Some local Dallas guys are speculating that the Niners are trying to package Brandon Aiyuk plus their 1st and 2nd round picks to move up to 9 so they can take one of the top tackles. I don't know if there's legs to it, but it's at least a rumor on Dallas sports radio. :? Have they been locked in a ...

So 'only' 900M in privately funded bonds, instead of 2.3B? Why, that's such a bargain, you can't pass it up!


I don't suppose there was a whisper about the 589M still owed on Soldier Field?
Or the 50M still owed on Guaranteed Rate Field?

Smoke screen. Not sure which way you mean. Smoke screening that you want to trade down when you don't doesn't make much sense, in most scenarios. You could theoretically convince a team shortly after you "yeah, you don't need to trade up to get player X ahead of us, because we're trading down&...

Draft expert Todd McShay made an appearance on Wednesday's episode of The Ryen Russillo Podcast (34:50 mark) and said, "I'm hearing Chicago at No. 9 wants to bail out." https://www.si.com/nfl/2024/04/22/2024-nfl-draft-team-needs-targets-predictions-picks Other teams have gotten the sense ...

UOK wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 12:23 pm

IotaNet wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 11:57 am The press conference will be live at noon at: https://www.chicagobears.com/

They opened this press conference with...a prayer? What the fuck?

That's so people can't say "the downtown stadium 'plan' doesn't have a prayer"

I'll stick with Marshawn Kneeland and raise y'all Tip Reiman. From what I've seen, Johnson's got Adam Shaheen athleticism: impressive numbers for someone that size, but his play doesn't really bear them out. He's a good blocker, which is absolutely what we should be looking for in a TE. But Reiman'...

RichH55 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 9:01 am

Moriarty wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 9:00 am

I definitely like him.

If he goes low enough and we acquire enough extra picks, I'm down.

Why not just with the 3rd we already have?

It's not high enough on my priority list

I've got that pick penciled in for WR, ideally

I really want the Texas monster in the 3rd now (some even have him slipping to 4th) He can't give you 80% of the snaps ......50% is absolutely pushing it But he can give you dominant snaps Absolutely perfect guy for a rotation I definitely like him. If he goes low enough and we acquire enough extra...

And now, my final simulation before the draft. If you've paid any attention to my previous drafts, it's all familiar names. But I thought this one was pretty incredible because very nearly every selection out of 12, I was able to get a player where that spot was about the lowest they could realistic...

PFF, GBN, Draftek all have him in the 40s.
I think he clearly belongs in that area.


My only objection is Maaaaaason, and only because they just drafted 2.

https://twitter.com/kpowell720/status/1782505198889455723?t=ZB_TMCMULHOi8MFU6WhNcA&s=19 BOOM!!! Only the NFL could make some renderings of an imaginary building a major media event, lol. Yeah, making some drawings and saying "hey, we've got 2B of the 4B we'll need all figured out" isn...

I'm predicting 7 I personally would steer for even more. People have been repeating "this is a bad draft at the bottom". I think that's overblown. I can find TONS of R4-5 players I would LOVE to have on the roster. Less so in 6/7, but R6/7 is always a longshot. And even there, the Bears de...

https://heavy.com/sports/chicago-bears/ol-larry-borom-trade-chip/ I didn't realize it, but Borom had enough snaps in his first 3 years to trigger the automatic pay escalators https://overthecap.com/proven-performance-escalator (He's the only one this year, but a truckload of Bears will hit it in 25...

My nephew in the Denver area was pissed at this trade. He asked if he could change his alliance to the Bears. Told him he just needed to wait and see what is going to happen in both cities. He seems to forget, I guess he is only 30, the dreadful Bears history regarding QBs. That's silly. It's a goo...

Just this year

Kind of a forced exercise, because I'm absolutely trading down and absolutely getting high quality offers.


Probably Alt

https://heavy.com/sports/chicago-bears/ol-larry-borom-trade-chip/ I didn't realize it, but Borom had enough snaps in his first 3 years to trigger the automatic pay escalators https://overthecap.com/proven-performance-escalator (He's the only one this year, but a truckload of Bears will hit it in 25 ...

Some Edge stats:

Bears currently have 4 2024 selections.

How many do they ultimately end up making before the draft is over?



Bonus called shot points for any additional info: trade partners, rounds, 2025 pick additions/subtractions

If we accept we aren't winning a SB this year (I think this is reasonable) then why would Poles send a 4th round pick for Allen AND draft a WR at 9? If the intention is to let Allen walk, then spending a 4th round pick on him in a year we aren't winning a SB is pretty wasteful. If the intention is ...

I had no idea Grasu was still in the league.

He was actually a tolerable backup the last time he got real snaps (2020).

I liked the pick at the time. Had a reasonable rookie season, before the ACL.

I guess I'll add to this thread: Bolts looking for big haul for 5th pick … LA Chargers’ GM Joe Hortiz confirmed at his pre-draft presser yesterday that the Chargers are definitely amenable to trading down from the 5th pick in next week’s draft. Hortiz, though, made it pretty clear that he’s not just...

I have a crazy Greg Schiano (saw his name in the initial post) story if interested....but I may have posted it before and don't wanna be that guy... https://www.bearsfansonline.com/forum/search.php?keywords=schiano&terms=all&author=dplank&sc=1&sf=all&sr=posts&sk=t&sd=d&a...

Love it Hoog, I’m super excited also! Don’t sleep on Swift either, I think he was a sneaky big addition that will have a big impact on our offense. We are stacked, Poles has done an outstanding job. All we really need is for CW to be as good as advertised and we are going to be a very dangerous tea...

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/22239-jones-fracture Jones fractures usually require surgery, and have higher risks for complications than other types of foot fractures. Refracture: Jones fractures have a higher risk of breaking again than other broken bones. Kinda squeamish. I'd only...

Albany DE AJ Simon had a great Pro Day and probably moved himself into the tail end of the draft, and then Top FCS prospect passes away … The real world intruded on the build up to next week’s draft with word that star Albany DE AJ Simon, one of the better FCS prospects in the 2024 class, passed awa...

https://www.windycitygridiron.com/2023/2/16/23603133/chicago-bears-nfl-draft-2023-doing-plenty-of-work-tcu-steve-avila-extensive-senior-bowl-luke-getsy Re Availa I think Poles has a thing for, bordering on a really unhealthy obsession, with "nasty". I can name plenty of effective OLmen wh...

For bottom of the roster guys, I would take the older players who did the 5th year. They more than likely are more mature and are willing to bust their ass. I really don't think they consider they will have 1 or 2 less years to play. At the bottom of the draft, you're not asking "Am I going to...

I know it's tough to tell much from photos... but some things stood out. 1 - The offensive linemen look lean. Especially Darnell Wright and Larry Borom. 2 - Matt Pryor is a huge human being 3 - Gervon Dexter looks to be in phenomenal shape 4 - Jack Sanborn looks like he's put on weight 5 - Dexter a...

Marc Sessler has done a list of QB draft ranks since 2000: https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-draft-ranking-all-24-quarterback-classes-since-2000 I couldn't resist doing a quick analysis on this: I assigned 5 pts for every QB drafted 1-10, 3 pts for 11-20, 1 pt for 21-40 Totaled them up for each year Gra...