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BEAR DOWN Womens Dick Butkus Jersey ,BEARRRSSSSBears Name Mark DeLeone Inside Linebackers Coach - 670 The Score - DeLeone and Matt Nagy worked together in Kansas City for five seasons.Emma: Chuck Pagano Seeks Calculated Aggression In Bears Defense - 670 The Score - Chuck Pagano is comfortable rushing four players, as Vic Fangio often did.Miller: Bearman, a Chicago Bears superfan, is a finalist for Ford Hall of Fans induction - abc7chicago.com - The Chicago Bear’s ultimate fan is a finalist to be inducted into the Ford Hall of Fans.Medina: Bears Announce Mark DeLeone to Join Team as New Inside Linebackers Coach - Bleacher Nation - Another position on Chuck Pagano’s defensive staff has been filled!Medina: Eddie Jackson’s Healthy Return Was the Best Thing to Happen at the Pro Bowl - Bleacher Nation - It wasn’t a grand return for Eddie Jackson, but seeing him take some snaps at the Pro Bowl was good for the eyes to see.Dannehy: All About Matt and Mitch - Da Bears Blog - We can talk about Chuck Pagano, Khalil Mack, future first-round picks, draft steals and everything else, but what this era of Bears football becomes depends almost entirely on the quality of the head coach and the quarterback. And the first year got off to an adequate start for Matt Nagy and Mitch Trubisky.Eurich: Rams believe they learned a lot by playing against the Bears - 247Sports - The Chicago Bears had a season-defining moment in early December when they knocked off the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday Night Football. Chicago’s defense dominated from the opening kickoff and never looked back. The season ended for the Bears in the Wild Card round of the playoffs, while the Rams are set to take on the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LIII.Biggs: Bears' bold trade for Khalil Mack transformed a good defense into an elite one - Chicago Tribune - In the seventh installment of an 11-part Bears season review, Brad Biggs looks at the position that changed more than any other in 2018, the outside linebackers. The trade for Khalil Mack transformed a good defense into an elite one. The bill will come due, but it was worth the price.Bear Download podcast: Catching up on Pro Bowl week and a busy offseason - Chicago Tribune - In this edition of the Bear Download podcast, Rich Campbell and Dan Wiederer recap the Bears' week at the Pro Bowl as well as their recent offseason moves.Bearman Don Wachter is a finalist for theThompson: Hall of Fans. If he gets a knock on his door Friday at the Super Bowl, he's in. - Chicago Tribune - Plainfield's Don "Bearman" Wachter will find out this week if he'll be named the first inductee into the Ford Hall of Fans section of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.Biggs: 5 things we heard at the Super Bowl's Opening Night, including retirement speculation and a free-agent kicker - Chicago Tribune - In between the frivolity, credentialed media folks wielding props and the blaring voice of the NFL Network’s Scott Hanson coming out of the speaker system, there was plenty of football talk in front of an estimated crowd of 10,000 at the Super Bowl's Opening Night.Kane: Bears name former Chiefs assistant Mark DeLeone inside linebackers coach - Chicago Tribune - Bears coach Matt Nagy added inside linebackers coach Mark DeLeone to his staff Tuesday.Rosenthal: The 12 most memorable weather-related events in Chicago sports history - Chicago Tribune - Snow and cold, rain and lightning make for the dozen most unforgettable weather-related events in Chicago sports history, including the Cubs' World Series Game 7 rain delay, the Bears forced to play indoors, the White Sox World Series home runs in the rain, the Blackhawks in the snow and more.Under Center Podcast: We don’t appreciate Bobby Massie enough - NBC Sports Chicago - Breaking down Bobby Massie’s four-year contract extension and looking at why it was a smart move to retain him.Mullin: Bears' offense wasn't good enough in 2018, but experience and continuity should lead to improvement in 2019 - NBC Sports Chicago - The inescapable conclusion about the 2018 Bears offense is that it simply wasn’t good enough. And while the same 11 guys will be starting on that offense in 2019, there are reasons to expect improvement.Chalk Talk: What was last Bears draft class with three Pro Bowlers? - ChicagoBears.com - Senior writer Larry