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I'm not sure how good the defense will be (probably not good), but it's a good sign they are keeping

Posted by Warrin'_Illini

on August 31, 2026, 12:22:04, in reply to "I didn’t know we had a dude named Large. I thought Lynch was decent so that one is surprising. "

✏️ Edited by Warrin'_Illini on August 31, 2026, 12:27:28

these young guys instead of the vets. Baldy has been effusive in his praise for Loving and Jean Claude Van Der Berg.

It's just pre-season but the defense has looked feisty and up to the challenge. We still need a talent influx and I'm pretty worried about all the injuries to the secondary, but I'm excited to see how good the kids are. Maybe they can make some in-season moves so they don't have to wait for next year for talent upgrades. They have all their future draft picks so I wouldn't hate a trade that could help this season.

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Especially after trading Dexter away.

Not surprised they had to cut Kiran. Another Poles reach who only took him because he played golf with his Dad. That guy couldn’t play at all and it was obvious from day 1.

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who both looked good.

Kept Kromah. Dude deserves it.

Davenport and Lynch cut.

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yeah

I said forget about it cuh

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EDIT: Bears - rest of preseason discussion* - Orangeillini August 22, 2026, 17:55:35

This Kyler Gordon situation is so weird. How many guys have the Bears paid who just didn't - Warrin'_Illini 4 hours ago
Sanborn to be re-signed today as Bryant and Large head to IR* - Carl Spackler 5 hours ago
I did not realize nfl practice squad players make $13-22k per week. That's not bad.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 14:28:11
- And make $60K for any week they’re elevated from the PS* - Carl Spackler Yesterday, 14:31:02
  - Didn't know that either. Pretty good for 4 months of work even if you don't get called up.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 14:37:41
    - And,,, free tickets too!! :-) - osklister Yesterday, 19:07:58
Bears re-sign DL James Lynch to the 53* - AintHatin Yesterday, 14:21:20
Eagles sign Amegadjie to the PS* - AintHatin Yesterday, 14:13:35
- Bears had a tackle claimed… Mason Murphy? Never even heard of this guy. UDFA* - Carl Spackler Yesterday, 14:21:07
  - Yeah I saw that name and had no idea* - gvibes Yesterday, 14:42:35
- Dude was a third round pick, couldn't be all that bad. :eek* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 14:17:55
Kept only five WRs. Kept four UDFAs, including Hayden large and Jayden loving, - gvibes August 30, 2026, 17:54:12
- re: the WRs...they kept 4 TEs, at least 2 that are heavily used in the passing game - IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 12:10:17
- I didn’t know we had a dude named Large. I thought Lynch was decent so that one is surprising. - Toonces Yesterday, 02:35:40
  - I'm not sure how good the defense will be (probably not good), but it's a good sign they are keeping - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 12:22:04
  - Gonna be a popular jersey. - osklister Yesterday, 11:45:20
- This roster just feels so, so thin to me. - Carl Spackler August 30, 2026, 18:28:30
Hyppolite, Terell Smith, Davenport, Sanborn cut* - Carl Spackler August 30, 2026, 17:08:48
- The smug poles video where he picked hypollite was such a joke. - gvibes August 30, 2026, 17:17:02
  - I liked him as a prospect. Still overdrafted but had hope.* - Toonces August 30, 2026, 17:57:20
gordon, sewell, and turner on the pup list.* - Ari Gold August 30, 2026, 17:05:50
bears moving on from amegadjie and wills. ozzy must be coming back soon.* - Ari Gold August 30, 2026, 15:40:21
- Soooo many terrible picks over the last couple of years. Poles gets credit for doing two things - LovetheChief August 30, 2026, 16:18:51
  - My personal opinion is that I thought he was a clown from his first press conference - CanHartlebHireSnider August 30, 2026, 20:13:57
    - that’s a bit much.* - Ari Gold August 30, 2026, 21:09:15
      - I mean Eberflus was just standard meathead football coach - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 01:06:36
        
