Rookie minicamp is over, and boy, are the Chicago Bears and their fans excited. After all, how often does this happen?
— Dhruv Koul (@DhruvKoul) May 14, 2021
Pretty interesting and exciting. Here is the Sports Mockery Bears crew’s reaction to all of that, in our most recent Club Dub Podcast episode:
It's Time To Get Chicago a Waffle House https://t.co/4oNvj1Teg9
— ✶ Sports Mockery ✶ (@sportsmockery) May 19, 2021
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Now, we move on to the voluntary portion of the offseason program. Based on this report from ESPN’s Jeff Dickerson, the Bears are doing just fine with voluntary attendance:
Bears had about 70 players in attendance on Monday for Day 1 of Phase 2 of the voluntary offseason program — and near perfect attendance on offense. Certainly qualifies as a good day at Halas Hall to have so many players in the building during an uncertain offseason.
— Jeff Dickerson (@DickersonESPN) May 18, 2021
Looking forward to seeing how this all shakes out for the Bears moving forward as they install their program throughout the offseason. And with that, let’s reach into this week’s Bears Mailbag. Follow me on Twitter @DhruvKoul to continue the conversation.
Bears Mailbag
At least from a prospect standpoint, can you compare and contrast Fields to Trubisky? Where each was stronger, weaker, etc.?
— Matt M. (@mosconml) May 18, 2021
Quite honestly, there isn’t a single area where Mitch Trubisky is better than Justin Fields. I’ve previously noted my concerns and areas that I need to see Fields improve (namely, post-snap processing needs to speed up), but otherwise, Fields is superior in almost every other way. Here are some of the dimensions to measure them:
Body type: Fields is stronger and appears to have a steadier base.
Speed: Fields.
Arm strength: Similar
Accuracy: Fields
Ball placement: Fields
Leadership: Fields
Toughness: Fields
Propensity for the big stage: Fields
Fields is instantly a better QB than Trubisky, with things to work on. Even if he doesn’t improve significantly, he has enough physical tools to be an effective weapon. If he does improve significantly, he has Top-5 ability in the entire NFL.
If Fields proves to easily be the better QB in training camp (not physical talent, but overall QB with knowledge of the offense), then Nagy will almost have to start Fields.
I just don't think that will happen just yet. But perhaps Fields shortens his timeline to sit.
— Dhruv Koul (@DhruvKoul) May 19, 2021
On offense? I'd argue TE might be the weakest at this point. Cole Kmet has potential and Jimmy Graham is still a redzone threat, but there's not a lot of proven dependency there right now.
They will need to address it again next year.
— Dhruv Koul (@DhruvKoul) May 18, 2021
Fields — Unlikely
Jenkins — Yes
Borom — Possibly (RT?)
Herbert — Yes (ST, KR)
Newsome — Possibly (PR?)
Graham Jr. — Possibly (Slot CB)
Tonga — No (Goldman starts)— Dhruv Koul (@DhruvKoul) May 18, 2021
It's hard to find starters at such a premium position this late in the year. Unless something crazy happens, the Bears likely have their starters on the roster already.
— Dhruv Koul (@DhruvKoul) May 18, 2021
I don't. I think the Bears will sit him in favor of Andy Dalton to start the year, though it's possible Fields closes the gap on how long he has to sit as we move forward in training camp.
— Dhruv Koul (@DhruvKoul) May 18, 2021