Mayer discusses the last time the Bears had three players from the same draft class voted to the Pro Bowl like they did this season, the most Pro Bowlers the Bears have had in one year and Bears single-season rushing leaders.Mayer: Bears hire DeLeone as inside linebackers coach - ChicagoBears.com - The Bears have hired Mark DeLeone as inside linebackers coach. DeLeone worked with head coach Matt Nagy from 2013 through 2017 on Andy Reid's staff with the Kansas City Chiefs.Finley: Bears’ Matt Nagy dips into Chiefs past, names Mark DeLeone new ILBs coach - Sun Times - Mark DeLeone, who worked alongside Bears coach Matt Nagy from 2013-17, was named the Bears’ new inside linebackers coach Tuesday.Biggs: Disgraced for publicly turning on Jay Cutler, Aaron Kromer is back at the top with the Rams at the Super Bowl - Chicago Tribune - In the bizarre end to a two-year run for Marc Trestman’s staff with the Bears William Perry Jersey , coordinator Aaron Kromer turned on QB Jay Cutler. It was an embarrassing moment but one that Kromer has grown from. Now, the run game coordinator for the high-powered Rams prepares for Super Bowl LIII.Biggs: Jay Feely runs through the top available kickers for the Bears, but keeps asking himself ‘why didn’t they just keep Robbie Gould?’ - Chicago Tribune - The complication with Jay Feely’s list of the top three free-agent kickers is that all of them - Robbie Gould, Stephen Gostkowski and Jaosn Myers - could re-sign with their current team. The Bears, no doubt, are continuing to evaluate options.POLISH SAUSAGEDeshaun Watson surprises mom with home renovation - NFL.com - Deshaun Watson’s mother spent years encouraging him to chase his dreams. Now that Watson has achieved one of his biggest goals of reaching the NFL, the Houston Texans quarterback is giving back to her by renovating the home he grew up in. Ken’s Note: A guy like Watson is really, really easy to root for. Good on him!Folks, Watch this video below, it’s great!Deshaun Watson hopes he and Mahomes can be the next Brady and Manning – ProFootballTalk - Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson and Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes have known each other since they were teenagers, they entered the NFL together and were both first-round picks in 2017, and they were Pro Bowl teammates on Sunday.Cold weather: Don't leave these things in your car during polar vortex - Detroit Free PressKeep cellphones, soda or beer, musical instruments, eggs, canned foods, medication and loved ones out of car when temps drop below zero. Ken's Note: Are you freaking kidding me? Don't leave your loved ones sitting in a car when it's 20 below? You are SERIOUSLY giving this advice? Oh, wait. Detroit Free Press. My bad, I forgot they are talking to people from Detroit, not somebody with a brain or something. Yes, Lions fans, don’t leave your loved ones sitting in a car when it’s really, really cold. That’s a bad thing... unless those loved ones are Philadelphia Eagles fans, then all bets are off.KNOW THY ENEMYDetroit Lions hire Texans quarterback coach Sean Ryan - Pride Of Detroit - It appears the Lions may have already filled George Godsey’s spot.Ndamukong Suh says he was ‘very close’ to re-signing with Lions in 2015 - Pride Of Detroit - - It’s still unclear why Suh didn’t return, but the All Pro defensive tackle says he nearly stayed in Detroit.Kirk Cousins awards Super Bowl trip to wounded veteran - Daily Norseman - Gotta love stories like thisPackers expect to keep TE Jimmy Graham in 2019, per report - Acme Packing Company - Maybe a new coaching staff can get more out of him than Mike McCarthy did. Ken’s Note: The Packers front office is barking mad. I’m good with that.IN CASE YOU MISSED IT ON WINDY CITY GRIDIRONMitchell: Chicago Bear’s Bearman Don Wachter Named Hall Of Fans Finalist - Windy City Gridiron - Bearman wins all-expense paid ticket to the Super Bowl as one of three finalists for the Ford Hall Of FansWiltfong: Bears hire Mark DeLeone as Inside Linebackers Coach - Windy City Gridiron - The Chicago Bears have announced the hiring of Mark DeLeone as their new inside linebackers coach. 