Author: Joe Walters

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Joe has covered the Chicago Bears for Gridiron Heroics since July. Aside from sports writing he is also a comedy writer and stand up comedian.

We’re a few days into training camp and it’s time to discuss which rookie will have the biggest impact on the 2022-23 season. Without a first round pick from this years draft there may not be a clear cut choice. The Bears usually blow their first round pick anyhow. Roquan Smith and Justin Fields being exceptions of course. So let’s take a closer look at several players. Velus Jones Jr. This receiver out of Tennessee has blazing speed and can take the top off the defense. Unfortunately as a receiver I don’t see him doing to much more. Very stiff …

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Seems bold to claim that six Bears have a solid shot at the Pro-bowl. Considering the bleak season most have projected for them. Despite that this team does have some talent spread through out. Factor in how many players don’t go to the Pro-bowl that are voted in and it seems half the league ends up on the roster. Just ask Mitch Trubisky. Cairo Santos Little Cairo is at a disadvantage to the rest of the kickers in the league playing at Soldier Field. Not only contending with the wind off the lakefront, but also kicking on the Soldier Field…

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A bold statement, but Eddie Jackson may be the biggest bust in Bears history. In 2016 Jackson was a senior at Alabama and projected to be one of the top safeties in that years draft, until he broke his leg against Texas A&M. That put a major red flag on Jackson who may have been a first round pick. Instead he fell to the 4th round where the Bears took him with the 112th overall pick. Bears strike gold with Jackson Jackson made a huge impact immediately. The Bears had one of the top pass rushing defenses in the league…

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For the top five receiver duos in NFL history, we need to set some guidelines.  First, I am bias towards modern NFL players, and by modern I mean around 1985 to current. Let’s face it, players are bigger, stronger, and faster then they used to be, and so is their competition. So I feel like common sense tells me the modern player is better. Second, I didn’t want to put a player on here more then once. For example, you could make an argument that Jerry Rice could be on this list three times. I’m sure I will get some hostile feed…

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Not since the late 80’s have the Chicago Bears been consistently relevant. Sure there were a few seasons in the mid 90’s where Erik Kramer set some records. That’s not really saying much, and the Lovie Smith regime had a few really good seasons that include a Superbowl loss to the Colts in 06. Other then that its been a tough watch as a Bears fan. This season however has a chance to take the cake and being in the midst of a rebuild and most experts picking the Bears to be awful, what do Bears fans have to look…

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