Bear Alexander

And that team has a ton of talent, as much talent as any team in the league.

But there are indicators where it's like, okay, Bear Alexander and Mateo Uyangalole, like, don't look really that great.

I don't think Dante Moore doesn't look great.

But it's like small things, like DeCorean Moore dropping a wide open pass.

I mean, it's just, what's wild is at least with Penn State last year, you could say, okay, they lost this interior player, they lost Abdul Carter, but you still bring back Deny Dennis Sutton and you bring back Zane Durant.

Oregon's defense brings back Tatum Tuioti, Bear Alexander, Amari Washington, Mateo Uyunglele.

I mean, that's just – this is wild.

I mean, they were thoroughly outplayed in the trenches.

Don't get me wrong.

This is a veteran team that they brought back guys that could've gone to the pros, right? Dante Moore, other, uh, uh, Bear Alexander, um, Amari Washington.

Uh, guys that could have moved on decided to return to create a national title contending team.

The parallels are there, but where we get tricky, okay, Oregon is breaking in two new coordinators on both offense and defense, and maybe that's the reason Penn State was breaking in a veteran defensive coordinator in Jim Knowles.

I do agree with you.

I thought Bear, in general, had a lot of good reps in this game, right, at the defensive tackle spot.

So I think we have guys who can play inside effectively.

And if 52 is hurt, then we're hurting ourselves by playing him.

Amori Washington, I've always been a little bit lower on I think than, uh, some members of the consensus 'cause I just don't think that the pass rush they showcase is gonna really translate consistently in the NFL.

And as far as like which of the Oregon guys would I prefer, would I prefer Amori Washington as like a top 50 pick or Bear Alexander in the third round? Uh, I might just take Bear even though it's like his skill set's different, but I think that's maybe more cost-effective for the player you're getting.

Um, so I, I do think this defensive tackle group, while extremely talented, it might be more open than what we've kind of had as the conversation-

Mm-hmm

I believe this is his first opening day, like, first week one game of his career, and he's only 66% rostered, but nine targets, eight receptions, 138 yards, and two touchdowns against Chicago.

And I love Jalen Coker.

You know, we do all the Coke Head memes and all that stuff, but this might be more of an indictment on Dennis Allen, the defensive coordinator, and the current state of the Chicago Bears secondary.

So here's the deal.

Uiagalelei.

Uh, what is, uh, Bear Alexander?

Mm-hmm.

Bear Alexander looks like two defensive linemen put into one.

He's gigantic for them.

And they got pushed around all Saturday by our offensive line, which apparently doesn't even have their best player, Jacob Sexton, who's out for the season sadly.

There, there are parallels, don't get me wrong.

This is a veteran team that they brought back guys that could've gone to the pros, right? Dante Moore, other, uh, Bear Alexander, um, Amari Washington.

Uh, guys that could have moved on, decided to return to create a national title contending team.

The parallels are there, but where we get tricky, okay, Oregon is breaking in two new coordinators on both offense and defense, and maybe that's the reason Penn State was breaking in a veteran defensive coordinator in Jim Knowles, but the idea was that he was supposed to elevate the team because he's the number one defensive coordinator.