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Chicago Bears establish their identity in this 2022 mock draft

The NFL draft is a major passion of mine and something that I love to cover. That especially pertains to how the draft impacts my hometown team, the Chicago Bears. I linked the two in this Bears Mock Draft and it ended up being the most popular article I have ever written in terms of page visits and viewership.

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5 best offseason moves the Chicago Bears made in 2022

I don't like to make lists for the sake of making lists but whenever they can organically format a story, I have no problem using them. They are a great way tool to enhance engagement and this story about the 5 best moves of the Bears offseason did just that in a dead time of the year for sports.

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Tom Kavanaugh’s 2023 NFL Draft Edge Defender Rankings (with Bears lenses)

I broke down 20 different edge rusher prospects in the 2023 NFL Draft and how they fit with the Chicago Bears.

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Chicago Bears: 4 trade packages that could be pivotal

In the midst of the disappointing 2021 season for the Bears and their fans, I felt strongly about what they should do next to help their long term success. Those strong feelings inspired me to write this trade package article to see how other fans and media members felt about the situation.

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Can Braxton Jones be the Bears Left Tackle of future?

I analyzed Bears Left Tackle Braxton Jones in this article. I produced videos and created charts to go beyond the writing and give readers something to visualize. I am a firm believer to show what I am seeing and explaining it, rather than just only writing about something with no context. This article is an example of the different elements that I try to include in my writing.

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2024 NFL Draft Wide Receiver Rankings

I set out to rank the 20 best wide receivers in the 2024 NFL Draft in this article. This piece was the finishing touch to my coverage of this loaded WR class that I did for On Tap Sports Net. 

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Edge defender, 3 tech or both? What is Demarcus Walker?

During the 2023 off-season, there was much uncertainty about how the Chicago Bears were going to use the newly acquired versatile defensive lineman, Demarcus Walker. I took a crack at projecting his usage with the power of multimedia.

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Quarterback Carousel: The NFL's Dating Game

This is one of my favorite places I have ever written. I wanted to find different ways to be creative beyond the usual format of traditional football analysis. The relationship parallels to dating and the quarterback carousel were too apparent and accomplished exactly what I wanted to do. After I married the ideas, the piece basically wrote itself and was received better than I could ever hope.

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Roquan Smith: A Breakdown Of His First Two Seasons

Like the Quinnen Williams article, I found that there wasn't much in depth analysis on Bears linebacker Roquan Smith. I attacked that topic with this article using compilations of gifs to underline the biggest themes of his game.

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