        eberflus was close to getting fired in indy. put together a horrendous staff. made all time - Ari Gold Yesterday, 19:01:21
  - He must just 100% defer to coaches. Because talent evaluation does not turn - gvibes August 30, 2026, 17:16:04
    - of course he does. that’s the only way they could’ve retained him.* - Ari Gold August 30, 2026, 21:10:02
  - Everyone blows Howie Roseman - bjl63 August 30, 2026, 16:46:52
    - if you’re trying to make some comparison that may be one of the more comical things - Ari Gold August 30, 2026, 17:07:14
      - Stay miserable my friend* - bjl63 August 30, 2026, 19:32:37
Aaron Donald back with the Rams* - Carl Spackler August 30, 2026, 15:17:15
- I question his sanity* - bjl63 August 30, 2026, 19:33:33
- How do they always seem to have endless cap space?* - OB25 August 30, 2026, 18:52:12
Bears trade Gervon Dexter to Falcons for CB Clark Phillips III and 5th round pick - DanSaint August 30, 2026, 07:33:57
- Reading up on this, idea is probably to free up Muhammad to focus on being the slot corner - OB25 August 30, 2026, 13:10:44
  - what a disappointment kyler has ended up being.* - Ari Gold August 30, 2026, 14:12:38
- I don’t really get this. Was Dexter not one of our top three DTs? - gvibes August 30, 2026, 10:12:19
  - Think that’s what this has to mean. Jarrett and Gallimore starting. - Carl Spackler August 30, 2026, 10:25:46
    - Totally forgot about Turner* - gvibes August 30, 2026, 10:30:40
      - I'm not 100% sure he actually exists - IlliniSax05 August 30, 2026, 10:36:12
- I thought Matt Ryan was doing all their GM work not Cunningham. Someone should tell Roger* - illini222 August 30, 2026, 09:44:57
- better than nothing. clearly not a great fit for da and wasn’t going to get resigned.* - Ari Gold August 30, 2026, 07:47:47
- Man Dexter must have been projected for like DT5. What a mess of a ‘23 draft. - Carl Spackler August 30, 2026, 07:45:09
  - The Bears are so lucky they landed Ben - CanHartlebHireSnider August 30, 2026, 10:04:08
    - Yes, this defensive roster is a total mess and most of their big investments there have bombed* - Carl Spackler August 30, 2026, 10:27:16
  - Very nice to turn it around regarding the draft. Last year was great and I’m super bullish - Toonces August 30, 2026, 09:56:59
    - yep.* - Ari Gold August 30, 2026, 10:03:01
Tyson Bagent going off. Good for him* - CanHartlebHireSnider August 29, 2026, 18:03:37
- Bring me your 2nd round pick, NFL. - Carl Spackler August 29, 2026, 18:12:39
  - Agreed. I think Keenum is more than fine to back up - CanHartlebHireSnider August 29, 2026, 18:34:40
Sam Rouch might be really good. Bears have an awesome TE room.* - Toonces August 29, 2026, 17:36:10
- yes they do.* - Ari Gold August 29, 2026, 18:32:11
I hope that virtual measurement was just a preseason "let's test it and work out the kinks" thing - IlliniSax05 August 29, 2026, 17:17:06
- This is year 2. It was in usage last year though I don't recall it being used that much - CanHartlebHireSnider August 29, 2026, 17:23:39
Zavion Thomas oh my* - illini21 August 29, 2026, 17:12:36
- dude has some jets.* - Ari Gold August 29, 2026, 18:32:49
Bagent averaging 97 yards per pass attempt* - Orangeillini August 29, 2026, 17:10:49
BOOM!* - Orangeillini August 29, 2026, 17:10:11
Caleb played in the joint practice with the Titans on Thursday but will not play tonight* - Orangeillini August 29, 2026, 16:51:07
Sounds like Jaylon Johnson and Tyrique Stevenson got hurt at practice today. - Warrin'_Illini August 27, 2026, 13:01:25
- The vibes feel off and I can see this being like a 7-10 team. But that still can be ok long-term. - OB25 August 27, 2026, 14:19:04
  - The late Trapillo injury and Dahlman retirement really set them back this offseason. - Warrin'_Illini August 27, 2026, 14:29:40
    - As a far less attentive fan than many here, I feel like the Dahlman thing is the sharpest dagger* - Herman Blume August 28, 2026, 22:40:29
      - It was a huge blow. Massive downgrade to current roster + had to use a key 2nd round asset… - OB25 August 28, 2026, 23:28:24
        
