NightLink: Notes from the Rookie Minicamp
by Dane Noble on May 1, 2009 5:23 PM CDT
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PrintDay one of the rookie minicamp has come to a close, and Brad Biggs has some notes...
The Bears had nine draft picks running around with nine undrafted free agents and 25 tryout players. General manager Jerry Angelo said after the draft that it was realistic for six draft picks to make the 53-man roster but that all nine had the qualities and attributes that made them a real possibility.
If an undrafted free agent makes the roster, it probably won't be more than one. So of the 43 players hustling through drills for the first time as part of a professional football team, maybe seven will be there come September.
Wide receiver Juaquin Iglesias looks the part. He has good size and catches the ball well with his hands. But if skill position players don't stand out in 7-on-7 drills and drills vs. air, well, then you have a real problem on your hands.
Cornerback D.J. Moore broke on the ball well and was praised by coach Lovie Smith afterward.
Wide receiver Johnny Knox showed all the speed and quickness that was advertised.
Fullback Will Ta'ufo'ou might not be quite the 253 pounds he's advertised to be.
Missouri's Chase Patton probably displayed the strongest arm of the three quarterbacks.
Guard Lance Louis does not look like a tight end at 303 pounds. He's an athletic guard, not an oversized tight end, so he's just right wearing No. 60.
Any positive notes regarding our WRs, DBs, and back-up QBs are a welcome thing in my book. If Patton keeps impressing, does that mean we will see Cutler/ Hanie/ Patton? Would we have room on the final roster for 4 QBs?
Day two of the camp is tomorrow... more updates then.
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It's going to be nice to see who actually comes out of this as a Bear.
Should have more input come Monday when they size up how everyone did.
by Bears fan 4-ever!!! on May 1, 2009 5:32 PM CDT reply actions
haha, watching the obsessive coverage of Sanchez at Jets camp...
…I’m still in the mode, “Should the Bears try to get Kellen Clemens if he doesn’t work out.”
hahaha, Bears fandom is soooo much easier these days.
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No way we carry 4 QBs
Not with all these young WRs competing. I think that Patton could take Basenez spot if he continues to develop.
I see the three of our picks getting cut as: Louis, Afalava and Freeman. In reality it will probably be Kinder, but I like what I read about him and I would hate for him to get snatched off our PS like Hass and Barton.
I hope you're wrong
At least about Freeman, he looks like he could develop into a monster in a couple of years. He stood his own playin w/ JL, hopefully he can do the same w/ Briggs and Urlacher.
"The phone's for you, I think it's the Devil."
Why on earth would Louis get cut?
A guy who can play multiple positions, could possibly be athletic enough to spell Izzy as gunner… Seems like the type we’d hang on to for too long.
Maurice Covington
6’4" from Virginia – has anybody got anything else on him? How fast?
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." - Bertrand Russell
Lord, I saw this dude play in a couple of games last season...
he seems like he is as dumb as a box of rocks. Groh pulled him in a 2 minute drill when they played VT because he kept running the wrong routes. The local announcer said that it wasn’t the first time he couldn’t get his shiat together.
The only thing I rememebr hearing about him this offseason was how he turned heads at the combine with his verticle jump… 40". That is impressive, but considering he didn’t really produce at the college level… I’m not so sure if he will have a future in the NFL.
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The only thing I could find on Covington
was that he 40" verticle and ran a 4.65 at his pro day….
But it seems this is enough to get something of a following on the offish forums calling him “the Bears” brandon marshall….and yes simply because he is 6’ 4"….
Chase Patton gettin props! We could have a nice competition brewing there
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Is it me...
Or is everyone in Mizzu named Chase? Chase Daniels, this guy, one of their TE?
Thank god I was born in MN.
It was the key to their chemistry.
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Yeah
You gotta throw a couple Ian’s in the mix
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At least we don't have any QBs named Matt
Think With Your Dipstick Jimmy!
by ifuwannacrownem on May 3, 2009 12:25 AM CDT up reply actions
Or Cade...
