Bears Week II discussion thread, the BEARS STILL SUCK

[Pugger]

Will they have a hangover after beating the Rams last weekend?

[pbmax]

Reinforcements are coming.

Green Bay Packers @packers
#Packers sign G Nico Siragusa to the active roster from the Ravens’ practice squad & place T/G Byron Bell on injured reserve.

[Fritz]

Is he related to Tony?

[bobblehead]

I am not saying it's better to lose, but I am saying that when one door closes, a window may open elsewhere.

Thats what she said!!!

[pbmax]

You know, maybe wist doesn't need to replace the scouting department. Perhaps just the Docs and trainers.

[gbgary]

Is he related to Tony?

i heard he's not but haven't seen anything from a reliable source on it.

Pros:

Mammoth guard. Plays to every inch and ounce of his listed 6’4”, 324 pound frame.
Thick build from head to toe. Not a “soft” 324 pounds.
Uses his hands well to fight off defenders in pass protection or gain leverage in run blocking.
Creates holes in the running game.
Surprisingly nimble for a lineman his size.
Capable pass protector
Frequently used as a pulling guard, and played in a zone blocking scheme in college.

Cons:

Needs to improve awareness and accuracy blocking in space. Too often misses second level defenders when he could steamroll them.
Frame might pigeonhole him as a right guard in the NFL. Needs to show his feet and agility in combine drills.
Needs to do a better job of sustaining his blocks and asserting himself in pass protection.
Generally handles stunts and twists well, but has the occasional mental lapse.
Occasionally gets tripped up in the trash at the line of scrimmage.
Played out of a spread offense in college. He could have a learning curve adjusting to the NFL game and protections.

https://www.bigblueview.com/2017/2/1...couting-report

[QBME]

Is he related to Tony?

No

[Patler]

Reinforcements are coming.

Green Bay Packers @packers
#Packers sign G Nico Siragusa to the active roster from the Ravens’ practice squad & place T/G Byron Bell on injured reserve.

Very interesting. 4th round pick of the Ravens in 2017, tore ACL, MCL and PCL in his left knee early in training camp and missed his entire rookie season. Missed all of the off season with a second, "clean-up" surgery last spring. Articles from camp this year said he didn't look like the same player, struggling with his quickness, but was still recovering and adjusting to wearing braces on both knees. Ravens reportedly hoped to give him more rehab time on practice squad.

Might be a signing by the Packers more for next year than this year.

[mraynrand]

Nico Siragusa has a Brooks Knee.

[texaspackerbacker]

What is a "Brooks Knee"? I Googled it and mostly got running shoe ads. It also mentioned a Ron Brooks who had a ruptured quadriceps, which doesn't sound like what Siragusa had.

[mraynrand]

What is a "Brooks Knee"?

It's when your entire knee gets ruined on a single play, like what happened to Robert Brooks against the 49ers in '96. However, in that case, Brooks blew out his ACL and patellar tendon (at least).

[gbgary]

more on nico-siragusa

[gbgary]

may be without breeland:

https://twitter.com/Bree2Land6/statu...06343617622017

missed practice yesterday and today.

Philbin said there's no timeline for his return.

[hoosier]

It's when your entire knee gets ruined on a single play, like what happened to Robert Brooks against the 49ers in '96. However, in that case, Brooks blew out his ACL and patellar tendon (at least).

The injury itself is not enough, you have to take into account what the orthopod does. To have a Brooks knee you have to receive a cadaver part. Allo, not auto fix.

[mraynrand]

The injury itself is not enough, you have to take into account what the orthopod does. To have a Brooks knee you have to receive a cadaver part. Allo, not auto fix.

Yeah, cuz Brook's injury cost him the best graft: bone-patella-bone. I don't even think anyone does hamstring allograft on athletes.

Not to mention things have changed a lot since Brooks, with better tunnel placement(s) for grafts, and some docs using double banding/tunnel techniques. Again, i don't know how much of that is done on athletes.

Fortunately that lineman could have an allo graft and his PCL and MCL recovery was probably good. But you never know, a lot depends on how well the procedure went and how motivated the patient is. Nobody ever was as motivated as Brooks (well, maybe Jerry Rice, but he was insane coming back too early and fracturing the patella - which does happen, even to non-athletes...).