Thread: Bears' Angelo targeting youth on OL, defense

really goos news that going young on O-line:

"We like to go with the younger guys, we like to build our own line," Angelo said. "We've always done what we've had to do. Every year we are trying to compete. It's worked out that we've had some good veteran offensive linemen who were available, and we went in that direction. We've drafted some guys, we've lost some to injury. We understand the importance of the position. Whatever you have to do, you do."

and as expect after F/A they will tae care of Forte and maybe olsen or benentt:

"Matt Forte has done a great job for us," he said. "So has Greg Olsen. Earl Bennett, too. We have some guys. What we're able to do we can't say. There is too much uncertainty until the cap has been determined. There are too many moving parts now."

and do think of the young guys wright and wootton will be the playmakers and maybe melton:

"We want to get younger on defense," he said. "We have some young guys coming up the ladder with Henry Melton, Corey Wootton. We need to get some young guys at linebacker in the pipeline. In the secondary we have Major Wright. We are still hopeful with Zack Bowman. We still feel good about Joshua Moore. We have five or six young guys in the pipeline, but we want to bring in more."

Smith view:

Among other highlights of Smith's talk:

*He expressed confidence in Caleb Hanie's ability to be the team's primary backup quarterback, saying the team "really likes" Hanie, but did not rule out the possibility of adding a veteran quarterback.

*He indicated he has a picture of how he would like the offensive line to set up, but declined to share it. He did say he thinks J'Marcus Webb has the ability to play left tackle.

*He is very excited about Henry Melton's potential, and said he thinks "the sky is the limit" for him playing the defensive tackle position.

*He said the team still needs another defensive lineman.

and here's another, really like that Wright is going to hook up with chris harris to learn the safety position..

LilMade21 Major Wright
@ChrisHarrisNFL chris let me kno when u ready to start up this studying

Good news on all fronts especially on Olsen and Hanie. Hopefully this will quash those ideas that we should trade him now before he becomes a FA. If they want him they'll resign him. Same with Forte and Bennett.

I'm glad that Lovie is giving Hanie the vote of confidence that Martz should have. That's all that needed to be said to let him know that he's in their plans at #2 and that he's well liked. Don't know why Martz couldn't have done that before.

Originally Posted by soulman

Good news on all fronts especially on Olsen and Hanie. Hopefully this will quash those ideas that we should trade him now before he becomes a FA. If they want him they'll resign him. Same with Forte and Bennett.

I'm glad that Lovie is giving Hanie the vote of confidence that Martz should have. That's all that needed to be said to let him know that he's in their plans at #2 and that he's well liked. Don't know why Martz couldn't have done that before.

He's Martz- i've given up trying to read or think what goes though his wacky mind- as you said that lovie likes hanie= he will be the #2,, that you can be sure, and also see more of olsen- becuase as much as people bsh lovie for no emotion, he has shown over and over, he is stubborn and wins the disagreements if he likes someone( ie getting back to 50/50 run after bye week)

Originally Posted by dabears54

He's Martz- i've given up trying to read or think what goes though his wacky mind- as you said that lovie likes hanie= he will be the #2,, that you can be sure, and also see more of olsen- becuase as much as people bsh lovie for no emotion, he has shown over and over, he is stubborn and wins the disagreements if he likes someone( ie getting back to 50/50 run after bye week)

If they ever do a movie of with Martz in it this is who we cast. Just don't take his stapler.