Jack McCracken

Archbishop Moeller 18’ Ball State University 22’

[Timothy Johnson @MiamiCanes1971]

“People don’t realize $50 million is actually $0 when you’re a retard like me”

[𝓔𝓶 ♡ @emkenobi]

Now her child has no mom because of her stupidity. If you don’t believe in modern medicine or science you have no business having children. The kids always suffer from the choices of their dumb ass parents.

[SierraWhiskey @SierraWhiskey9]

Rogen is a bitch for this. Truly.

[Simeon Gatling @s1mgat]

5 is worth all the money he got this offseason

[Houston Texans @HoustonTexans]

We have signed Brenden Bates and made other roster moves.

[Chris_Fischer @ChrisFischer_]

Do your thing Twitterverse make her famous #Phillies #Karen #Marlins

[𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗵𝗲𝗻 @BigMoBarrett]

Man of Moeller Brenden Bates makes the 53 for the Cleveland Browns. #GoBigMoe

[Ashley Bastock @AshleyBastock42]

#Browns red zone 7v7: Dillon Gabriel, Brenden Bates with the nice one-handed grab:

[NFL @NFL]

Browns TE Brenden Bates tried the Happy Gilmore swing and failed miserably 😂

@te_university | @BatesBrenden

[Edward “crawfish” Gilamore @NBAKingBell]

Simpler times. #eastbay

[SleeperNFL @SleeperNFL]

Shedeur 👀

[Worcester Red Sox @WooSox]

T Mac!!!

[Jack McCracken @jmacjack1030]

@Gallosavedme E

[New York Post @nypost]

Jets add tight end Brenden Bates, lose cornerback Shemar Bartholomew in waiver moves https://t.co/VPMLflMN0j

[𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗵𝗲𝗻 @BigMoBarrett]

BREAKING: The New York Jets have claimed Man of Moeller and Kentucky Wildcat Tight-End Brenden Bates '18 to their 53-man roster. #GoBigMoe #BBN

[Stefan @li_jets]

The Jets moves so far:

Claimed:
TE Brenden Bates

Practice Squad:
WR Brandon Smith
IOL Jake Hanson
CB/S Isaiah Oliver

Lost:
CB Shemar Bartholomew (Panthers)

[kira 👾 @kirawontmiss]

LMFAOOO this is the first time i’ve seen him smile in a while… JLO was sucking the life out of him

[Steve Letizia @CFCBears]

Who is the highest graded rookie receiver this preseason according to PFF? Marvin Harrison? Malik Nabers? Brock Bowers?

No. It's Bears Undrafted Free Agent Brendan Bates

[Kirsten Tanis @Kirsten_Tanis1]

Case for #Bears TE Brendan Bates to make the 53 man roster as TE4

SUMMARY ⬇️

1️⃣ Simply put, he was outstanding in the preseason on offense & special teams.

🔸 Ranked 3rd of 104 TEs with min 20% snaps in PFF rankings. Yes, his reps were against 2nd & 3rd stringers. But still.

🔸 Consistently good in all facets: Receiving, pass blocking, run blocking, special teams.

🔸 Led all #Bears in ST tackles with 4.

2️⃣ This means there’s a good chance he’d get swiped on his way to or off the practice squad

3️⃣ More than 1/3 of plays in Waldron offense use 2-3 TEs. Lewis isn’t a pass-catching TE.

4️⃣ Bates provides pass-catching & blocking depth who can contribute on ST.

THE DETAILED CASE ⬇️

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ROSTER PROJECTION w/ BATES

➡️ RB (4) - Swift, Herbert, RoJo, Velus
➡️ FB (1) - Blasingame
➡️ TE (4) - Kmet, Everett, Lewis, Bates
➡️ WR (5) - DJ, Keenan, Rome, Scott, Carter

Homer doesn’t make the 53.

WHY NOT HOMER?

➡️ ST is his strength but…
🔸 Not great as rusher.
🔸 Pass catching taken care of between Swift & Rojo
🔸 Not as good of a pass blocker as RoJo

➡️ On ST, Flus talked about how with the new kickoff rule, the body type & position mix for some of the ST coverage team was changing. Length is more important.

➡️ ST reps can be picked up by others… including Bates.

➡️ SEA let Homer hit FA in 2023. Waldron & the ST coach for SEA moved on from him once before.

Note: Bears would be responsible for Homer’s salary - around $1.5M (not sure cap hit)

WHY BATES

✅ He had a great pre-season both on offense & contributions on ST.

✅ Waldron offense runs 12 + 13 personnel (which features 2 TE & 3 TE sets) over 1/3 of the time. He showed this in SEA & in preseason with the Bears.

✅ Despite his ability to catch an occasional unexpected pass, TE3 Marcedes Lewis’ role is as an ace run blocker & essentially a 6th OL member.

✅ Waldron will need Bates to back up Kent & Everett given heavy pass-catching TE usage

✅ My fear is Bates played too well in preseason not to be noticed & swiped if he is designated for the practice squad.

✅ Preseason stats were among best on #Bears offense & special teams - and consistently good in all areas.

➡️ Caught 6/7 - 85.7% of targets
➡️ 0 drops
➡️ 4 1st downs
➡️ YAC/Rec - 7.8 yds
➡️ ADOT - 10.3 yds
➡️ QB passer rating on targets to him 118.8
➡️ 4 ST tackles - most among all Bears
➡️ PFF grades
🔸 Overall - 85.8 (highest among all Bears TEs)
🔸 Receiving - 79.6 (3rd among Bears receivers)
🔸 Pass block - 77.0 (3rd among Bears non-OL)
🔸 Run block - 74.0 (1st among Bears non-OL)
🔸 Special teams - 75.3 (3rd highest on Bears)

[Jacob Infante @jacobinfante24]

#Bears TE Brenden Bates this preseason:

• 86 receiving yards (1st for TEs)
• 89.9 PFF grade (1st)
• 90.0 receiving grade (1st)
• 39 yards after catch (5th)
• 68.8 run-blocking grade (T-19th)
• 75.5 pass-blocking grade (T-16th)

He's a sneaky candidate for the 53.