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I suspect Pagano had a ton of input into this. I don't know much about Skrine but his little highlight clip from a few years ago shows he's going to play with some attitude. Which probably generates some penalties. I'm not surprised Pace had his plan B set and pulled the trigger early. I assume the word is Callahan is drawing significant interest and quickly priced himself out of contention for the Bears. Pace wasn't going to wait around and then lose out on the best tier 2 FA NB, at least the one he wanted. Most here wanted Callahan back over Amos (assuming we can't have both) because we viewed the NB spot more critical to the success of the defense than SS. In a way Pace validated that assessment even if Skrine is a downgrade.

Tyrann was a bigger play guy but he's just not as quick as he used to be. He was never a fast guy either. He still has the play smarts but I'd rather stick with the reliable Amos before taking a gamble on the often injured Mathieu.

I agree, there no point with just a 6/7 in return.

I see Pace trading Howard and moving up into the top of the 3rd Rd to draft a RB named Miles Sanders.

Tyrann Mathieu is not the same player he was 4 years ago after all his injuries. If we sign him it will be a repeat of all the other vet safeties we brought in on multi-year deals and then let go after one season. There is a reason the Texans' fans don't want him back.

I think it's possible Acho comes back on a one-year deal, or maybe I should say I don't think Pace would mind having him back on a 1yr vet minimum deal.

Pace is trying to scoop up the best FA kickers he can find before the draft. Then he's going to bring in another one or two after the draft and let 'em battle it out. I hope it works.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/bears-cutting-olb-sam-acho/ As expected and we gain 2.1mil in cap space.

Yes it does, and that's why I think Isabella's going to go higher than initially expected. The Combine also boosted Tarik Cohen into a 4th Rd pick when everyone had him pegged later.

I've liked Callahan for years but I get the sense we (Pace) are accepting that we'll likely have to move on to other options. We just had one of the best defenses in the NFL and that always draws attention to your FAs. It's hard to think someone out there won't throw some good money at Callahan. Please don't throw out the option of Ty(also)rann Mathieu. Injuries have taken their toll and he's not what he used to be.

With legit 4.3 speed I think he goes in the 3rd Rd, and maybe late 2nd. Remember the Rams traded up to draft Tayvon Austin in the first round, and Austin ran a 4.34 forty. IMO he's a little bit different from the smaller Tayvon Austin types who have a good forty time but it's largely because of their initial quickness and they don't have long speed. Austin is still fast, and is probably quicker in his cuts (see better 2yd shuttle time), but Isabella can fly. He'll need some scheme help to get open at times but that's nothing for a guy like Nagy or Belichick. He'd be perfectly fine in the Taylor Gabriel role in our offense. We have other needs so I'm not expecting us to draft him unless he falls into the 5th Rd. At that point anything is possible. ...and against Georgia he was able to get deep a couple time albeit likely against the 2nd string. I have no reason to think Georgia's backup defenders aren't talented athletes.

Where does Andy Isabella end up? You can't help but think Belichick already has a plan in place to draft him.

That's awesome.

If we're not going after an RB1 I like Pollard more than Henderson. Henderson has a nice skillset and could handle more snaps but Pollard actually has the smoke that Mizzell falsely advertises. Pollard could backup the role Cohen plays in the offense and probably special teams, or he can backup Howard. If we were to lose Howard to Injury we can just bring up a guy like Nall to handle the tough yards.

https://officialize.com/@roquansmith/blogs/blog/reflections-of-my-rookie-season?utm_campaign=twitter&utm_source=social&utm_medium=social

https://www.windycitygridiron.com/2019/2/28/18245085/chicago-bears-meeting-running-backs-nfl-combine-draft-bryce-love-benny-snell-miles-sanders-rumors The Bears have already met with four running backs that could be available in the mid to later rounds, and they are Stanford’s Bryce Love (per Mark Grote), Kentucky’s Benny Snell (per Mark Grote), Washington State’s James Williams (per Patrick Finley), and Penn State’s Miles Sanders (per Christian Shanafelt). Sanders said that he and Tarik Cohen would make an effective duo in Chicago.

LMAO... Pace: "Kyle we need your help. We want to get a new kicker." Kyle: "Where do I sign?"

Kudos to Sam Summerville. That's a pretty prestigious award to win and the amount of detailed work it takes to be a good scout, much of which is on the road away from home, is tough to do.

details https://twitter.com/fieldyates/status/1100741761083887616?s=21 As part of Kyle Long’s restructured, Chicago created $2.9M in cap space, per source. Long agreed to drop his base salary to $2.5M with bonuses/incentives bringing his cap hit to $5.6M for 2019

I'm glad we got this done too. It was one of the contract changes I was hoping to see happen. We still don't know details but just converting some salary to guaranteed money will lower his cap hit. Biggs reported it as a pay cut so maybe there is a lower annual salary in there in exchange for the bigger guarantee. Next up should be Whitehair's extension. I was not in the camp of cutting Long. Maybe next year if he had another injury plagued season but this is his first offseason with no surgeries where he can get back to working on his craft. I think he's got a lot left in the tank.

That's a bad sign for Robbie's negotiations. At least he's either getting a solid 1yr deal or they will give him some good guaranteed money if they come to an agreement.

I really don't care what two adults decide to do on their own but I really detest the fact he was doing this through a place that was doing human trafficking. There is zero reason for him to have to engage with this kind of business. This stuff goes on all the time in Arizona and many other cities with a lot of immigration issues. SanFran, LA, Phoenix, Miami, NYC. The reality is most Americans just don't care and are happy to look the other way. People, regardless of what side (or sides) they are on, just read whatever "news" makes them feel better about what's going on. It is already the same with Kraft as most articles don't even mention the human trafficking issue. Compare that to what Kareem Hunt went through in just the first 24hrs after the video broke of him half-heartedly kicking a woman who had already hit him. If that little kick was enough to have people say Hunt should never play in the NFL again what do we do with Kraft who supports a business that enslaves foreign women as sex workers? https://www.businessinsider.com/robert-kraft-arrest-sex-trafficking-ring-bust-women-sex-against-will-2019-2 "Victims of alleged human-trafficking ring that ensnared Robert Kraft were forced to live in massage parlors and perform sex acts, according to police." "According to police, the victims averaged eight clients a day."

magical double post ... admins please delete it.

Surprising news this is not. If he signs on elsewhere, and he likely will at some point, then the Bears will at least get some relief from the new contract offset. I expect that new contract for Parkey will be rather small but maybe we get another mil in cap space. https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1099078342974885888

Surprising news this is not. https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1099078342974885888