Anthony Heron

Right now, Montez Sweat is still here.

That question still kind of looms with Montez Sweat.

But he's still a really good defensive end.

But if they had moved on from Montez Sweat, you'd have a big hole to fill there.

You got a big hole to fill with DJ Moore not being a part of the receiver core anymore.

So there's certainly key spots there.

where that question very much looms, even with a veteran coming in like Garrett Bradbury.

He's played a lot of good football, a lot of winning football.

It's a definitive downgrade at center by comparison to what you'd gotten last season from Drew Dallman.

So as a roster overall,

this to me really does put pressure on the coaching staff.

In addition to the players who've come in, you want to see the best version of all these guys.

They do have a coaching staff who we saw the best version of so many of these bears last season.

So that to me is where some of the confidence needs to come into this.

Of course, another really good draft cycle has to happen, but also once you get in between the white lines, once these guys are on the field, that's where this coaching staff, because you,

You both know, and especially Gabe, I've been on the air with you talking about this a lot over the years, the development of the players within the Bears locker room.

That was something that lacked from multiple previous coaching staffs.

And we finally saw an example last season of what quality coaching, quality development can look like.

And it got the best version of a lot of guys on the field.

The dependence on the blitz to get after the quarterback, that played out well enough for the Bears last season, but even without pass rush pressure, to your point, Ruthie, they were able to create so many takeaways and get those interceptions.