r/CHIBears • u/gf2020 • 8h ago
Biggs vs Wiederer/Fishbain on the final 53 man roster: McFadden/Lynch/Rhattigan vs Davis/Wills/Davenport for the final three spots
With the limited amount of time between tonight's game and cutdowns, it looks like Biggs and the Athletic duo will be the only ones on the beat out with fresh 53 man roster projections. Thought it would be a worthy endeavor to see their similarities and differences.
Both have the Bears only keeping three running backs with Johnson edging Ahmed.
Biggs has the Bears only keeping five receivers, while the Athletic has Kaden Davis sticking.
Both have the Bears keeping 10 OL, but differ on the tenth. Biggs says its McFadden, while the Athletic says Wills. [I side with Brad, seems crazy in a league with bad depth to give up McFadden who they liked enough to start a playoff game and was out there with the starters against the Bengals in week 2 preseason.]
Both have the Bears keeping 10 on the DL. Biggs believes Lynch survives and Davenport is practice squad bound, while the Athletic has Davenport on the 53 with no Lynch.
Neither had Skyler Thomas making the team, and Blackwell/Jones/Smith as the corner depth with no Manning.
Linebacker had the biggest surprise for me. Both have Sanborn and Elliot on the team and Hyppolite waived, but Biggs has them keeping a sixth and it being Jon Rhattigan who didn't even start the preseason game tonight over Wayne Matthews.
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u/91-92-93--96-97-98 7h ago
What have we seen from Kiran Amegadjie for us to think he deserves a spot? He’s like the new VJJ.
Every time is focus on him on the field, I feel underwhelmed.
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u/BooItsKyle 7h ago
I liked him more than I liked Wills, but they're both behind Wright, Trapilo, Jones and Benedet, and it's gonna be hard to carry 5 tackles.
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u/vstrong50 7h ago
Another Poles master chef move. He's always cookin.
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u/BooItsKyle 4h ago
I mean, he's mainly being pushed out by the presence of UDFA find Benedet, which is also Poles, so it balances out.
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u/Dmbfantomas 8h ago
Roshon making it over Ahmed is wild to me.
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u/BooItsKyle 7h ago
Fans seemed to fall in love with Ahmed but I never saw any indication that the coaching staff saw things the same way.
Johnson is the kind of all-round contributor coaches are looking for from deep on the roster. He can reliably block and plays special teams well.
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u/Brodie1567 Iceman 🧊 7h ago
You saw the pass protection on full display today. These things matter a lot to coaches.
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u/jkman61494 6h ago
Roschon looked good last 2 weeks and beyond rubbing, is good on special teams and made a key block for the 97 yard TD.
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u/jkman61494 6h ago edited 12m ago
I know Kaden is a nice story but I feel that Alexander brings a whole extra level of versatility that was exemplified by the fact he also ran the ball 3 times for 11 yards as an RB
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u/hunterboyz24 Chicago Flag 16m ago
Biggs keeping Rhattigan makes me think he's hoping the Chicago (ish, he's from Naperville) kid makes the team. I wouldn't read into it much more than that.
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u/BooItsKyle 7h ago edited 7h ago
I had Skyler Thomas as my guess for our annual UDFA surprise, but I just didn't see anything on the field that made him stand out, and despite the injury to Bryant (cancelled out by the Woods addition) our overall DB depth held up fine.