Windy City Gridiron
We have six more rosters to analyze before training camp officially opens for the Chicago Bears, so let’s get into it with two today, two Saturday, and two on Sunday.
Today we are going to look at my roster and see where it’s at. A couple of years ago, I decided to rip my team to shreds and rebuild from the ground up completely through the draft. It’s been a fun, yet difficult exercise, and the team is starting to come into form, but it’s been multiple seasons of seriously losing records.
My team was dominant early in this league, going to the first four title games and winning two of them. The team began to age and was barely clinging to being a playoff team. In year six, I made the playoffs as the last seed and went on a Cinderella run to win my 3rd title. I thought the timing was perfect to start fresh.
I traded every player on my roster, literally every single one. I acquired a huge amount of draft capital over several years and have been working towards putting together what I hope is a young, dominant core that can eventually dominate, but we aren’t there yet.
Let’s take a look at the roster:
Let’s break down the roster, starting with the QB room. This room might be in excellent shape, or it might be a disaster. Will Jayden Daniels’ 2025 season be the norm, or will it be 2024? Will Michael Penix figure it out? Is Tyler Shough on his way to becoming a legit NFL QB, or did he just have a handful of good games? We will learn a lot about this room this season and see if it’s on strong footing or if it’s problematic.
The running back room has had some misses. Johnathan Brooks’ injury was crippling to this room, and Kaleb Johnson, as of right now, appears to be an epic bust. RJ Harvey was pretty good last year but seems like he’s going to be losing carries, not gaining them. Can Jeremiyah Love stabilize this room? There are some other young backs that might be able to become contributors, but it’s still more wait and see here.
The WR room is slowly coming together. Tet McMillan had a nice rookie season, and Alec Pierce appears to be on his way. Can Marvin Harrison Jr become the force we all expected him to be? If he’s a miss, that’s a crushing blow to the rebuild. Keon Coleman certainly hasn’t helped either. There are a few other decent young pieces here but not too many with high-end regular starter capabilities.
The tight end room already might be the best one in the league. Brock Bowers is a force. Gadsen looks like the real deal, and Dalton Kincaid and Mason Taylor as TE3 and TE4 is certainly some decent depth.
Moving over to the defensive side of the ball, the DT room has a nice starting duo of Murphy and...
