Mongo3451

It's not that he's not wanted. He's the swing guard and they won't pay him starter money to stay. NE has arguably the best guard combo in the league. He'll start for someone this season.

Yea, I just posted about him in the Moore tread.

What about that Thomas kid from NE? He filled in for some games and graded very well, He's young and will likely come cheap.

This is the Olin Kreutz negotiation all over again. He eventually took less money than we offered to go suck elsewhere. Hopefully the Bears and 54 learned from that.

I think Trav was Nostrodamus on this thread though. Gotta give him props!

I think they'll try to recoup Hester's speed this off season. It's doable. He'll have to change his workout routine. Since he is no longer a WR, he'll be able to concentrate on getting his speed back. Since returning will be his only chance to make an impact he may just be hungry enough for success to return to old form. Of course they'll evaluate that and determine if he's worth the money before camp is over.

I've been reading a lot of insider info on Cutler lately and don't like what I'm seeing. One former Bears coach said he's uncontrollable. I like Cutler and hope he succeeds. This will be his make or break year with the Bears.

If I were KC, I would trade down and get some extra picks. Lane Johnson will end up being the best player in this draft and they could get him later.

No post intended...

From what you typed, it looks like it's cheaper to keep him. Please clarify, as I am not a cap savvy guy...

Let that be a lesson to you...

Aren't we a little chippy? When you make a statement like that, just know it better be on point or we will get you. I know I read that, due to sample size, we couldn't quantify how horrible he was.(BTW - you never used the word horrible like you claimed you did) Has was obviously and undoubtedly the worst lineman in the NFL last year regardless of how long he was the starter. Back to the turd analogies. No matter how much poop you smell, it still smells like poop and never stops smelling like poop.

Sample size? How much did anyone need to see before he killed our team? He was the starter and got yanked in favor of someone equally horrible. He and Rachal may not be fit for the CFL.

Maybe structure the contract so it looks better to the public. Like 2 years 10mil with all sorts of incentives he will never get.

correct

It's not super clear. but in a nutshell, I think the OL should be built inside out and he thinks Left to right. It may not be winnable.

How about a post eating crow and an acknowledgement of greater knowledge? It will be a tough pill for whoever loses.

How about the believed in him so much they traded for him?

We agree in principle, just disagree on the how to do it. I'm willing to make a wager for fun...

I remember some of us clamoring for him last year. I'm thinking we'll stand pat at tackle and upgrade the interior, as it is worse off.

While I agree with the turd analogy, I think you tend to exaggerate when you portray others expectations of the OL unit. Webb in particular. Starting with the assumption that we don't know what we can count on down the road. Do we want to blow it all up and start from scratch? The answer is yes of you want to lose. We only have the ability to address 2 maybe 3 OL positions this year. So do we start by replacing arguably our most promising , young and least expensive resource? The math and logistics are bad there. While we may want nice upgrades in improvement from all our OL, that's just never going to happen due to the talent margins in the NFL. The order of importance for our team is OG, OG, C, LT and RT in my opinion.

Yup!

Manti in the 1st wouldn't go well with me.

Make it so then. Blocking TE's are obsolete IMO...

PFF's official stance is that his rating of -.2 is considered average. I think...