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Find out here."Don’t get me wrong, I think Howard is a good back. I also don’t believe that he is a good fit in Nagy’s offense, which clearly calls for a back with multiple skill sets, including pass catching out of the backfield and pass blocker. Which leads me to believe that they’ll add at least one running back if not multiple.If that’s the case, I expect the Bears to look to deal Howard at some point in time, but it may not be until they feel they have found a suitable replacement or two. When that happens, I expect the Bears to get somewhere around a low fourth or fifth round pick. Keep in mind, he’s limited and on the last year of his rookie deal, so his value isn’t what some expect it to be.I need to put a disclaimer at the start of this response and it’s this: I’m still early in my draft evaluations, even though it’s almost March.With that being said, my two favorite prospects at the position right now are David Montgomery out of Iowa State and Devin Singletary from FAU. The problem? It’s possible that neither will be there when the Bears pick at 87 and I’m not sure it’s smart to trade up for a running back, in general.Montgomery is someone who can do it all and I have an early and firm second round grade on. He’s got the size, breakaway speed, hands and overall profile for someone who fits perfectly into Nagy’s offense.Singletary is another very good fit, but he’s smaller and ultimately doesn’t have a ton of production as a receiver, even though I fully believe the ability is there.The good news? There are plenty of talented running backs that will be available in both the third and fourth rounds this year. A few names to keep an eye on: Darrell Henderson (Memphis), Miles Sanders (Penn State) and David Ozigbo (Nebraska).With Dion Sims (cut), Kyle Long (restructure) and Mike Glennon’s $2.5 million cap credit from his 2018 offset language (not accounted for on any cap sites yet), the Bears are sitting at a little over $18 million. This, of course, is assuming a $190 million cap and going by Over The Cap’s current numbers.As Brad Biggs pointed out in an article earlier Wednesday, the Bears could look to extend players like Chase Daniel to save a bit more as well. Assuming they converted his $4 million base into a signing bonus and extended him two years, they could save another $2.33 million in space that way.There are other possible moves, like cutting veterans like Sam Acho ($2 million savings), Bradley Sowell ($1.5 million savings) and maybe even someone like Nick Kwiatkoski ($2 million savings) or a Howard trade ($2 million savings) that could be grouped together in some form to save some extra money as well. But the biggest cap savings would be converting Khalil Mack’s $11.3 million base salary into a signing bonus. It would save around $8.3 million in cap space, but would bring an extra $2 million or so in dead space for the next four years in prorated charges.All in all, I think the Bears will still clear another $5-$10 million in space, it’s just how they’ll do it and when it’ll happen.Listening to Pace talk Womens Richard Dent Jersey , it sounds like they’re going to continue to be aggressive and know that they have options in their back pocket that they can use if they need to. They won’t have the flexibility they’ve had in the previous three years, but they’ll have enough to re-sign a few players and make a few improvements within the free agent market.Speaking of cuts... Cody Parkey is gone, but he’s not going to save the team any money. In fact, he would have cost the team an extra $1.125 million if they took on his full dead money charge in 2019.The difference between eating that money now and in 2020 comes down to a June 1st designation. Each year, teams get (up to) two players that they can designate as June 1st cuts. In order to do this, they must wait until the start of the new league year (March 13th), which is exactly what the Bears are doing. When a player is cut with either the designation or after the actual date of June 1st, their dead money is broken up into two years. In some cases, that dead figure is cut in half between the two years. In the case of Parkey, he still had $3.5 million in guaranteed salary due to him, on top of an extra $1.7 million in prorated bonuses that came from his signing bonus in 2018.Long story short, Pace using a June 1st designation with Parkey is simply to push that extra $1.125 million in dead money into 2020, so that they’ll have more cap flexibility in the coming weeks. Yet, another move that won’t hurt them much down the road.Oh, man... This is a tough one.In some ways, I think that Long will come into the year as the