Xavier Thomas

Johnny Walker, I think, is going to have a good year.

Xavier Thomas, you know, they love the speed.

Ben Johnson loves the speed.

Kalief Raymond.

It's based on Burden getting his.

Xavier Thomas getting

his.

Colston Loveland getting his.

Now they're having these conversations, his ex-players.

Xavier Thomas said, first time in a long time that our preseason ranking has been right.

Tight end Jordan Leggett, ex-player.

Softest line and D-line I have ever witnessed.

Yeah, I think that's going to be the big thing to watch out for in this game is like, the bears have clearly made that transition where Ben Johnson brought in his guys, uh, last off season in terms of the weaponry, you know, Colson Loveland, Luther burden.

And then furthermore, like, so the turnover they had this off season, um, you know, when you look at guys like Xavier Thomas that they drafted, um, you know, letting DJ Moore out of the building.

And now they're fully embracing, like, Luther Bird and Roman Dunze, Colston Loveland is kind of their big three in the passing game.

You know, I especially look at, like, you know, Colston Loveland especially.

You say, okay, whoever J.C. Horn isn't guarding, I want to attack that guy, and that's going to be our weapon.

So if Rome goes down, we still love, obviously, the Bears' depth they got with Kalief Raymond, with Xavier Thomas, even Jadé Walker.

But I think Rome is a little bit – more trustworthy.

He's a guy that's done it before.

Because those guys up front, they're a big, bad group of guys.

And if you think that you're just going to pound the rock and they're 40 times a game and go into Seattle and beat them – You're just not going to have the success that you could if you make these guys chase to the edge, whether it's DeAndre Swift and Kyle Monongai sweep, or if it's an immediate lateral pass to Xavier and Thomas, or taking advantage of coverage interruptions against Colston Loveland.

You've got to win your winnable plays.

By the way, I found that game, so it was October 27, 1991.

A playmaker that has a separation between he and a safety or a linebacker and puts him on the offensive player to be the aggressor.

So I think there's a lot of different ways that you can define the way that you can use running backs and playmakers.

And, you know, Xavier Thomas, he's a receiver, but he can line up in the backfield.

And so I think we're going to see a variety of offensive formations from Ben this year.

So how does that turn out in the regular season?

I thought about picking Xavier Thomas as my most disappointed player.

Unbelievable.

What did he do to you?