Daryl Ruiter shares a scouting report on a couple new Bears (Hour 4)
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Can the Bears maintain their NFC North title after 2025?
We're going to take the North and never give it back.
You sure about that? You sure about that? This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score. And I love the pump-up music, Tyler Beterbaugh. Thank you for playing a good jukebox today. We talked a lot about the Bears' part of free agency, how when you're a good team, you've signed good players already. You probably don't have a lot of money to move around. You're probably not winning the offseason. But in the meantime, are you replacing people and improving where you can sufficiently? So that part of it said, we then thought about the rest of the division. So we're going to check in on the NFC North when it comes to all of free agencies so far. You know, there's a lot of offseason left. In the meantime, this note from DraftKings.
They're projecting the NFC North to stack up like this in their most recent win totals. The Lions are at 10.5%. The Packers are at 10 and a half. The Bears are at nine and a half and the Vikings are at eight and a half. So that would indicate some regression. And that would also indicate the Lions with their year of missing the playoffs is somewhat of an aberration. I don't know how ready I am to say the Packers, I guess because of a healthy Micah Parsons, they get back to 10 and a half wins, but they lost a lot of players. And that's what got us to thinking maybe we should check in with the rest of the division.
You want to do the exercise, too, on these teams, on the over-unders? You want to do a little, you know, see the Lions at 10.5 wins? I think that's a pretty good place to put it. I would say the Lions over-under on that.
Over? Okay, so let's kind of consider their offseason so far. Okay. You trade David Montgomery to Houston.
He gone.
You decide to replace him with Isaiah Pacheco. Is that an upgrade? I think Montgomery is still probably the more established, and for that system, the better running back.
I agree. Pacheco, pretty good, but Montgomery, better.
As far as the fit. Now, they didn't have the surprise retirement of Frank Ragnow to deal with this time around. They get center Cade Mays. They also got Larry Borum. And if you'll remember, they picked up Juice Scruggs, the offensive lineman in that David Montgomery trade. How does that make you feel about replacing some of the holes that they had?
Yeah. I mean, Larry Borum, too. Did we mention Larry Borum? Absolutely. And we know the product. That Larry Borum is not bad. Not bad. Not great either. Yeah, I think you nailed it. With Pacheco, I think Montgomery is better. And Cade Mays signing a three-year, $25 million contract to be their new starting center. It doesn't really move me. But I still think they are just so loaded with talents on that offense in general. You have the quarterback. You have the receivers. You have a pretty good defense. You have Aiden Hutchinson and all of that. So I would go over on the lines, but not by a lot.
Right. I think it's similar to what we can expect to last year, where because the division as a whole is better, even the Vikings, to an extent, you can't be predicting two 15-win teams out of the division. I don't think that that's going to be the case. It's going to be a little more spread out. Also consider the divisions that they're facing as well. You know, for example, AFC North. But... I think right now, until we have the draft, we can't really put it all into place. I take it as this. Right now, DraftKings is predicting the Lions and Packers to have a better year than the Bears in the regular season to the tune of an entire game. So that's out of a 17-game season. So I consider the percentage.
But I think 9.5 wins is right now still projecting regression for the Bears. So that said... When we go down the acquisitions and how the free agency has gone so far, I can't say to myself, oh, the Lions are a game better than the Bears vis-a-vis their move so far. I can't confidently say that. So that's kind of how I measure it. And maybe it's not to the point where we're doing a win total yet, but we're doing the this is how much better and worse the teams are respectively.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
Can the Bears maintain their NFC North title after 2025?
0:01–6:31
2
What should fans expect from linebacker Devin Bush?
6:31–8:38
3
How does offensive tackle Jedrick Wills Jr. fit into the Bears' plans?
8:38–9:53
4
What challenges do the Bears face in the upcoming season?
9:53–12:29
5
How do the Bears' offseason moves compare to other NFC North teams?
12:29–14:11
6
What are the projected win totals for the NFC North teams?
14:11–17:16
7
How could the Bears benefit from their new acquisitions?
17:16–46:09
Speakers
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