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Check out Brad Holmes draft history - 7 pro bowl/all pro, 13 players are starters, only 2 players are unsigned/out of the league (all figures are from his first four drafts excluding 2025 draft class - total of 29 draft picks) Year Rnd Player Pick Pos College/Univ 2025 1 Tyleik Williams 28 DT Ohio St. 2025 2 Tate Ratledge 57 OL Georgia 2025 3 Isaac TeSlaa 70 WR Arkansas 2025 5 Miles Frazier 171 G LSU 2025 6 Ahmed Hassanein 196 DE Boise St. 2025 7 Dan Jackson 230 SAF Georgia 2025 7 Dominic Lovett 244 WR Georgia Year Rnd Player Pick Pos College/Univ 2024 1 Terrion Arnold 24 DB Alabama 2024 2 Ennis Rakestraw 61 DB Missouri 2024 4 Giovanni Manu 126 OL British Columbia 2024 4 Sione Vaki 132 SAF Utah 2024 6 Mekhi Wingo 189 DT LSU 2024 6 Christian Mahogany 210 OL Boston Col. Year Rnd Player Pick Pos College/Univ 2023 1 Jahmyr Gibbs 12 RB Alabama 2023 1 Jack Campbell 18 LB Iowa 2023 2 Sam LaPorta 34 TE Iowa 2023 2 Brian Branch 45 DB Alabama 2023 3 Hendon Hooker 68 QB Tennessee 2023 3 Brodric Martin 96 DT Western Kentucky 2023 5 Colby Sorsdal 152 OL William & Mary 2023 7 Antoine Green 219 WR North Carolina Year Rnd Player Pick Pos College/Univ 2022 1 Aidan Hutchinson 2 DE Michigan 2022 1 Jameson Williams 12 WR Alabama 2022 2 Josh Paschal 46 DE Kentucky 2022 3 Kerby Joseph 97 DB Illinois 2022 5 James Mitchell 177 TE Virginia Tech 2022 6 Malcolm Rodriguez 188 LB Oklahoma St. 2022 6 James Houston 217 LB Jackson St. 2022 7 Chase Lucas 237 DB Arizona St. Year Rnd Player Pick Pos College/Univ 2021 1 Penei Sewell 7 OL Oregon 2021 2 Levi Onwuzurike 41 DL Washington 2021 3 Alim McNeill 72 DT North Carolina St. 2021 3 Ifeatu Melifonwu 101 DB Syracuse 2021 4 Amon-Ra St. Brown 112 WR USC 2021 4 Derrick Barnes 113 DE Purdue 2021 7 Jermar Jefferson 257 RB Oregon St. Compare to Poles - 0 (zero) pro bowl/all pro, 8 players are starters, 7 players are unsigned/out of the league (all figures are from his first three drafts excluding 2025 draft class - total of 26 draft picks) Year Rnd Player Pick Pos College/Univ 2025 1 Colston Loveland 10 TE Michigan 2025 2 Luther Burden 39 WR Missouri 2025 2 Ozzy Trapilo 56 OL Boston Col. 2025 2 Shemar Turner 62 DE Texas A&M 2025 4 Ruben Hyppolite 132 LB Maryland 2025 5 Zah Frazier 169 CB Texas-San Antonio 2025 6 Luke Newman 195 G Michigan St. 2025 7 Kyle Monangai 233 RB Rutgers Year Rnd Player Pick Pos College/Univ 2024 1 Caleb Williams 1 QB USC 2024 1 Rome Odunze 9 WR Washington 2024 3 Kiran Amegadjie 75 OL Yale 2024 4 Tory Taylor 122 P Iowa 2024 5 Austin Booker 144 DL Kansas Year Rnd Player Pick Pos College/Univ 2023 1 Darnell Wright 10 OL Tennessee 2023 2 Gervon Dexter 53 DL Florida 2023 2 Tyrique Stevenson 56 CB Miami (FL) 2023 3 Zacch Pickens 64 DL South Carolina 2023 4 Roschon Johnson 115 RB Texas 2023 4 Tyler Scott 133 WR Cincinnati 2023 5 Noah Sewell 148 LB Oregon 2023 5 Terell Smith 165 DB Minnesota 2023 7 Travis Bell 218 DL Kennesaw St. 2023 7 Kendall Williamson 258 S Stanford Year Rnd Player Pick Pos College/Univ 2022 2 Kyler Gordon 39 CB Washington 2022 2 Jaquan Brisker 48 S Penn St. 2022 3 Velus Jones Jr. 71 WR Tennessee 2022 5 Braxton Jones 168 OL Southern Utah 2022 5 Dominique Robinson 174 DE Miami (OH) 2022 6 Zachary Thomas 186 OL San Diego St. 2022 6 Trestan Ebner 203 RB Baylor 2022 6 Doug Kramer 207 OL Illinois 2022 7 Ja'Tyre Carter 226 OL Southern 2022 7 Elijah Hicks 254 S California 2022 7 Trenton Gill 255 P North Carolina St.

