Best of the Bears: How soon could the rookies contribute on offense?
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It's time for Ben's vision. Our entire organization is fired up about Ben Johnson and his vision for winning football. Projecting how the Bears roster will take shape under Ben Johnson. Ben's vision is going to be principle. These are the type of players that I need. That's the vision.
If it doesn't fit Ben's vision, are you willing to move on from certain guys?
Really enjoy hearing Ben's vision.
Current roster, free agents, and the draft.
We got a vision. Ryan does a great job of stacking that board, him and his crew. Ben's vision. I cannot wait to get to work. With Spiegel and Holmes on 104.3 The Score.
It is indeed Ben's vision. We do it every week of the Bears offseason. It is brought to you by the village of Bedford Park dot com. Now's the time to envision your business in Bedford Park. It's a Spiegel and Holmes show on a very active and fun sports day here in Chicago where the White Sox have won. The Cubs have won. The Bulls are out. gathering materials to get ready to announce their guy tomorrow. And the bears are always in season, even in the off season, let's break down the draft picks that Ben Johnson and Ryan polls made on the offensive side. Gabe Ramirez. I was a guy looking at the draft for the weeks and weeks leading up saying, I want three difference makers on defense on those first three spots.
And Ben Johnson heard guys like me and laughed. He had, Howl in my general direction. Salute. He said, do you even know who I am? Do you even know who I am? Do you know what I'm about? And it's really what they are now about. The center, Logan Jones, second round, 57 overall. The tight end, Sam Roush, round three, 69 overall. And Xavion Thomas, the wide receiver, running back, kick returner. Round three, number 89 overall. In a general sense, again, salute. How did you feel that they went so much offense in the first three rounds?
Hated it. Hated it. Loved Dylan Thienemann. Hated the other picks. Just absolutely hated it. But as I made the proclamation on the show, then a couple days later, I'm like, okay, I have no choice but to believe in Ben's vision, so I'm here now. And now I've got to do a deep dive like Alex Kuhn did with these statistics that's out there. But
And the fit of these guys, right? But that doesn't even... You're still a little grumpy about it.
This didn't... I've got to be honest. This didn't make me excited. Alex's work that he did. No, no, no. The work itself made me excited. Because I think Alex's work is phenomenal. Phenomenal. A-plus producing here.
I mean, this is incredible stuff.
I mean, I would never have done this. So this is great that a producer puts it in your hand. That's a good thing, Gabe. That's a good thing. Don't waste your time. No, no, that's a good thing. No, no, no, Alex. Because you do the deep dives. That's great. But I'm saying, like, when I read things on here, right? Yeah. Like Sam Ross specifically. Because we are supposed to be reading a couple of these things that are on this list. Absolutely. Shout out to Sam Ross.
And we've got sound about these guys from experts that we've had on the station, but we have all of Alex's stuff. Yeah, go to the tight end. Go to Sam Roush, the tight end out of Stanford.
Is blocking on the move skills or what I believe will be featured first awesome? Third round pick? Not sure about that. In 13 personnel sets, expect co-combat to still get the bulk of in-line duties with Roush being used off the ball as a sniffer. Still not excited about that as a third rounder. Age back, pseudo fullback, coming in motion quite a bit.
What's a sniffer?
I've got to ask Alex Coon about that.
He might sniff the ball. You line him up in the backfield, and you send him in motion to kind of get an idea of what type of defense to hit your face. To sniff out the coverage.
I love that. When I read all this stuff about Sam Roush, I just think to myself, yeah, this is great, but I feel like I could have got this very same person in the fifth round.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–6:07
2
What roles could center Logan Jones play for the Bears in 2026?
6:07–11:06
3
How does tight end Sam Roush fit into the Bears' offensive strategy?
11:06–53:55
4
What impact will receiver Zavion Thomas have on the Bears' offense?
53:55–53:58
Speakers
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