I took means an excessive amount of pleasure in tweeting this:
When Javon Wims sees this… https://t.co/QidUGxlPc5 pic.twitter.com/F584NptzI0
— Bleacher Nation Bears (@BN_Bears) January 8, 2021
For the file, I hope Javon Wims busts Chauncey Gardner-Johnson along with his routes and his run-blocking. So far as I’m involved, your arms are higher served catching the ball and holding a defender off a ball provider than every other soccer various.
• I’m certain you’re uninterested in me calling every Bears recreation the largest one of many yr. However while you put your self in a win-or-home state of affairs and management your personal playoff future with no wiggle room, every recreation comes with elevated significance. Tomorrow’s recreation towards the Saints is simply the most recent in a collection of “most essential” video games. And whereas I’m prepared for it, I’m wanting ahead to utilizing right this moment to get myself equipped for the primary occasion.
• Roquan Smith earned sufficient votes to get second-team All-Professional recognition, however the first-team snub nonetheless sticks in my craw. However a minimum of the oldsters at Soccer Outsiders acknowledge Smith’s very good season, naming him to the site’s All-Pro team. Enjoyable reality: Smith ranked first in Soccer Outsiders’ SIS factors saved stat. I’m not an analytics skilled, however that looks as if excessive reward.
• Once more, this isn’t to take something away from three glorious linebackers who earned All-Professional honors. HOWEVER … Roquan Smith was rattling good in 2020:
I am going to depart this right here:
Roquan Smith — 139 complete tackles, 18 TFL, 4 sacks, 2 INT.
Your 2020 All-Professional’s:
Fred Warner — 125 tackles, 5 TFL, 1 sack, 2 INT.
Darious Leonard — 132 tackles, 7 TFL, 3 sacks, 0 INT.
Bobby Wagner — 138 tackles, 7 TFL, 3 sacks, 0 INT.Yikes. #Bears
— Zack Pearson (@Zack_Pearson) January 8, 2021
• Smith wasn’t one in every of three Bears who earned All-Pro recognition from Pro Football Focus. However a minimum of three key contributors bought some shine. Khalil Mack (edge) and Cordarrelle Patterson (return specialist) have been first-team performers within the eyes of PFF. In the meantime, Allen Robinson II was a second-team PFF All-Professional. It’s additionally noteworthy to see a pair of ex-Bears make the reduce. Security Adrian Amos (Packers) and flex defender Bryce Callahan (Broncos) additionally earned first-team All-Professional props from PFF. Seeing Amos and Callahan jogs my memory how superior that secondary was in 2018. It’s a disgrace Callahan’s season-ending harm saved him out of that cursed playoff recreation.
• Talkin’ beignets, Nickelodeon classics, and playoff soccer over espresso:
• Effectively, that’s a pleasant gesture:
A complete of 250 vaccinated healthcare staff from Ochsner Well being and LCMC Well being have been chosen to attend this weekend’s recreation towards the Chicago Bears.
— Nick Underhill (@nick_underhill) January 8, 2021
• As a result of somebody needed to take the warmth for the Cowboys lacking the playoffs but once more, the workforce fired DC Mike Nolan (per Jay Glazer). Dallas allowed 29.6 factors per recreation, which wasn’t the worst within the league. Nevertheless, when nobody in your awful division finishes at or above .500, you higher not be giving up practically 30 factors per recreation.
• Alright, so you’ll be able to rely out Jim Harbaugh to the Bears rumors. Effectively, a minimum of for the remainder of this offseason:
Jim Harbaugh’s new extension now runs via the 2025 soccer season. Harbaugh signed a four-year extension with revised monetary phrases efficient Jan. 11, 2021. https://t.co/zqOUT18dTk
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 8, 2021
• One among school soccer’s extra intriguing quarterback prospects goes again to campus to refine his abilities:
.@YahooSports Unique: Cincinnati’s Desmond Ridder says he’ll return to the Bearcats subsequent season. With 15 starters again and a attainable High 10 preseason rating, @GoBearcatsFB will once more be within the CFP dialog. Huge day for Cincinnati. https://t.co/fdQ99phxxT
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) January 8, 2021
• Tattoo Patrick Williams stuffing LeBron James inside my eyelids:
Only a 19-year-old blocking a 36-year-old. Straightforward stuff.
(🎥 @NBCSBulls)
pic.twitter.com/HrfaiKMa9s— Bleacher Nation Bulls (@BN_Bulls) January 9, 2021
• 🎵 Right here come the Hawks, the mighty … Blackhawks 🎵
We Don’t Want Analytics to Inform Us the Blackhawks Are in for a Powerful Season, However Effectively …https://t.co/i7MGANXEIY
— Bleacher Nation Blackhawks (@BN_Blackhawks) January 8, 2021