The biggest obstacle Johnson faces is that instead of Detroit's front office he has Poles. Poles should cede the draft picks/free agent targets to Johnson and Dennis Allen. Deliver the scouting info to these two play callers and let Johnson stack the draft board. .

Yeah, this is a "must outscore them" game. The defense will not be able to hold Daniels and company down. Their rookie RB Bill is going to go off, even if Kyler and Edwards come back. Washington will likely put up 35 points. How many can the Bears score?

Someone mentioned Baker and Darnold earlier - both these guys were tossed aside by their drafting teams, had to take on backup roles but then found some coaching/maturity to turn the corner. QB's are playing into their late 30's and I think Flacco is 40 now. I think there is a lot of runway for Fields to piece together how to play the position and be successful someday. To temper that, I am not predicting he'll be MVP caliber or top of the league starter, but I think its a mistake given the great lack of supply at QB to think he'll never be able to succeed,

So, did Braxton get benched instead of getting hurt? He must have been incredibly bad for them to insert trapping and move benefit during the game. The announcing crew took a whole quarter to even notice

Sorry for the self quote - found the video Rough numbers are City of Chicago sold bonds to the amount of roughly $400 MM The debt was refinanced a number of times, paying interest only frequently, and as of 2023 the city still owes $383 MM dollars of principal and $256 MM of interest

We have a vendor from Chicago and he is telling me that the city has refinanced the debt on that stadium so many times they actually owe far more now then immediately after the project. I guess there's a documentary about it that I have yet to watch.

I thought way back when getting AK was a coup, akin to Theo coming to the Cubs. Do I remember it through Bulls colored glasses or was he though to be a great hire at the time?

Populous sure does a lot of them, I don't know their styles well enough to distinguish

Yeah, the location doesn't jive with AH, the open ends showing the city. There may be another design for AH

https://manica.global/page/new-chicago-bears-stadium Link is showing the stadium on the lake, but he specifically told me it was planned for AH. We'll see...

I haven't seen prints yet. He's under confidentiality agreements but when I hear I'll share. A bunch of our product is specified.

I met a customer based in Chicago yesterday. He has construction documents for the Bears new stadium in Arlington Heights. General Contractors/Construction Managers are in budgeting phase with the team. Sounds like there is a clear design in place and the construction end of it is moving forwward.

I thought Anthony Edwards was Michael Jordan's son?

I listen to the Hoge and Jahns podcast. Tried CHGO but it is painful to listen to

Thanks for posting this. Hard to say Carl was wrong about anything. Props to Caleb for hanging tough all season and not complaining publicly.

These numbers but more dWAR? Or same?

Maybe set up a friendly wager...?

I'm still a little surprised they released Walker and made the "he is playable" spot open. I know Walker wasn't some difference maker but now they have who behind Sweat & Oyedingbo? Booker, Hardy, WR Robinson....Not much unless I'm forgetting someone

Nagy was not the play caller for the two years he was OC Nagy called some number of games but it was minimal, not multiple seasons worth

I worded that poorly... When was the last time the Bears hired an offensive coordinator with 2+ years of play calling experience in the NFL as head coach? Answer is NEVER.

I keep coming back to the question: When was the last time the Bears hired an offensive coordinator with 2+ years of play calling experience in the NFL? Answer is NEVER. If Ben Johnson can deliver 75% of the Detroit offense he will instantly be among the best is the modern history of the franchise. I have confidence in him

I tried to post something like this the other day and didn't get through it. Essentially would we have been better off with 41 and 72 than what we got with 56 and 62? Same with 109 over 132 & 169. This one seems easier because I had never heard of Hyppolite or Frazier after doing some mock drafts. I do like getting the fourth back for next year.

Loveland won't be blocking many DE's. Get him out in run blocking and he'll do fine. He put some big hits on the college guys and appears to take it seriously. Split him out wide, put trips on the other side and let the matchup chess begin. A lot of receiving talent, some protection against injury, good stuff.

My Day 2 PFF mock