Dan Wiederer

Well, Grody said it again today that obviously he's been part of more bad teams than good teams, and so he doesn't need sort of this reminder of like, hey, Cole, you've got to work hard in order to achieve that.

Cole knows what goes into it.

just creating one good season, much less two in a row.

And so he's going to be, I think, a guy inside that locker room that can vocalize that and live it, really, on an everyday basis so that everybody else follows.

Why don't we just stay with the entire cornerbacks room and go Jalen and Kyler and Tyreek, right?

I think all three of those guys.

had seasons in 2025 that were not up to what they thought they were going to be.

The first two guys obviously due to injury and Tyreek obviously had some performance issues within there and is trying to find kind of his footing as he goes into the contract year here for the first time in his professional career.

So I think that group as a whole is really interesting to kind of figure out how they individually

attack this spring and then how collectively they come together in a way that makes Dennis Allen's defense come to life, because those three guys are guys that can be big time difference makers for you and really move the needle if they're playing at a high level.

And so I think I think watching that kind of unfold over the next few months is going to be neat.

edge, offensive tackle, defensive tackle, right?

Like any of those, right?

Like I think those are the four main positions.

And that's why I've said for a while now that, that the menu of options available to the bears is intriguing because it allows you to be flexible in case the board breaks in a way that you would rather it not.

Right.

That happens a lot where you're like, Oh man, we expected this guy to be here for us.

He wasn't, but he,

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This column stacks up really nicely for us with this position group and the player that we really like at the top of it.