karhu wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 2:27 pm

LOL....the flirtation begins.

I still gotta chuckle about how fans want to keep drafting for defense because that's a Bears tradition. So pass on a more elite player at #9 so we can draft two or three more less elite players with a later 1st round pick and a couple day two picks. Quantity over top quality. We already know how t...

I'll take a shot at it. Where do you want me to start because you've pretty much thrown the whole garden at this. Let's start with we aren't competing for a SB this year (probably not) but we are bringing in a rookie QB and giving him a target many will call one of the most QB friendly WR in the NF...

I still gotta chuckle about how fans want to keep drafting for defense because that's a Bears tradition. So pass on a more elite player at #9 so we can draft two or three more less elite players with a later 1st round pick and a couple day two picks. Quantity over top quality. We already know how t...

If I'm not mistaken the NFL pays that performance bonus from a pool set up for that reason. Regardless I'd say Borom is a potential trade prospect or a vet cut in Sept. I was thinking they should . OTC and Spotrac both have his cap hit/nbr at 3.1, though. Saw that. All I could find was info that se...

I still gotta chuckle about how fans want to keep drafting for defense because that's a Bears tradition. So pass on a more elite player at #9 so we can draft two or three more less elite players with a later 1st round pick and a couple day two picks. Quantity over top quality. We already know how to...

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...

Yeah, confidence bordering on arrogance is fine, as long as your mouth isn't writing checks your ass can't cash. Just like my boy Maverick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oATXLAS9MQ LOL.....first thing I thought of. That and Tom Skeritt saying he liked a pilot to be a little cocky, a little arroga...

Our turn comes up at 9. No trading down. These three players are still on the board; Joe Alt Rome Odunze Brock Bowers Who are you taking? Why? I'm taking Alt. Jones is good, but if I have the chance to anchor my LT position for the next 10 years. I'm doing it. Flip a coin on Odunze vs Alt. It would...

I've been running this logic through my head and I'm not liking the answer I keep coming up with. WR just isn't making logical sense to me. We traded a 4th for Allen. We are taking CW at #1. Allen is a UFA after this season, and we aren't really in a position to think Super Bowl this year. So, a lo...

Kamara is a LB at the next level. More likely than not a 3-4 OLB but it all depends on who drafts him and how they line him up. The Broncos had Elvis Dumervile who was even shorter than Kamara. He managed to have a very good NFL career playing both as a DE and as an OLB. He was a very productive co...

There's a comprehensive rundown of the QB prospects in this year's draft, including those likely to go undrafted, over at nfl.com 2024 NFL Draft: Pro execs, scouts, coaches rank and evaluate the top 20 prospects in this QB class https://www.nfl.com/news/2024-nfl-draft-pro-execs-scouts-coaches-rank-...

Grizzled wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 5:34 am Pushed for Dent to be drafted. During his entire Bears career, they drafted 5 HOFers: Walter, Hampton, Dent, Singletary, and Covert. They also signed McMichael as a FA. A golden era for the team. RIP.

I'm truly hoping we see another era like that under Poles and Cunningham.

I've seen this one before. I know how it ends. ;) They were who we thought they were. lol Yeah, that sucky offense was really exposed that game. Urlacher had to don his cape and win the game almost singlehandedly with a timely assist from Mr Ridiculous. So glad to see Hester get the HOF recognition...

Nor would I. Not when that's the kind of AAV we're talking about for Moore. Poles is not gonna pay two WR that kind of money. But one advantage we do have is that Moore's current deal is not very costly at roughly $16 mil per year for 2024-2025. That makes it possible to pay Allen his $23 mil this ...

I've seen this one before. I know how it ends.

I've considered that possibility, too. It does make some sense. I can't see them doing it, in the end, though. They need something to sell their fanbase on. And there's nothing better suited to doing that than a shiny new QB. Dude, the odds of Keenan Allen retiring as a Bear are high. You don't spe...

https://x.com/ImBearingDown/status/1781671220137590946 Some things that stand out to me other than his size and strength; his hands, his body control, and his ability to track the ball downfield. That last is very elite. He's like a great center fielder in baseball able to track the ball to where h...

Let's all admit that so far it's just talk. Good talk, optimistic talk, but talk nonetheless. I can recall hearing much the same from every top draft pick the Bears have had during my years as a fan and many top picks of other teams as well. When it finally comes down to I'm not gonna tell you what ...

Herbert has no trade value IMO, better keeping him as depth. I wouldn't say he has no trade value. Poles can get pretty creative sometimes. Maybe he can be used to improve on a current position as opposed to accepting a 6th or 7th round pick for him. If there are no offers now wait 'til camps open ...

If the Bears follow the same track as virtually every other NFL team then a prospect with an injury history either passes medical scrutiny or he does not and isn't even on that teams board. And this comes from a guy like Greg Gabriel who was part of that process with the Bears and NYG for many years...

For me it's simple. YOU DON'T DO IT. You have the number one pick in a year where the number one prospect is considered special. Don't over-think it. Don't over-analyze it. Don't try to be smarter than everyone else. Use the number one pick on the consensus number one prospect. Full stop. That sums...

One thing that seems to unique about this draft is that after the top picks who are essentially the QB, three WRs, and the top OL and DL players the second tier seems to grade out so closely to one another Poles or any GM should be able to circle at least 3-4 players he'd be happy with around the sp...

By now I would hope that any chance Poles will trade that #1 pick is one of those things caused by delirium. For good or ill the die has been cast. It just won't become official for another week.

thunderspirit wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 6:21 pm

It still burns me that Poles commited the unforgivable sin of paying a god damn running back. Swift better be top 3 this year. Yep. It's not that I don't like him as a player. But (a) don't pay running backs unless they're healthy and elite and (b) we had a very, very effective run game going with ...

https://x.com/BillyM_91/status/1780949602646028592 There's that name again... Glad you brought that up because I was about to. Murphy seems to be rising on quite a few boards and if a top three WR isn't on the board at #9 he's probably a guy Poles and Flus should look at very seriously. He's pretty...

We may want to get used to it. I'd say there's a better than 50/50 chance it'll end up that way. Starting now it's time to let the NFCN know that Bears no longer "get off the bus running" only.

At this point in time do we really care what yet another evaluation has to say? I believe some of the "old school" types like Greg Garbriel put more emphasis on that incident than others but as of today what does it matter? He's still gonna be the kid we draft and pin our hopes on. We kno...

The expansion of EVP and SVP personnel along with every other front office position tallies as many or more than there are players on an active roster. Things sure have changed in the last 50 years or so when back then it was GSH, Mugs, and their coffee boy Ed McCaskey.