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Yes GB go get him. He has a $22mil cap hit this year even though they only have $20mil in cap space right now. If you make any trade you'll likely want to extend his contract which will be a deal similar to what Adams just received which came in around $28mil/yr.

Of the two backup S DHC was the right one to keep. Bush played better last year but he was still often to slow to react. Of course Eddie Jackson was making everyone look better.

Seems he got 5/$75mil with incentives up to $87.5mil. How much those incentives are likely to be earned? We'll have to wait for details but I'd guess he can easily reach $80mil. We don't need to take that risk for what likely amounts to $17.5mil/yr for a guy who is going to be 31. There's no reason to think his injury issues will get better with more money and more age.

Interesting news on Foles.

Reading the quotes from Poles regarding all the FAs he's signed and he had something positive to say about each of them and what they bring to the game. For example: DE Al-Quadin Muhammad “Quan represents the play style coach Eberflus wants our entire team to have,” Poles said. “His motor and desire to affect the game stands out. We are excited to have him. We would like to thank Drew Rosenhaus at Rosenhaus Sports for helping bring him to Chicago.” Then he got to St. Brown: “We are excited to make Equanimeous St. Brown the newest Bear,” Poles said. “We would like to thank Joby Branion at Vanguard Sports for helping bring him to Chicago.” IMO that more than a little damning. This signing feels more like St. Brown wanted to follow Getsy here and get another shot to revive his career. He was willing to sign early to do so although he may not have had any offers down the road. For Poles it was street FA signing with little to no risk and he certainly isn't very enthusiastic about it.

So you don't want to trade 3 first round picks for a QB who missed a season, and then turn around and give him $230mil guaranteed?

Buffalo just ate up a bunch of cap space, at least in the future. Von Miller has a mere $5mil hit this year and it appears they have $7mil left which used to be a typical rookie pool. They are all-in on Super Bowl this year. We could poison pill Bates contract heavy this year with $6mil bonus/guarantees, then $2mil next year. I don't know if Poles would want to do that given the tight budget we have.

I don't think he has great "hands" and there aren't many contested catches in his highlights but considering the $ difference this is a good deal for the Bears.

Maybe it was just a wounded ego, we may never know. https://thedraftnetwork.com/articles/allen-robinson-injury-status-chicago-bears

It's a deep draft at edge rusher too.

What little I can find of his highlights he brings ability similar to what we saw from Trevis Gipson last year. A good player to have in your rotation. Good enough to get get the trade value out of Quinn if there are any takers.

Hopefully he can block too.

I am sure the injury issue came up during talks with the agent. The Bears were likely told he'd be ready to get on the field by xx date. After our med eval that wasn't the case and maybe this was going to drag out closer to training camp. Whatever the details, I'm glad Poles has the courage to back out of the deal rather than trying to save face and bring him and have our medical staff try to get him healthy. Baushad Breeland had an issue like this years ago and he ended up losing his big contract and then waited to sign until late in the year.

This deal just fell through. He failed his physical.

Yeah I saw that too. He takes some big hits and has really good contact balance. He'll find that on the Bears he won't be open by 10yds as often as he was in KC, if ever.

I think Pringle is more of a slot WR and there is no need to go after Landy, I don't have his stats but just watching his 2021 highlights he appeared to be in the slot on the majority of the plays. He was doing some kick coverage too! He's betting on himself which is what Poles said he liked and if he plays well we have plenty of room to re-sign him next year. If St Brown couldn't do much with an elite QB throwing to him I don't expect much from him. Getsy knows him but this feels more like St.Brown thinking a fresh start in a familiar offense will help him as much as any other place. He's not the type of player who wants to be unsigned after an elite WR draft because that phone might not ring. We'll see if he makes the roster.

That's all that needed to be said. We want players who love the game more than they love looking at their own press clippings.

Kudos to Grant for earning another good contract. For the Bears, Poles was right not to match the deal for a guy at that age (turns 30 in Oct) who is primarily a returner. I wanted him back but figured it'd be $2-3mil/yr, low guarantee cut him whenever you want type contract. There are more important needs where that money can be spent. You can always draft a PR late any year but for now we'll be ok with Dazz Newsome. Worst case while we are rebuilding this year we do the Belichick thing and put someone out there to fair catch the ball. It's not the end of the world, go fix the Oline for Fields.

I should change that. He can play center too and that's most likely where he ends up depending on how the rest of FA/draft goes. It seems logical having him at C will help the transition to Getsy's new offense. It's only 2 years so if he hits it out of the park he's young enough to come back for a good 3rd contract. OTOH the Bears have little liability too. If it's correct we were in the game with Brian Allen before he decided to return to LA, then Poles has a bigger budget for FA Oline than what we've seen so far. Allen signed for 3yr/$24mil and he didn't want to use similar money on Daniels. He also didn't use it on Lucas Patrick. It's stating the obvious we have needs to fill but there is more come in terms of a good Oline FA player and likely soon. I don't think we're waiting for tier 3. LT? OG?

I guess we shouldn't be surprised a former Packer OG is our first Oline FA signing: Some context:

It's a weak draft for QBs. A lot of team are trying to sort out their QB situation Bears fans are going to like this guy. I realize this is a highlight film but still pairing him with Roquan in coverage is going to present some challenges to offenses. i

No doubt. We could have easily matched that and we all figured Daniels’ skill set matched what they want. We are in for a big overhaul on the Oline.

Been reading elsewhere that Bozeman is not a good fit for what we want to do in zone blocking/ outside zone. I can't speak to that myself.

So much for sitting on the sideline and waiting for Tier2/3 to fall to you. Whenever you do a deal like this in the first 2hr of FA you went hard after that target. Hard enough to get everyone else to back off negotiations quickly. I expected this more for an Oline position.

That's not something I'd want to see the Bears do. You have to wonder how much of this news is just gamesmanship where Poles or others are just driving up the price of one guy they don't really want (Kirk) so their real target (Shuster) drops to them at a lower cost.