Adam Hoge

Once he decides if it's run or pass, what he's doing from that point is probably an upgrade over what the Bears have had because of the injuries and because these guys playing somewhat hurt.

However...

Going up against an opponent like the Rams where they deal so much in manipulation, where they're trying to trick you and get you confused on what you're looking at and what your keys are pre-snap, that T.J.

Edwards' instincts and experience and all those things would still be beneficial to have out there in diagnosing what you're seeing.

I could see it both ways.

I think that's fair.

I'm going to look at it positively because I like how DeMarco Jackson's played.

It's another example of this next man up and maybe it not being that big of a drop-off as you would maybe think.

And you could even make the argument in this case that it might be a little bit of an upgrade from a speed standpoint.

Now, the depth...

if something more were to happen, now you're starting to run out of guys a little bit.

And Ruben Hippolyte, who was a fourth-round pick, who, again, brings the speed, but really looks pretty lost out there earlier this year when he did get playing time.

Yeah.

that would make you probably nervous once you go to the next man up at this point.

But it was a fourth-round pick, and we've seen examples of this throughout the season.

They are developing guys behind the scenes.

It's been a great...

thing that this coaching staff has been able to do this year is bring guys along.

They seemingly have a good development plan for some of these younger guys.

So just because we haven't seen Ruben Hippolyte in a long time, if he's thrown into action, the way this season's gone, it might not go well, but you at least got to give him the benefit of the doubt that it could go.