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This epitomizes our Defensive philosophy so perfectly. It's sad, but we all know it's true.

So maybe if Hamlin adopted the Gazoo helmet, he could increase from his current 4 career INT pace. Holy crap at Kelso having 30 INTs, I had no idea it was that many.

One of the Bears reports said it was a Mesh concept. Tre likely got picked by the other crossing route.

I'd counter with 1 first rounder & AJE. I don't know if anybody is willing to give up 2 firsts just for the right to make Parsons the highest paid defensive player in the league.

Well the Bears certainly have experience in this regard, they did the same with Trubisky.

I haven't seen a TE block that well since Gronk. If Hawes can develop even half of Gronk's receiving ability, he'll be quite an asset.

Literally almost every DB in the NFL is a converted WR. They all played both ways at some point, then either in High School or College, their coach made that decision for them.

His accuracy was less than inspiring. The TD to Knox should've been the easiest walk-in TD of all time, Mitch's terrible throw made it a tough finish for Knox. The deep ball to Shavers would also have been an easy TD if not underthrown.

I'm in the Chicago area. The local talk has been that Williams is not "getting it", regarding the pure-progression system Ben Johnson is installing. Reports are that they've been butting heads over it. I doubt arguing with the HC & throwing temper tantrums in practice drills are endearing him to his teammates either.

I bet Beane already offered 3yr/$33M, and all that did was lead to "business...". Now way they offer Cook anything more than 11.5M/season now.

I'm surprised everyone is just penciling Mitch in at QB2. He's been terrible in his entire 2nd Bills term, I think Mike White is the better player at this point.

A lot of QBs are working on specific things in camp. They may take chances to see what they can get away with, knowing that it doesn't really count. I suspect Josh is in this camp. My son is a HS QB & he does this in certain practices. He says sometimes he doesn't even mind if I he threw a pick, because he was just trying to squeeze one into a tight window to see what'd happen, when in a real game he'd have just scrambled.

Being tall comes with long arms, which is a huge advantage at OT, for pass protection. I agree that Brown is way too tall to play OG or OC, but his build is perfect for RT. Jonathan Ogden is an inch taller than Spencer, and he's one of the best to play OT.

Hamlin is the star of the upcoming Hallmark movie, of course he's not getting cut... My son came home from HS football practice today & was all mad. He complained that several of the seniors on his team despite knowing the offense really well & knowing exactly what to do, just aren't good at football. I replied "sounds like you have a bunch of Damar Hamlins", he immediately agreed.

After seeing the beach pic, I thought he actually looked leaner than he did last season. He has pretty chubby last year, I expected it to be worse. Don't get me wrong, I hope he stays fat. But I expect he'll drop 5-10 lbs between now & Week 1.

They added the personnel to play more of an attacking Defense. I think that's what McD wants to do, but I'm still skeptical. I'm tired of rushing 4 straight upfield while we play soft zone 10+ yards off & watching good QBs carve us up with ease like they're playing in a 7-on-7 tournament.

Any word on how Hairston looked? I can't find a peep about him.

I live in the Chicago area & have been to many games. Soldier Field is nothing special after they added all the modernization stuff. It had old-school charm before, now it just looks like an alien spacecraft landed on top of the old stadium. It's much more congested to get in/out of than the Ralph, and there isn't much parking that doesn't require a shuttle. Everything inside is more expensive than Buffalo, parking for preseason will probably be $100. It's worth checking out, but I find the ease & convenience of getting in/out of Bills games a breath of fresh air compared to the hassles of Soldier Field. I was offered tickets for the game from a season ticket holder at face value, $200. 4 tickets plus parking & food would be around $1000 for a preseason game. Unless somebody offers for free, I'll probably pass. I was at the Bills/Bears game there in '23 and it was at least 30% Bills fans. I didn't receive a single heckle from anybody, which I did not expect. I've seen some crazy abuse of opposing fans over the years. I once saw a guy wearing a Santa suit at an Xmas eve game get the living crap beat out of him by 4-5 guys for yelling "Go Packers"... and they weren't even playing the Packers that day. I am gonna try to attend one of the Bills/Bears joint practices. Never had a reason to attend a Bears practice before, but that'd be cool.

Keon's top speed of 19.23mph in the WR drills is great, but that's long speed. In football, acceleration is much more important than long speed or top speed, his disappointing 40 time shows a lack of initial acceleration. For a WR to get open quickly, he needs acceleration & suddenness, and that area has proven to be the weakest part of Keon's game. He does a lot of other things well, but if he can't improve on his initial acceleration, he'll continue to struggle getting open.

It has to be one of the Safeties- either Bishop or Forrest. The elephant in the room is Hamlin. We all know he's slow & terrible in coverage, maybe the worst coverage in the league. And we all also know that there's a really good chance that McD will still continue to start him, because he "knows the system"...

Is Von Miller's Pass Rush Summit still a thing? Landon Jackson would greatly benefit from getting an invite.

Chiefs have had our number, but it hasn't been domination. If we played Cincy with McD's 2024 version of our Defense, Burrow would have 500 yards & 5 TDs, on 85% completions. I know the Bengals D stinks, but it's not really feasible to rely on the offense to match 50 points. McD says Defensive changes are coming, and I pray it actually happens. It was more than just a talent upgrade needed.

When Cleveland camp opens, there's going to be a hoard of microphones around Shedeur every day while Flacco & Dillon Gabriel get moderate attention. It's gonna be a sh!tshow.

The NFL will surely create some version of the Bat Phone for next year. Some kind of secure line to each player that only the GMs phones can access.

I'm an advocate of starting them young so they can learn tackling/blocking technique & how to absorb contact properly long before they'll ever face guys who actually hit hard. Having coached multiple seasons of every grade of football up until HS, there really aren't many injuries at the youth levels. When they're 6/7/8 yrs old they really can't move fast enough to hurt each other, they can barely keep their heads up with the weight of the helmet, all you see are maybe wrist or ankle injuries. It isn't really until 7th/8th grade when you get the early puberty kids who can be dangerous. Even then, most youth orgs have weight limits for playing anywhere other than OL/DL. If a kid doesn't start playing tackle until HS, he's at a big disadvantage compared to the kids who've been playing for years. HS coaching at the freshman level is a joke in the majority of HS programs. It's usually 2-3 coaches with limited experience for 40-50 kids, there's no way kids can properly learn tackling & taking hits in a couple weeks before games start. I've seen lots of kids quit after freshman year because they weren't ready for the level contact or started playing scared- due to the limited coaching they received. If you go into HS with that experience already, you'll be ready for success.