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Chicago Bears: Will Eddie Goldman be worth the investment?

After playing in only 43% of the snaps against the Packers, it was concerning to see such a limited amount of time for the Chicago Bears newly paid nose tackle. In 3-4 scheme the nose tackle needs to be strong, quick, and have a sturdy base. Their in the pass is to hold the offensive lineman enough so that the linebackers can quickly fill the gaps on blitzes, and in the run their job is to dominate the middle.

Goldman is fantastic at those things, but with the number of sub-packages that Vic Fangio likes to run, is the role that Goldman plays a bit too limited.