healthiest he’s been in four years and perform at a high level for all of it. On the other hand, it’s hard to assume that a 30-year-old that has found himself on Injured Reserve three years in a row, will somehow finish the season.Looking at the amount of games he’s played the last three years, he’s averaged (8.67) games per season. I’ll be “optimistic” and set the over/under at 12 games. That’s simply speaking for the regular season, to be clear.Hitting the reset button is likely not an option, but adding another high upside player to the mix isn’t out of the question.In 2019, Trey Burton still carries $11.95 million in dead money. That means that they would actually lose an extra $3.45 million by cutting Burton, rather than keeping him on the roster. They could save $5 million if they part ways with him in 2020, though.As far as Adam Shaheen goes, health is a big factor with him. He looked pretty dang good in camp and preseason last year, but we know the rest of the story. This is a big year for him, but there’s still some reason for optimism. Don’t be surprised if they spend a mid round pick on a tight end, especially in such a deep class. Robbie Gould without question.That’s not to say he’s the best player, but he’s also the best fit for one of their biggest needs. I doubt it happens, but it wouldn’t surprise me if Gould was tagged and somehow up for grabs, for the right price.Even so, I would imagine the cost would be around a fifth round pick and a contract for three-to-four years for over $4 million per year. So not only would they have to give up one of their top draft picks Dan Hampton Jersey , they’d be spending over $8 million per year on the kicking position in 2019.Pace was actually asked about that on Wednesday and did say they haven’t reached a point of choosing between the two.With that being said, it’s hard to see them investing an extra $15 million (or more) per year into their defense. That makes me believe that only one of them will likely get re-signing, but it’s still possible that both of them walk, as well. I expect to see both at least hit the market.My choice is still Bryce Callahan and that’s for a couple reasons.Cornerback, even nickel is still of a higher positional value than safety.(Due to health), Callahan’s price is likely going to be cheaper than Adrian Amos.Obviously this isn’t a black and white issue, but I do think that positional value and overall price will play a big part in this, which is why I think Callahan sticks around over Amos.It will all depend on the size of contract Amos signs for, but my educated guess would be more in line with a fourth round comp pick, assuming the Bears don’t make any moves that would cancel that out.It’s worth keeping in mind that the NFL’s formula for comp picks isn’t public knowledge, but it is based on contract size and caliber of player.Aaron Lynch is an interesting player for me. Health was an obvious issue for him and it’s no secret that he has performed better under (now) Broncos head coach Vic Fangio, than he has with any other defensive mind.I do agree that the Bears shouldn’t feel remotely good or even safe with Isaiah Irving, Kylie Fitts or Acho as their first line of defense off the bench. I also don’t know that Lynch is worth another one-year gamble, especially with Fangio gone.If it was me, I’d be looking for a veteran that can play a role. Someone like Justin Houston (if cut) or Terrell Suggs (if he hits the market) could make a lot of sense on a short-term deal. Age isn’t a big factor here. I’d also think seriously about drafting another young pass rusher. You can never have too many.For the last couple of years, I’ve been hoping the Bears would spend a worthwhile pick on a developmental corner. The problem? They haven’t. I get it, they have plenty of money sunk into the position, but like you’ve pointed out, Amukamara probably isn’t a long-term solution.Due to his contract, he’s here for 2019, but 2020 is the last year of his deal and carries little dead money, which could make him a casualty, if they are looking to clear money again next year. Kevin Toliver II played well in spurts, but it’s a sizable risk to put faith in an undrafted player like that, even after two years. I’m not sure they can afford to spend a high pick on a corner this year, but new defensive coordinator Chuck Pagano also has put a high value on defensive backs in the past, so I wouldn’t rule it out.