minnesotacubsfan

nearly all C's are mid-round rookies, and again, the talent you are trying to upgrade from is Sam Mustipher. hell, Schmitz may even go late 1st, early 2nd and if that's the case the Bears would need to have a trade out of their first to get him (getting him w/a top 2nd round instead), but if he did fall to the late 2nd, I'd draft him. what other FA center is available this offseason? Yeah, Schmitz seems like he'll go anywhere from mid 2nd to mid 3rd. He's interesting because he doesn't seem very athletic. Not a guy that's going to wow at the combine, but he plays way more athletically than he looks. Has a lot of plays where he makes fantastic reach blocks, which are key for this offense. Not sure how good he would handle elite interior pass rushers or DEs on stunts, but run blocking looks like a clear fit. But overall, I'm not in love with the guy as a prospect. Definitely not big on handing him the job as a rookie, and where he will get drafted you basically would have to hand him the job to make the pick worth it. But if the Bears do sign a really good LG and a starting RT, then he becomes a much more viable option. I'm coming back to this because I've been busy the last few days and haven't had a chance to reply, but Schmitz is more than capable w/ pass rushers and stunts. He's off the charts on run blocking and pretty damn good on passing downs https://www.nfldraftbuzz.com/Player/JohnMichael-Schmitz-OL-Minnesota even if Patrick somehow held on the C position, Schmitz has the size, talent, and athleticism to play G. He'd be a better bet than Mustipher and probably most of the top G's in the draft eta: plus, he's from the south suburbs and very likely a Bears fan. HOMER UP

risk? what risk? you're looking at replacing Sam Mustispher for crying out loud! I keep saying his name because 1) I'm a total homer but 2) - and more importantly, he's the best coming out, but Schmitz from Minnesota would be a huge upgrade If the only bar is improving Mustipher that's still a wide and left for "bad OL" Mid round rookies are never that safe of propositions. Fields getting his pocket collapsed because Poles tried to get cute when he had all the money he could possibly need is something I want zero to do with. nearly all C's are mid-round rookies, and again, the talent you are trying to upgrade from is Sam Mustipher. hell, Schmitz may even go late 1st, early 2nd and if that's the case the Bears would need to have a trade out of their first to get him (getting him w/a top 2nd round instead), but if he did fall to the late 2nd, I'd draft him. what other FA center is available this offseason?

To me I think C is a position where you could draft a quality player in the 3or 4th round that could start right away assuming you have some talent around them. I would not risk that units success on the availability of the right OC prospect just sitting there in the mid rounds. That would be more of a "wait and see on Whitehair and LG" proposition than a "Wait and see on Mustipher/Patrick at C" proposition to me. risk? what risk? you're looking at replacing Sam Mustispher for crying out loud! I keep saying his name because 1) I'm a total homer but 2) - and more importantly, he's the best coming out, but Schmitz from Minnesota would be a huge upgrade

I say rest Fields.let him recover and get healthy for next year

You're not wrong about any of it. They are all incredibly rich and removed from the day-to-day struggles of most Americans I love my teams, like when Just Fields wins us a SB I'm going to dance on every packer fans grave But I struggle with capitalism every day. It isn't fair, it REALLY isn't fair,what a capitalistic society will pay the most for.

Draft Schmitz and either keep Whitehair of find his replacement in FA Patrick isn't the long term solution at C, Schmitz really could be

In retrospect, he looked overmatched and lost in the early season, but he's def improved as the year went on

Why would we ever do anything but root against the GB Packers? GO DOLPHINS!

Gordon has def come on as the season progressed

If you can get Pittman, do that

That's cool, but you're probably wrong https://www.chicitysports.com/braxton-jones-is-a-huge-steal-for-bears/ https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35253675/2022-nfl-week-16-power-rankings-1-32-poll-pleasant-surprises QB who is ungodly good at avoiding rushers + coaching staff that knows he sucks and calls plays to protect him EVERYONE, pff, ESPN, etc is saying positive things about Jones. He doesn't have a ton of experience, he's not a 1st rd pick, but he very well may be our LT of the future and he very well might be good at it and there's nothing bad about that

That's cool, but you're probably wrong https://www.chicitysports.com/braxton-jones-is-a-huge-steal-for-bears/ https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35253675/2022-nfl-week-16-power-rankings-1-32-poll-pleasant-surprises

there's definitely hope and good reasons to be hopeful, but I am disappointed with with Poles has done FA wise to date.

That's exactly what Fields will tell himself as he falls asleep every night of his inevitably shortened, doomed to be stuck behind a Bears OL NFL career. Hey, look on the bright side: Poles has no regrets

So, apparently Jenkins is fine https://www.chicagobears.com/news/teven-jenkins-fortunate-to-avoid-serious-injury-injury-report-khalil-herbert?fbclid=IwAR3b_msMT2Pd9HahU2GTesxPYcW6juuhU8rMAz2bbUnS5QSs1_u4G83IuK4&mibextid=Zxz2cZ#lbx4wbpzk8hwpkkmtdn Good news

I was told that this is Bear weather. you need to leave your jacket and shirt at home

I'm terrified hes going to blow an acl in one of these meaningless games, its why i shut the game off yesterday after his leg cramp, thinking he had something worse

I was listening to the game as I had other things going on, but I heard Fields go down. when that happened, I turned the game off because there wasn't much reason to follow along if Fields was out. I missed him coming back into the game and the Pringle TD. But, long story short, I was confused as to why Eberflus let him back in with a injured leg, didn't see or hear anything about it being cramps until Davids post

Unless there was some other injury I'm missing, Fields just had cramps and went back into the game. ah, I thought he pulled his hamstring or worse, glad it was just cramps hopefully Jenkins is nothing serious, but it looked scary as hell

any word on the Jenkins injury or Fields leg injury?

He has missed plenty in decent weather games. yea, Santos is garbage

wth are we corner blitzing

I wonder what Jeb is going to spend all that money on...new socks?

Yes, but did something new happen on this front? he went from being okay last year to bad this year. it was bad regardless, but now we don't even get a decent player out of it yea, Keith was [expletive] but I dearly miss the days of a D-man who could take over a game - Seth basically gives the game away

I mean you did the analysis, it's right there. Bears will likely win 1 more game....the Iggles Lol