        Also had to trade a late pick for Bradbrrry.* - Toonces August 29, 2026, 11:16:55
  - Unfortunately FA is largely a wasteland, so the cap space is tough to spend well* - Carl Spackler August 27, 2026, 14:24:52
    - Yeah but you can’t spend it much worse than you did on some of the guys you’d be clearing. - OB25 August 27, 2026, 14:31:59
      - It was a really good draft though* - gvibes August 29, 2026, 11:00:19
  - I think there’s a good chance we have a team similar to 2013* - CanHartlebHireSnider August 27, 2026, 14:22:10
- Bears game vibes this year: “Yo dawg, I heard you like points.”* - Carl Spackler August 27, 2026, 13:05:07
  - That’s how it starts. Then you keep setting records for losing games when the offense - voiceofreason August 29, 2026, 08:41:58
Roger Goodell seems very eager to have a Super Bowl in Hammond - CanHartlebHireSnider August 27, 2026, 09:42:13
- I wonder how Hoosiers feel about this. You'd be owning the libs, but at your own expense. - Warrin'_Illini August 27, 2026, 09:51:08
Draftniks - do you ever listen to the McShay podcast? - bjl63 August 26, 2026, 19:21:43
- I found it way, way too rambly. Just like 15 mins of “what the fuck did I just listen to?”* - Carl Spackler August 26, 2026, 19:39:19
Nike Air Max 90 Bears' rivalry series - IlliniSax05 August 26, 2026, 11:31:46
- So they expect adults to want to wear something like that?* - Herman Blume August 26, 2026, 12:23:32
  - If they had a block I on them, they'd probably get multiple takers just from this board* - IlliniOllie August 27, 2026, 14:22:50
    - Fair* - Herman Blume August 28, 2026, 22:38:32
  - Have you seen some of the shit that grown adults wear to Bears games?* - OB25 August 26, 2026, 12:27:11
    - Good point* - Herman Blume August 28, 2026, 22:38:16
  - the people that suplex each other through tables, yes. - assassin August 26, 2026, 12:27:04
I hope we don’t have to analyze every Caleb throw like the Zapruder film again this year, but… - OB25 August 25, 2026, 12:45:46
- I feel like the focus should be more on cleaning up that holding penalty - CanHartlebHireSnider August 25, 2026, 12:52:18
New Bears uniforms stink like poop.* - Toonces August 25, 2026, 09:27:04
- I’m fine with it in isolation but I really hope the NFL and MLB stay disciplined on this. - OB25 August 25, 2026, 17:59:25
- They look like Illini uni's* - QcIlliniFan August 25, 2026, 15:11:34
- Throwback to Dave Wilson days. - osklister August 25, 2026, 14:59:47
- The Bears' regular uniforms are more "rivalry" than any updated historical look - IlliniSax05 August 25, 2026, 11:42:30
- I dislike the orange helmets but don't mind the uniforms* - CanHartlebHireSnider August 25, 2026, 10:57:48
  - Think I may have overreacted due to incomplete information. - Toonces August 25, 2026, 11:03:56
    - Unpopular opinion: it might be time to get rid of the GSH - Sounder August 25, 2026, 15:08:54
      - man, we just got rid of Columbus Day like five years ago* - Sammich August 25, 2026, 15:11:01
      - as in...remove it from the uniforms completely? that's dumb - IlliniSax05 August 25, 2026, 15:10:46
  - They REALLY never want to put the Bears head logo on a helmet - KingTalkyTiki August 25, 2026, 11:01:27
    - Looks like no teams changed their helmet logo other than coloring - CanHartlebHireSnider August 25, 2026, 11:08:36
      - Here's all of them......Houston did, kinda - KingTalkyTiki August 25, 2026, 11:52:36
- For reference: - KingTalkyTiki August 25, 2026, 10:56:44
  - monsters never die?! - Sammich August 25, 2026, 12:18:51
- I like the pants. They're basically Illini football pants from the 90's.* - Warrin'_Illini August 25, 2026, 10:24:01
- unpopular opinion, i kinda like them* - VIV August 25, 2026, 09:29:27
  - The big patch is back. Was looking forward to it being gone this year.* - Toonces August 25, 2026, 09:32:47
    - They are only wearing this kit on Xmas, so you'll only have to deal with it once.* - KingTalkyTiki August 25, 2026, 11:53:18
Feels like LT very much still up in the air, probably goes to Braxton by default* - Carl Spackler August 24, 2026, 08:28:45
- Is Ozzy still not back back? I thought he (miraculously) was 100% back.* - Warrin'_Illini August 24, 2026, 08:32:12
  - he was (miraculously) cleared to practice, but is not 100% back - IlliniSax05 August 24, 2026, 09:05:02
    - Ok, but cleared to practice is basically ready to go. Do we think he'll suit up week 1?* - Warrin'_Illini August 24, 2026, 09:25:39
      - it's definitely not basically ready to go. he'll likely start the season on IR - IlliniSax05 August 24, 2026, 09:58:11
        
        Seems dumb. If you can practice, you can play.* - Warrin'_Illini August 24, 2026, 10:02:56
        
        ooo - IlliniSax05 August 24, 2026, 10:05:10
  - Actually, he (miraculously) is now 100% black.* - VIV August 24, 2026, 08:54:43
    - Will probably help with blood circulation in that surgically repaired knee.* - Warrin'_Illini August 24, 2026, 09:09:35
DeVito just dropped a dime for a TD * - assassin August 22, 2026, 19:22:35
- CUTLETS!* - memyselfandillini August 24, 2026, 08:39:33
Not exactly the narrative changing drive I was hoping for* - gvibes August 22, 2026, 18:17:13
The missed throw to Loveland could/should have been better - IlliniSax05 August 22, 2026, 18:16:01
- The Loveland throw didn’t look like a miss to me. Was about the only place he could put that ball* - OB25 August 22, 2026, 18:25:38
  - Other than the wide open guy underneath, yes.* - voiceofreason August 23, 2026, 22:18:22
Was a pretty nice drive by the Bears starters until the holding penalty - CanHartlebHireSnider August 22, 2026, 18:15:42
to be clear, they practiced *against each other* two days ago* - Orangeillini August 22, 2026, 17:57:06
- who would pay more than the stubhub minimum for a preseason game?* - assassin August 22, 2026, 18:05:57
  - We went last Saturday for the total cost of 200 United Miles - Dilbert August 22, 2026, 19:24:28
  - Season ticket holders who get fucked over by the preseason.* - voiceofreason August 22, 2026, 19:09:20
    - but that's baked in and they know it. * - assassin August 22, 2026, 19:20:35

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