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I didn't hear it myself but apparently on one of the networks that aired the Bears game, the audio from Beane and the announcers kept running when they thought a commercial break was overriding their mics. Beane was saying Kyle just wasn't getting it and expressed disappointment with his offseason (allegedly).

With the roster going through its final machinations, I've got three areas that I think are critical for our season: 1) Dorsey. I thought we were remarkably inflexible with the play-calling last year. It was fine most of the time, but I thought our ability to adapt to defenses was poor. We have got to lean on the shorter and intermediate game and sprinkle in deep shots as our default, and then adjust as needed from there. 2) The play of the offensive line. Positionally this is our most limiting factor. It's not a coincidence that the best OLine we've had in recent memory (which was only ranked 10th in the league fwiw) was the year we should have won the superbowl. 3) Health, as always.

I still think crowder would have been a significant contributor if he stayed healthy.

Superbowl

Gouraige!

I'd choose Ateman, personally.

Tell me about Gouraige already. The kid has something.

Yup. That was my main head-scratcher after watching the cuts come out, but to be honest no one acquitted themselves well in that spot after Brown. Would have been great to see Gouriage get run on the right side but alas... Definitely.

I just didn't see much good RT play in the preseason - certainly not from Van Demark (who did much better on the left). Anderson was a tackle in college I believe, but has been IOL-focused this offseason. Same with Edwards. Bates is a swiss army knife...is he the first in at RT?

Bold indeed lol

Didn't Anderson play IOL this offseason? Who are we thinking is our backup RT?

I'm not surprised. Although we are currently without a backup RT I believe?

Needs to work on maintaining containment. Seems to have had a good camp but quiet preseason. An interesting player for sure.

I couldn't stand him as a prospect in that draft. Does he really offer much as a backup?

Wow. News to me. If he's at risk of being cut this seems like a no brainer.

It would be so curious to see if our offense would have more sustainable drives with Sherfield as #2. I like Gabe but he almost encourages the clunky out-of-rhythm passing game we saw at times last year.

My biggest positive was seeing quick decisions by Josh with some actual routes available (Dorsey presumably) that lend themself to such an approach. Hope it's the start of a trend.

Probably too much to hope for to see Bernard?

It's all dependent on the OLine holding up 🤞🤞

Wouldn't mind if he took his time. I can't see getting the top seed so it's just about being healthy and in form by wild card weekend imo.

Gasp

I guess some of the reaction is overblown (esp the Josh critiques imo). But I don't know that the main points were. Or at least my main concerns heading into the game. O-line, Dorsey, MLB have been the big question marks. The first looks terrible, the second isn't really knowable because it's preseason (although some of the play designs last night that had no short options gave me bad flashbacks), and the third looks terrible. We have months to get things right, but it's a shame we have to fix roster issues that seemed apparent months ago.

I get that sense too. I don't expect it to happen but it's clear that a lot of folks on this board are done with Shakir.

As seems to be a permanent take over the years, our offensive line will be our limiting factor. After QB, it should be the highest priority. Unreal that the tackle position is in such shambles.

We have a full 6 months until the Superbowl. That's what I've got. Trenches and Dorsey remain my biggest concerns.