soulman Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 (edited) Chicago Bears Alyssa Barbieri Wed, September 15, 2021, 10:50 AM The Chicago Bears signed offensive tackle Alex Taylor to the practice squad, the team announced Wednesday. It’s not exactly encouraging news following injuries to left tackles Jason Peters (quad) and rookie Larry Borom (ankle). Backup right tackle Elijah Wilkinson stepped in at left tackle in the second half of Chicago’s Week 1 loss. The Bears practice for the first time on Wednesday, so we’ll get an idea of exactly where Peters and Borom are when the first injury report is released. Taylor, an undrafted free agent out of South Carolina State, spent most of the 2020 season on the Cleveland Browns practice squad. Taylor was waived last month among the team’s final roster cuts. I guess this is all we can afford.....and maybe a Grande Latte from Starbucks. Edited September 16, 2021 by soulman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epyon Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 He's not the worst prospect... Got the size and length at the very least... Doubt he'll amount to much, but it's at least a solid developmental piece longer term, while being a bit of shorter term insurance against absolute catastrophe (like getting more injuries at OT while we're already thin there). Peters was already back (but limited) today, so he's not fully "out" yet, and Borom's ankle is likely a 3-6 week thing, depending on the severity (6 to fully heal, but he could potentially play on it with wraps/bracing earlier)..... Going beyond that, the pickup guy could potentially already be better than Wilkerson or Lachavious 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulman Posted September 16, 2021 Author Share Posted September 16, 2021 The problem is we don't need more longer term developmental guys at the moment. We need help now. The developmental sorts we get in the spring of the year so we can evaluate them in OTA and camp to see if their worth the effort. An entire game of Wilkinson at LT isn't a pleasant though is it? Just how much is a tall skinny inexperienced drink of water OT gonna help us right now? If Peter is nursing a quad injury he's gimp. If he was 29 I'd still be concerned about his ability to shake it off and play up to his potential but at 39 I have all kinds of doubts about it. Then we lose Borom for at least 4 or 5 games if not more and both of our prize OT draft picks are down. The sheer number of OL injuries we've been facing should require a Congressional Investigation or at least a look by the FBI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dll2000 Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 LOL when I first looked I am like who is Alyssa Barberi? Sounds like a girl's name. I don't know who Alex Taylor is either so there is that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulman Posted September 16, 2021 Author Share Posted September 16, 2021 7 hours ago, dll2000 said: LOL when I first looked I am like who is Alyssa Barberi? Sounds like a girl's name. I don't know who Alex Taylor is either so there is that. She's just the author of the piece. She has a new column almost every day. And all I know about Alex Taylor is what his bio says which ain't much. I do know that's he's 6'8" with 36 1/4" arms but he only weighs 300lbs. So he's somewhat like the Leonard Floyd of OTs.....LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abstract_thought Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 Have you had a pulse in the last 18 months? Congratulations, you’re a developmental prospect for the Bears’ offensive line. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulman Posted September 17, 2021 Author Share Posted September 17, 2021 5 hours ago, abstract_thought said: Have you had a pulse in the last 18 months? Congratulations, you’re a developmental prospect for the Bears’ offensive line. Damn, why am I not in Chicago right now. 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAR FACE DOWN ARROW Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 12 hours ago, soulman said: Damn, why am I not in Chicago right now. 😂 Because the second you put on your cleats a piano would fall on you or something. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulman Posted September 18, 2021 Author Share Posted September 18, 2021 5 hours ago, RunningVaccs said: Because the second you put on your cleats a piano would fall on you or something. Good thinking. Out here all I have to worry about are rock slides. 😟 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmike90 Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 Borom to IR...Taylor flexed onto the 53...that's a big loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blkwdw13 Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 31 minutes ago, Madmike90 said: Borom to IR...Taylor flexed onto the 53...that's a big loss. Borom was out anyways for the next few weeks. This isn’t much of anything besides depth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmike90 Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 11 minutes ago, blkwdw13 said: Borom was out anyways for the next few weeks. This isn’t much of anything besides depth. The difference is when he heads to IR he can't come back for a set period of time...I just hope this doesn't mean the injury is more serious than first thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blkwdw13 Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 58 minutes ago, Madmike90 said: The difference is when he heads to IR he can't come back for a set period of time...I just hope this doesn't mean the injury is more serious than first thought. Three weeks is the minimum time on the IR. He was going to be out at least that long anyways. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epyon Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 4 hours ago, Madmike90 said: I just hope this doesn't mean the injury is more serious than first thought. Being a high ankle sprain, 6 weeks just to fully heal, with regaining strength coming after that. As I said above, depending on severity, they might try and rush him back a couple weeks earlier with some combination of taping/bracing to stabilize and/or a cortisone injection to keep inflammation down, but the cortisone injection would actually make him more likely to re injure it as well, so it's kind of a double edged sword, and personally I'd rather not risk what looks to be our LT of the future in his rookie season, especially when all indications from the first game put this at maybe a 5-7 win season at best. Source: I work at a foot and ankle specialist clinic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugashane Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 36 minutes ago, Epyon said: Source: I work at a foot and ankle specialist clinic. Nerd. 😘 (I'm interviewing at an Arm and Hand clinic next week lol) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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