The vibrations are back.
From coaching cycle, to the combine harvester, to the free agency, to the project, at the Mini-Camps, the Bears have again dominated.
There are a lot of jokes in the intersane championship to go around Chicago, but the Bears have made a major big lifting since the end of a 2024 dysfunctional season.
With ota in the rear view mirror, the team heads for the only true part outside the offseason. The next time the Bears will meet, it will be for the training camp and the real start of the 2025 campaign.
I will give Ryan Polas a B + for the way he sailed in the NFL landscape from January until now. Here are my favorite movements:
1. Ben Johnson hired as head coach.
It was the best prospect of what has attracted the Bears and so far, has reached each brand for how it has managed business inside Halas Hall.
Smart, well spoken and demanding – he quickly showed that he was more than just a coordinator holding the title of the head coach. I couldn’t be more impressed, and even if I was fooled before, I would be shocked if Johnson is not a long -term solution.
2. Exchange for and extend Joe Thuney.
It is extremely rare for an All-Pro and a winner like Thune to become available and to your greatest weakness to start. He is older, but should still have two or three years of big football. Thuney blocked and won with Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes. He can help Caleb Williams in more ways than one.
3. Sign Drew Dalman
No more patchwork in the center. The posts have failed in recent years and have finally understood it. Dalman is good and as part of his career.
4. Hiring of Johnson coach staff.
Here’s why it shouldn’t be included with the head coach. In 1999, when the Bears identified Dave McGinnis as their target, the plan collapsed when the team did not want to pay McGinnis’ choices for assistants. Johnson has former players and experienced assistants in almost all position groups.
5. Sign Grady Jarrett.
It is not as sure of something to negotiate for Thuney. Although they are both of the same age, Jarrett is not at the top of his game like Thuney, but he still provides production. Last year, the management committee did not have a player like Jarrett.
6. The stadium focus is back in Arlington Heights.
Common sense finally prevailed where to build a new Bears house. Each option is imperfect in the city, while the bears can check each box on the ground they already have. It would be higher on the list if the team was ready to innovate or if the plans were more distant. I would not be shocked if Kevin Warren was changing again, but for the moment, I hope a world class stadium in Arlington Park.
7. Exchange for Jonah Jackson.
He knows what it is to play for Ben Johnson and completes the overhaul of the interior of the offensive line. It will always be the third position for Jackson in the last three seasons while he was playing Center for the Rams and left left for the Lions.
8. Extension of Kyler Gordon.
The posts previously gave money to Jaylon Johnson and Cole Kmet, but they are Ryan Pace choices. Gordon is the perfect modern nickel, and as Jeff Joniak says, it can be deployed in different ways. Gordon is a real basic piece and is worth more than its cost.
9. Writing of Cochston Loveland and Luther Burden.
Not a lot of choice of potential bear, but I trust Johnson when it comes to assessing skills players. It was recently revealed that the Rams tried to exchange up to n ° 8 to write Loveland – a beautiful validation of Sean Mcvay.
10. Keep Tyrique Stevenson.
Other teams may have separated from the corner after an unruly second season, but its talent is obvious. Stevenson was one of my favorites after his recruit year and I am glad that the Bears did not throw him with an old coach staff.
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