

If I’m reading is right, the Vikings will only have 7 true road games this year while the rest of the North will have 9.  That seems like a big advantage for them, especially with the Bears road schedule being harder than I can ever remember seeing  

 

[jersey cubs fan]

Yeah. On one hand they don’t have as many road games, but on the other they spend two weeks in London. Pittsburgh is mediocre and Cleveland stinks, does it really matter if you play them in London or their home stadiums? 
 

[UMFan83]

24 minutes ago, jersey cubs fan said:

Yeah. On one hand they don’t have as many road games, but on the other they spend two weeks in London. Pittsburgh is mediocre and Cleveland stinks, does it really matter if you play them in London or their home stadiums? 
 

Actually one week in Dublin, one week in London.  And valid points.  

[jersey cubs fan]

2 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Actually one week in Dublin, one week in London.  And valid points.  

Didn’t realize that. I wonder if they’ll find one place to make home for the two weeks and travel for second game as if it was a road trip, or do two different “camps””

[Brian707]

I would think after the second game in Europe the Vikings will get their bye. Its also a big advantage for them in the 2nd game because they will have all that extra time to adjust to the time change compared to their opponent Cleveland.

[Brian707]

As for the Bears I wouldn't be surprised if the NFL gives them a noon home game again against a ****** team like Cleveland or NYG in week 1?

[jersey cubs fan]

1 minute ago, Brian707 said:

I would think after the second game in Europe the Vikings will get their bye. Its also a big advantage for them in the 2nd game because they will have all that extra time to adjust to the time change compared to their opponent Cleveland.

A bigger advantage is their opponent will be Cleveland 

[Brian707]

1 hour ago, UMFan83 said:

If I’m reading is right, the Vikings will only have 7 true road games this year while the rest of the North will have 9.  That seems like a big advantage for them, especially with the Bears road schedule being harder than I can ever remember seeing  

 

 

The Chargers opponent in Brazil is KC

[jersey cubs fan]

6 minutes ago, Brian707 said:

 

The Chargers opponent in Brazil is KC

Should have been Philly for BBL headline purposes. 
 

But chargers may get waxed in that one 

[Brian707]

Lots of schedule leaks coming out this morning. None though for the Bears. 

Bears will not open up vs GB or Detroit as they play each other week 1

[Brian707]

Bears to open at home vs Minnesota on MNF

[UMFan83]

17 minutes ago, Brian707 said:

Bears to open at home vs Minnesota on MNF

Believe it or not, the Bears first home primetime game that isn't Thursday Night Football since December 2021, also against the Vikings.

In fact this will be the 3rd straight home non-TNF primetime game against Minnesota.  Last against everyone else was 2019 against the Chiefs.