So what do you make of this 2023 team at this point?

Unless Velus Jones was held out due to injury (which I doubt), I think he will make the 53 man roster.  It looks to me that  the vast majority of inactive players in yesterday's game we those who didn't need any additional evaluation or reps.

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I've been hoping that a lot of the probable starters who've been held out due to some sort of minor, soft tissue injury have been basically stored in bubble wrap in preparation for that opening game.

How do the starters on offense look? That first week is coming quick, I can’t wait!

The "playing the odds game and pretending I'm making actual predictions" prediction:

Injuries expose the lack of depth, key starters going down impacts both sides of the ball, rookies hit the wall, Bears stumble to a 6-11 record. Players who have both been injured in the past and never been injured will be injured. My call here allows me to claim expert status and that I know football better than anyone else.


The "Every move Poles has made will backfire prediction" prediction:

Players signed and traded for will bomb, the rookies won't measure up, players they didn't draft/sign/trade-for all become AP and PBs.  Bears go 0-6 in the division and they should fire everyone, trade everyone and start over. 4-13 record. Despite this claim I refuse to actually name names or go into specifics, it should be obvious that everyone knows who/what I am talking about and I reject everything that does work as something I didn't call and everything that fails as a "prediction." I will post #nailedit in every post I make complaining about the team and players.

The "I have hope prediction" prediction:

Fields gets to 4000 combined running and passing with 30TDs while throwing less than 12 INTs. The DEF keeps the running game under 100yards against while the OFF averages 22 points a game. 9-8 record and lose 3rd wildcard slot on the last weekend of the season.