Brad Biggs answers your Bears questions in preparation for Sunday’s Week 1 matchup against the Green Bay Packers.
It’s a little hard to say because we’re only speculating where the floor of each player is right now. We think we have a good idea but we’ve yet to see them in action. If you were ranking them in terms of most likely, I’m guessing the list begins with cornerback Tyrique Stevenson, a second-round pick, or right tackle Darnell Wright, the team’s first-round pick. The Bears should be optimistic both players have successful starts to their careers.
I’d say the biggest jump will come from either Jones or cornerback Kyler Gordon, who had an impressive training camp as the slot cornerback and looks to be operating with a lot more confidence. Gordon’s traits — he moves really well at 6-foot, 200 pounds — and physical nature provide defensive coordinator Alan Williams with a wealth of options. I think Gordon could be pretty good this season and the secondary, as a whole, will be the strength of the defense.
This is going to come down to passing volume, which will be dictated by game flow and offensive coordinator Luke Getsy’s strategy. The Bears traveled back in time with their offense last season. They had 377 pass attempts — 22.17 per game. That is the lowest figure in the league since the 1990 Los Angeles Raiders averaged 21.0 with Jay Schroeder at the helm and Marcus Allen and Bo Jackson in the backfield for a 12-4 division winner.
Going into the season, the number probably isn’t where you would hope it is. The key for the Bears — and the future — will be what the roster looks like in terms of having ascending players when the season ends. With so many young players at nearly every position, the Bears will have some players emerge. Some will fade but there is hope that it will be arrow up at a lot of places.
The upside for the Bears, though, is it is a young roster and there is a lot of young talent that could emerge as building blocks for the future, guys who can change colors the way personnel folks like to see. Quarterback Justin Fields, safety Jaquan Brisker, offensive tackles Braxton Jones and Darnell Wright, cornerback Tyrique Stevenson and even Moore and Kmet are players who could take steps forward. That is just a sampling of some of the young players who could emerge at Halas Hall.
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