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Re: 2016 Chicago Bears
By: WshflThinking Date: June 3, 2016, 9:12 pm
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[quote author=dallasbear link=topic=434.msg272792#msg272792
date=1465002482]
LENO LENO he's our man - if he can't do it - Nate Orchard can?
[/quote]
Who dat? Sounds like a fruit farm.
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Re: 2016 Chicago Bears
By: Jackiejokeman Date: June 3, 2016, 9:57 pm
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Wsh,
Did you find me a LT?
The idea of JCUT being banged around like a human pinata ...
well ... what do you think man ?
Is Leno it ?
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Re: 2016 Chicago Bears
By: WshflThinking Date: June 4, 2016, 12:32 am
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IMHO Leno is all they have.
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Re: 2016 Chicago Bears
By: boogie Date: June 4, 2016, 2:03 am
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Pace is taking a big gamble on Leno. Sure hope it pays off.
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Re: 2016 Chicago Bears
By: joki13 Date: June 4, 2016, 4:28 am
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This latest curfoffle ??? is just another example of how Pace
not only concedes he's overlooked the LT position,but,proves he
doesn't get it. Any 300 lb. guy off the street ain't gonna get
it done and we have a major weakness at a very critical
position. This guy needs to get active with trade possibilities
or be attentive of any veteran OTs released due to $$$$
considerations.
I thought about talking D'Brickashaw Ferguson out of retiring
and offering a 7th rounder to the Jets who do not want to pay
him the 12 million dollar he was due. This guy was a pillar of
consistency and rarely injured.Just a thought.Seems he would
make a nice two year replacement>
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Re: 2016 Chicago Bears
By: navigator Date: June 4, 2016, 7:37 am
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I think Leno played pretty well last year, he is the least of
our concerns.
Backup/Swing tackle may still be a concern but Leno should be
able to handle LT.
look at it this way
our LT - Leno - likely improved with a full off season.
LG - Whitehair - likely a slight drop from Slauson, at
least this first year.
C - Grassu - likely improved, everyone is raving about
how much better and stronger he looks.
RG - putting Long back at RG is an improvement.
RT - Massie is a solid RT, maybe a wash, Long somehow made
the pro bowl but folks were talking about how bad he played.
We also have pretty good depth.
Then think about this, these are all young guys, they will
continue to get better.
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Re: 2016 Chicago Bears
By: boogie Date: June 4, 2016, 10:16 am
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Ka’Deem Carey motivated by Bears drafting another RB
Patrick Finley
Last year, after the Bears drafted a running back to challenge
for his job, Ka’Deem Carey started his first NFL game, scored
his first touchdown and finally figured out the subtlety of
special teams.
Last month, he saw the Bears draft another running back.
Again.
“You just gotta get better,” he said. “You just gotta keep
working.”
Carey is as motivated by the Bears’ fifth-round choice of
Indiana’s Jordan Howard as he was in 2015, when the team took
Michigan State’s Jeremy Langford in the fourth round.
This time, though, he’s not as perplexed.
“The first time it happened, I didn’t understand what was going
on — what they saw, how does this work, and why,” he said. “Now
I know how it works.
“So I can sit down and swallow that and go out here and help
this younger dude to become the back he wants to be. And by
helping him, it makes me a better back, because I just learn so
much more.”
Where that leaves Carey — amazingly, the Bears’ longest-tenured
running back — is a different question.
Langford appears the likely starter, though Carey has impressed
his coaches with his rushing during organized team activities at
Halas Hall.
“[Carey] is an example of playing with a passion, carrying the
flag of the culture of the organization, playing reckless, hard
and never taking for granted the opportunity that he has on a
daily basis,” running backs coach Stan Drayton said. “He’s that
guy,”
The Bears maintain their rotation will highlight each player’s
strengths, but Howard — who is 20 pounds heavier than the
210-pound Carey — seems to have replaced him as the team’s
bruiser.
The Bears someone who can “wear a defense down,” said Drayton,
who hinted Howard could take on more responsibility as needed.
Carey, though, sees a place for both of them.
“He still has different things that I can do that he can’t, and
he can do stuff, things that I can’t,” said Carey, who cut his
body fat from 6 percent to 3 percent and worked on running and
blocking lower this offseason. “I mean, we’ll still balance each
other out. “There’s no exact same type of running back. I still
think I got wiggles. I think I can make a dude miss in the open
field, stuff like that, that I still haven’t shown.”
He didn’t have much of a chance to.
As a rookie, Carey had only eight carries for 28 yards during
the final eight games of 2014. He didn’t touch the ball in the
Bears’ first seven games under John Fox, either. Inactive in
three of the first four games last year, his career seemed in
jeopardy.
With Matt Forte hurt, though, he served as the surprise starter
— carrying seven times for 28 yards — in Week 8. In five games
last year, he carried seven or more times.
Carey played 64 special teams snaps, too, and said he finally
feels comfortable there after being puzzled as a rookie. He’ll
need that skill to beat out specialists Senorise Perry and
Jacquizz Rodgers for a roster spot — though the Bears could,
conceivably, keep two of the three.
