Bear rumors and innuendos

The Chicago Bears are set to sign kicker Connor Barth after releasing veteran Robbie Gould on Sunday, a source told Adam Jahns of the Chicago Sun-Times.

Barth lost a kicking battle to Kai Forbath in New Orleans Saints training camp and most recently played 12 games for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2015, converting 82.1 percent of field goals - including 3-of-5 from 50-plus yards.

Gould, the Bears longest-tenured player heading into the season, spent 11 seasons in Chicago and has converted 85.4 percent of field goals during his career.

His release will save $3 million against the cap in 2016, according to Spotrac, after reports emerged that the 34-year-old struggled in recent practices.
 

Other than all that , no problem     

The Frackers are 1 Aaron Rodgers injury away from instantly becoming a middle of the frack team - that's how much he elevates them .

Well now that we have Sitton we once again have the luxury of some decisions about how to use him and some of the other OL.  If they decide to play him at LG then I assume Whitehair will go back to taking some snaps at OC again in practice but for now I expect they'll start Larsen and allow Whitehair to find his level of comfort there.

Maybe a bigger question is do they still keep Silatolu whose younger and has upside once he's fully recovered from his injury.  Whitehair could also take some snaps at LT so in effect he's being used as a utility OL for now.  The more versatile he becomes the more value he has now and in the future even after Grasu returns.

I don't think it's worth looking at next year quite yet.  All I know is by virtue of signing Sitton our starting talent and depth on the interior of the OL just made a quantum leap.  If Silatolu recovers and can play at a high level again the moves we made with those two FAs and the drafting of Whitehair go a long way toward stabilizing the OL and could create even more options next year.