Player exceeding expectations: Bears

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Current standings:

Cousins: 16 points
Odenigbo:10 points
B Johnson: 9 points
Treadwell: 6 points
Harris: 6 points
Cook: 4 points
I. Smith: 4 points
Bailey: 4 points
Kearse: 4 points
Rudolph: 4 points
Hunter: 4 points
Kline: 3 points
Wilson: 3 points
Mattison: 3 points
Ham: 3 points
Colquitt: 2 points
R. Hill: 2 points
Griffen: 2 points
J. Johnson: 2 points
Stephen: 2 points
Watts: 2 points
Conklin: 2 point
Boone: 2 points
Kendricks: 1 point
Sendejo: 1 point
Rhodes: 1 point
Weatherly: 1 point

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HAd to vote for the hometown kid

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Udoh. Went up against Khalil fucking Mack for an entire half and held his own. Destroyed him a play or two. 

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I was wondering how much time Oli got. Good to see Collins out there too. I would have bet Samia would have drawn at least one PF.

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Oli and Samia got 63% of the snaps; Collins got 100%.

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Collins, Udoh, and a FA signing should be good pieces to add to Bradberry, Kline, ONeil

Line becomes younger and less expensive

Would love to see
ONeill-Collins (or FA)-Bulked up Bradberry-Kline-Udoh (or Collins) next year

Elf, Dozier off the bench

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@Skodin said:
Collins, Udoh, and a FA signing should be good pieces to add to Bradberry, Kline, ONeil

Line becomes younger and less expensive

Would love to see
ONeill-Collins (or FA)-Bulked up Bradberry-Kline-Udoh (or Collins) next year

Elf, Dozier off the bench

Got to add more than that,  IMO. Collins can't stay healthy and there isn't a lot of tape to say with a high degree of confidence that he's a Starter level player. Udoh intrigues me but it's still just one game, albeit an impressive one. We also can't count on Samia to crack the Lineup. With the caliber of Coaching he's been getting I'm disappointed that he's still behind Dozier on the Depth Chart. 

There will be options available in the 2nd to add to the competition if a 3T is the pick in the 1st Round. Preferably someone with Tackle experience that projects to Guard.

Free Agency is an option but they're not getting Scherff or Thuney unless they cut a lot of guys. Jason Peters would be a non-traditional approach. Going to be 38 but just had a very good year and was healthy. 

Peters-2nd Round-Bradbury-Kline-O'Neill. Samia and Dozier or another lottery ticket FA compete to displace Kline and provide quality depth. Udoh replaces Hill as the swing Tackle with the higher upside. 

Rick doesn't sign older FAs near the end of their career. Here's why he should make an exception. If the Ownership and FO have questions about extending Cousins they need to go ALL IN on getting him the best possible Line for the last year of his deal. If he can't beat good team with a good Line he's not the answer and you don't re-sign him. All you're really doing is delaying O'Neill to LT by 1 more season and giving Udoh more time to develop.