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For the most part, I like all the Bears' beat reporters' podcasts.
Halas Intrigue, Episode 223: What to make of Bears’ OTAs
In the Sun-Times' latest episode of the podcast Halas Intrigue, Jason Lieser, Mark Potash and Patrick Finley shared their thoughts on OTAs. The biggest thing that jumped out at me was the O-Line talk, which included a few nuggets:
-From what they're hearing and what we've seen so far, the Bears 2022 plan is Jenkins at RT and Borom at LT.
-The hope is that at least one of them stick for 2023 and beyond.
-Jenkins isn't super happy to be at RT, but he'll do whatever they ask of him and make the most of it.
-They believe the new coaching staff is purposely making it clear to good players from the Pace era that they're starting from square one and will have to re-earn it. (Nothing wrong with that.) Eberflus sees himself as a CEO who doesn't have any personal ties and will make it all about business.
-The only Bears veteran the coaching staff has been complimentary of is Darnell Mooney.
-Eberflus tries his best not to actually say anything to the media, whether on- or off-camera. Perhaps the kudos for transparency were too soon. "He's so insistent and determined on not saying anything, on just not divulging *anything* at all."
-Eberflus definitely sending a message to Jaylon Johnson that he's going to have to earn it, and that Coach E. isn't happy with him missing minicamp. (Comes as no surprise to anyone.)
-Fields is going to have to do a lot of improvising to buy time this year. The key will be whatever Luke Getsy's plan is **after** teams start keying in on stopping Fields from rolling out. What's the plan then? That will be key for this offense. (This was Lieser's point. Finley countered that the Bears are probably not actually going to ask Fields to do a ton---They're likely going to run the ball a lot, easing that chess game burden on Fields.)
Halas Intrigue, Episode 223: What to make of Bears’ OTAs
In the Sun-Times' latest episode of the podcast Halas Intrigue, Jason Lieser, Mark Potash and Patrick Finley shared their thoughts on OTAs. The biggest thing that jumped out at me was the O-Line talk, which included a few nuggets:
-From what they're hearing and what we've seen so far, the Bears 2022 plan is Jenkins at RT and Borom at LT.
-The hope is that at least one of them stick for 2023 and beyond.
-Jenkins isn't super happy to be at RT, but he'll do whatever they ask of him and make the most of it.
-They believe the new coaching staff is purposely making it clear to good players from the Pace era that they're starting from square one and will have to re-earn it. (Nothing wrong with that.) Eberflus sees himself as a CEO who doesn't have any personal ties and will make it all about business.
-The only Bears veteran the coaching staff has been complimentary of is Darnell Mooney.
-Eberflus tries his best not to actually say anything to the media, whether on- or off-camera. Perhaps the kudos for transparency were too soon. "He's so insistent and determined on not saying anything, on just not divulging *anything* at all."
-Eberflus definitely sending a message to Jaylon Johnson that he's going to have to earn it, and that Coach E. isn't happy with him missing minicamp. (Comes as no surprise to anyone.)
-Fields is going to have to do a lot of improvising to buy time this year. The key will be whatever Luke Getsy's plan is **after** teams start keying in on stopping Fields from rolling out. What's the plan then? That will be key for this offense. (This was Lieser's point. Finley countered that the Bears are probably not actually going to ask Fields to do a ton---They're likely going to run the ball a lot, easing that chess game burden on Fields.)