Think With Your Dipstick Jimmy!
by ifuwannacrownem on May 3, 2009 1:27 AM CDT up reply actions
Or Moses
Think With Your Dipstick Jimmy!
by ifuwannacrownem on May 3, 2009 7:55 AM CDT up reply actions
Well at least Moses had a cool name...
you could make jokes about him parting the opposing defenses like the red sea, oh wait scratch that it never happened
rex's name was cooler
when he was on the field, our offense was extinct.
Think With Your Dipstick Jimmy!
by ifuwannacrownem on May 3, 2009 6:46 PM CDT up reply actions
sounds good so far
Right now I’d be willing to bet Chase Patton makes the team. I mean, come on—who drafts a QB that didn’t even start for his college team unless there is something about the guy that makes you go “wow.” Honestly, other than the NE Patriots drafting Matt Cassel (and we all know how that ended up for them), do teams normally do this? No way. So either our entire coaching staff/front office was smoking something in the later rounds of the draft, or else they saw something in this guy that they didn’t see in the dozens of other QB’s still available out there (who did start for their college teams.)
doh my bad
Forgot, we didn’t actually draft Patton did we? (Note to self: no more posting until after the first cup of coffee…)
Fair enough
But I bet you are right on your reasoning… I have met Patton in person, and have seen him throw the ball… he’s big, and strong, and has a pro-caliber arm that can make all the throws… he just didn’t fit Missouri’s offense as well as Daniel did.
Personally, I always wondered why he stayed and played backup when he could have started for a LOT of teams…
Patton wasn't drafted.
He is an undrafted free-agent.
Derek Pegues a real sleeper
Scout had him rated at seventh among the saftys. Afalava was rated 27th. His Bio called him a real center fielder.
that sounds really familiar
like I heard before
Think With Your Dipstick Jimmy!
by ifuwannacrownem on May 2, 2009 1:00 PM CDT up reply actions
hmmm
I have seen him rated lower but that was mostly because of his runs in with the law…if he can grow up and stay out of trouble might have something here…just hope hes got all the arrests out of him….
Whose gonna get cut
I would say Kinder, Afalava and Louis are the ones to get cut. And honestly I can’t see Patton taking Basanez’s spot. I loved Basanez at Northwestern and he is way more experienced as far as being a backup than Hanie. I know this site loves Hanie, but if Patton makes it Hanie is gone.
either one of them
he could replace either one and the team wouldn’t miss a beat.
Patton making the team
shouldn’t affect Hanie’s roster spot at all (and I’m saying this as someone who doesn’t really like Hanie, or at least not as much as others on this board). He has a year of experience in our offense over Basanez and Patton and they liked him enough to keep him on the roster as an undrafted rookie last year.
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Maurice Covington
From someone who really knows: MoCo was a very good receiver for Groh and Co. If you go to virginiasportstv.com you can find some very good footage of him in games. He has been a starter for the last two years. Missed some time during his jr. year due to a broken hand. What GeauxBear was talking about…..quite frankly, never happened. It always amazes me when people get on message boards and post things that are totally and completely false!
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I didn't say that there was no good footage on him.
I also didn’t say that he never started. What I did say was I saw Groh pull him out of a game versus VT at the end of the 1st half because he, on 2 separate plays, ran the wrong routes. The local announcer said that it wasn’t the first time that had happened.
For as much time as I put in to watching college football, and as much time and energy I put into this website, I have no reason to post things that “are totally and completely false”. Welcome to the blog.
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but he just said you posted things that "are totally and completely false".
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Think With Your Dipstick Jimmy!
by ifuwannacrownem on May 3, 2009 5:49 PM CDT up reply actions
well
the Bears invited George Smith, another Vanderbilt Receiver to rookie minicamp.
Think With Your Dipstick Jimmy!
whoops!
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by ifuwannacrownem on May 2, 2009 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions
son,
you’ve just inherited them.
Think With Your Dipstick Jimmy!
by ifuwannacrownem on May 3, 2009 5:50 PM CDT up reply actions
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