“Now I know what they’re talking about,” Carey said. “For two
years, I’m like, ‘What is going on?’ But now I’ve gotten to go
out there and play and getting a good feel for it, so I’m
actually enjoying (it) and cannot wait to go out there and earn
some spots on special teams.”
Coach John Fox admires his approach. At the NFL Scouting
Combine, of all places, Fox argued Carey was proof there was
more to the game than measurables.
“Sometimes a lot gets put into height, weight, speed, 40, and a
lot of times it’s hard to measure what’s behind that left nipple
and between your ears,” Fox said of Carey, who ran a 4.70
40-yard dash at the Combine. “I think he’s a guy that after
contact is pretty special.”
Tight end Zach Miller joked that he knows when Carey is in the
game.
“I’ve got to watch out,” he said. “Specifically so he doesn’t
run right up the back of you — because that guy runs with his
head down and delivers a blow.”
Carey will spend the next three months fighting for the
opportunity to do just that.
“When I have the football, I don’t feel like anybody can tackle
me,” he said. “You just gotta think that every play when you
have the ball — nobody can tackle you. I don’t care if they get
you in the backfield, you better fight to get to the line of
scrimmage.”
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Re: 2016 Chicago Bears
By: boogie Date: June 4, 2016, 10:28 am
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Quarterback of the future? David Fales waiting for his chance
Mark Potash
Bears general manager Ryan Pace’s intention was to draft a
quarterback-of-the-future. But for now, it’s still David Fales.
The Phil Emery sixth-round draft pick from San Jose State in
2014 has yet to take a snap in two seasons in the NFL. But he
remains the Bears’ best developmental option — behind Jay Cutler
and Brian Hoyer and ahead of undrafted Matt Blanchard with eight
weeks to go before training camp opens in July.
That Pace did not draft a quarterback for the second consecutive
year “could say a lot about how they felt about me and the guys
in the [quarterback] room,” Fales said. “But either way, whether
they did or didn’t, it didn’t matter to me. I’m still trying to
focus on me and I have zero control over that. So it doesn’t
matter.”
Fales is happy to be healthy after a difficult 2015. He had
shoulder surgery in February and missed most of training camp in
Bourbonnais with an illness. He was active for seven
regular-season games but did not play. Still, that the Bears
promoted Fales to the active roster in Week 11 to prevent the
Ravens from signing him off the practice squad was an indication
of the Ryan Pace regime’s faith in him.
“To be where I was at last year in the middle of the year [after
the surgery and illness] is a huge accomplishment,” Fales said.
“I thought I got a lot better during the year. I got healthy,
too — that’s half of it.
“So I’m in a better spot than I was last year and I’m excited
because I haven’t been healthy in awhile. And I had never been
hurt before, so it was frustrating. To finally be me and be able
to show [what I can do] a little bit is nice.”
With Jay Cutler the starter and veteran Brian Hoyer the No. 2,
it’s easy for the unproven Fales to get overlooked. But his
college resume intrigued a few NFL teams. As a junior he led
Division I in completion percentage (72.5) and was sixth in
yards (4,193), eighth in touchdowns (33) and third in passing
efficiency. In a cold-weather game in the Military Bowl, he was
the same quarterback — 33-of-45 for 395 yards, two touchdowns
and no interceptions in a 29-20 victory over Bowling Green.
As a senior, with a new coaching staff and new offense, he threw
for 4,189 yards and 33 touchdowns. In his final game, he
outdueled Derek Carr — throwing for 547 yards and six touchdowns
in a 62-52 victory over previously unbeaten Fresno State.
And even after missing most of camp, he was impressive in his
only preseason appearance — 14-of-18 for 131 yards, two
touchdowns and no interceptions in the exhibition finale against
the Browns.
The big question is whether Fales will get a chance to prove
himself with the Bears. There’s only so much improvement you can
make without playing.
“It’s hard to simulate a game situation,” Fales said, “and I
think that’s my strength — getting better in games. But you can
physically assess yourself where you need to get stronger or
faster in certain areas. And also watching film and watching
other guys around the league and see what other people do — you
can get better that way, too. Getting around people who have
done well at the position — like Jay — and try to get under
their wing and pick their brain and do things. You can get
better that way, too.”
The challenge of every quarterback on the fringe is opportunity.
Fales said he is not worried about getting lost in the shuffle.
“I think everyone gets chances, whether its in practice or in
games,” Fales said. “Some guys get more chances. But it’s what
you do with the opportunities you get.
“But I don’t ever worry about it. I know I’m going to get a
shot. It’s just being the best me and playing fast — that’s
enough. Worry too much and trying to predict [when you might get
a chance], that’s how you get yourself in trouble. Just enjoy
it, play fast and when opportunities come, make plays when you
can.”
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Re: 2016 Chicago Bears
By: WshflThinking Date: June 4, 2016, 1:31 pm
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I hope they hang onto Fales. I liked what I saw from him in the
exhibition game
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Re: 2016 Chicago Bears
By: davebear Date: June 4, 2016, 2:51 pm
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I think Fales had what it takes from the "neck up."
But when I read one of the writers comments from minicamp about
him having high school arm strength on a few throws ?????
Looking forward to seeing what he has in pre season.
He was a real gamer in college.
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