Jcollins1977
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Kicker is a given, but I’d say the biggest need is a backup swing Offensive lineman. A quality backup that can step in and not be a liability.
The Bears are a Burton injury away from serious offensive issues and a Davis injury away from Cohen getting 250 touches.
TE and RB are the biggest needs and it is not close.
Highest to lowest priority
K - need consistency
RB - howard is gone and davis is a relative unknown
G - long's health is question mark with no real depth
OLB - lynch is ok but can he stay healthy?
S - replacement for HHCD
TE - burton is move TE, shaheen is blocking TE, Braunecker is ?
CB - I like tolliver but is he ready to take over for prince in 2020?
Pace obviously waited too long to trade Jordan Howard. I say trade Adam Shaheen now while his value is highest. Get a 2nd or 3rd round pick for him and move on.
good to see you understand the Davis' questionable situation...IMO he's a backup at best.Highest to lowest priority
K - need consistency
RB - howard is gone and davis is a relative unknown
G - long's health is question mark with no real depth
OLB - lynch is ok but can he stay healthy?
S - replacement for HHCD
TE - burton is move TE, shaheen is blocking TE, Braunecker is ?
CB - I like tolliver but is he ready to take over for prince in 2020?
I let OLB breath for a season.
Lynch is a high quality back up.
Irving is young and has flashed in limited snaps.
Fitts is an elite athlete that you just drafted.
I'll take your word for it that Fitts is an elite athlete. We haven't given enough time to assess him. Irving is very promising, he has steadily developed with time and snaps. OLB is a fairly complicated position, even when it's just a 3rd down passrush -- and clearly Fangio wanted more than that from his OLBs.I let OLB breath for a season.
Lynch is a high quality back up.
Irving is young and has flashed in limited snaps.
Fitts is an elite athlete that you just drafted.
What's the scenario where you make that cut?If I had to make cuts I would cut Shaheen before I cut 4 edges on the team [Mack, Floyd, Lynch, Irving].
A late round TE doesn't give us another reliable one but it's definitely one of the desires. I wish they'd make Nall into a Burton clone already.If we sign those guys then we still only have 1 reliable TE.
The Bears have 2 starting OTs and reasonably competent backups.
The Bears do not have a 2nd starting TE.
If we sign those guys then we still only have 1 reliable TE.
The Bears have 2 starting OTs and reasonably competent backups.
The Bears do not have a 2nd starting TE.
These last 2 seem counterintuitive, especially when we're talking about players picked at or after 87.Agreed. It is time to swallow pride on Shaheen and make sure that TE does not sink the offense in 2019.
I'll take your word for it that Fitts is an elite athlete. We haven't given enough time to assess him. Irving is very promising, he has steadily developed with time and snaps. OLB is a fairly complicated position, even when it's just a 3rd down passrush -- and clearly Fangio wanted more than that from his OLBs.
I'd still go with an OLB if it was clearly the BPA. Fitts was not impressive... he'd be safe on the PS. Lynch is great for 1 yr at this price, but he is still injury prone, as is Floyd, who at the moment, does not look like a great passrusher. So, we still need to find a great passrusher with lonesome Mack. Not that we'd find one from the 3rd Rd down, but hey, maybe.
I never understood the Shaheen pick, but gave Pace the benefit of the doubt. The kid was a 2nd round pick from Ashland, a D-2 school and I thought we could have gotten him 2+ rounds later than we did.
Nonetheless, I'm not impressed with the TE group this year. The best mid-round guy available, IMO, is probably Josh Oliver. He may be a solid grab as a receiving TE, but I wouldn't be surprised if he is over drafted due to lack of talent at TE. Other than him, I say stay away from this years TE class.
So basically, you currently see a DUD but still hold belief that he's going to be just okay and while not ever elite he's "aight" and will be able to collect an NFL paycheck?Yeah i also didn't understand picking him in the 2nd round, but i was thinking we could of gotten him in the 3rd because he was someone we knew about before the draft and what he showed in college was very intriguing even though it was at a small school against lower level talent. Even though i wasn't with the pick in the 2nd round and with his crazy injury history so far i still believe if he could just stay healthy and if Nagy believe's in him and calls plays for him that he could produce for us. I'm not sure if he'll live up to his 2nd round status but i'm past that now and just want to see the guy stay healthy and be used. At the very least he can be a good blocking TE and a really good red zone target.
@Jamais Vu ^^^So basically, you currently see a DUD but still hold belief that he's going to be just okay and while not ever elite he's "aight" and will be able to collect an NFL paycheck?