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Green Bay will make it work but giving Rodgers 50mil and tagging Adams (20 mil) they are going to lose some good players. They were already 45 mil in the hole. But that included 46 mil going to Rodgers. They 27 free agents plus have to cut some salary. No Campbell, Rasual Douglas, Kenny King, Robert Tonyan, and almost all of there WRs. I don't think they will be as good as previous 2 years.

We resigned Simmons/OT, Mustifer/OC and Jasper Horsted/TE..Other than a few SP team additions, this shows his first evaluation of the roster. Hosted is a no brainer, made the highlight film on only a few reps. I find it interesting that he sees some game in Mustifer and Simmons . Maybe he sees Simmons as a OG..If he doesn't add a OC in free agency, he may think he is capable of starting again.

If Seattle has no interest in trading him, you would have to throw an ungodly amount draft capital to get him. Other teams would have more picks to offer,, no way that ever happens.

Since all the good WRs won't be available or cost to much, I would sign Joseph Noteboom/LT and Brian Allen./OC and then with the first two picks in the draft, grab WRs. In the two fifth round picks get a developmental OT and OG. Two positions fixed in one yr.

Several top names are going to be tagged and resigning to existing team. Williams, Gallup, Adams, Godwin will not be available. Christian Kirk and D J Shark will be more expensive. Add Cooper to a big pay check. When Poles talked about 2nd and 3rd wave players, those will will be all that are left. He just needs to grab a Kalif Raymond and Byron Pringle and be done with it.

I think that kind of trade would happen if a SB contender gets someone hurt in training camp and then trades to upgrade. They will address the spot in FA and the draft first. If training camp then wouldn't do much for this year. Maybe right before the trading deadline, similar to Miller going to LA.

That would be an excellent draft but I think they would address an OL with one of the first two picks. Diesch is a good development player , but he won't be starting the first year. The first 2 picks need to be starters. Watson probably won't make it to 63 but that would be awesome..

We need to move back and get a 4th round pick. Only having 5 picks sucks considering Poles wants to build threw the draft. Poles was in the room last yr when KC drafted a 6th round OG, Trey Smith , that started for them last year. Pick 63 was a pro bowl rookie OC , Creed Humphrey. I can see that happening for us.

A lot of the free agents the Bears look at will disappear by tags and resigning with current team. 90% of the time they have the advantage. I seen an article on Sports Mockery by Eric Lambert that was interesting. After just bad mouthing him over a story, I'm going to have to give him some credit. He brought up Zack Tom a LT not highly rated that use to play OC. He was rated high at that but Wake Forest needed him to play LT for the last two years. He could be that sneeky 5th round pick that starts at OC for us next year. https://www.sportsmockery.com/chicago-bears/the-left-tackle-ryan-poles-may-see-as-his-own-creed-humphrey/

WRs.....Watson, Pierce, Jahan Dotson, George Pickens, Calvin Austin, Skyy Moore. Ones that should be available at 39 or 71.

If a prize is there at 39, keep it , do what you stated, trade 71.

A lot of speed in the LB group.

I heard a podcast with Olin today. His biggest concern was to go out and get best LT in your price range and start there with fixing the oline. He also said do not count out Mustifer as being the starting OC this year. He is bias because he helps train Sam . He said Sam knows what he needs to work on and will get it done. That the outside zone scheme fits his talent better. If I remember he played very well in 2020 the five games he started. He put on 30 lbs and didn't feel comfortable with it. Look for him to be 15 lbs lighter and not lose any strength. The LTs out of our price range are Armsted, O Brown, Cam Robinson, Duane Brown. The potential LTs available: Nate Solder, Eric Fisher, Joseph Noteboom, Chris Hubbard, and Cornelius Lucas. I would say the best options would to sign Solder or Fisher to a one year deal as you develop a draft pick. My choice would to pay Joseph Noteboom on a 4 year contract and watch him grow. He has played limited snaps but performed well the last two years. Its a risk but one you may win. If Noteboom can handle the job and Mustifer steps up, thats 4 spots pinned down. I would say your only decision is resign Daniels and cut Whitehair, or go with Daniels. Draft a OT and OC prospects later in the draft. Use your first two picks on dynamic WRs. They will be good choices there.

I went through the rated top 6 WRs by many publications and it generally doesn't include these two. That will change now but that means someone else drops. Maybe Jahan Dotson or a Treylon Burks. I would take any of them. Sky Moore would be a good get , a #1 WR will be there.Alex Pierce is my choice.

Definitely one of the best OL prospects this year. Closest thing to Quinton Nelson in the draft.

I liked Chris Olave, that's pretty obvious but I thought Alex Pierce and Christian Watson were pretty impressive. Both shouted be there at 39.

I think with possibility of them cutting Cooper for cap relief, they go strong to bring back Wilson and Gallup. Wilson would definitely upgrade over Goodwin and Bryd.

I read an article today throwing another FA WR name out there. Isaiah Mackenzie. He,has 4.42 speed , a quick twitch at 26. He filled in for Cole Beasley when he missed time. He would mainly be a slot WR, kind of a Tarik Cohen clone. Would come at a couple mil a Year.

I totally agree with that, he only played 400 snaps in 2 yrs but graded out very well.

I can see us going after a OC in free agency. Several could be got on median contracts. Ted Karras, Brian Allen, Bradley Boseman are all listed between 5-7 mil a year . That would be the cheapest acquisition compared to getting a OT. The big question is does Poles view Daniels as an essential resign. Because of his age, he is projected to get between 8-10 mil a year. We will know as soon as Free agency starts, what Poles thinks of Daniels. Also if Whitehair doesn't fit his lineman profile, a post June 1st cut saves us 8.2 mil. Which could pay for Daniels or a FA center. So l would like to see us sign a OC, drop Whitehair,, resign Daniels, Draft a OT. I think someone already suggested that in another post.

There is a chance we can get a #1 WR picking in the draft. Kupp was a third round pick. T Hill was 5th rounder. Adam Thielen was a UDFA. Stefon Diggs 5th, D Adams 2nd , Tyler Lockett 3rd, Chris Godwin 3rd , Terry McLaurin 3rd . . We add a couple of FAs. maybe Valdes-Scantling, a big WR with some speed 4.37 or Byron Pringle, 4.46. Kalif Raymond 4.34. , Chris Conley 4.35.

Jenkins is a nasty football player and will start at L or RT. Hopefully on the left. I think he becomes a pro Bowl player.

Poles talked today about lean offensive lineman that can move . Who do we have on the roster that fits that mold. Jenkins moves well for a big guy. I don't think Borom fits that scheme. If Borom loses more weight does that change for him? He is more of a road grader than an agile OL. I do think Daniels fits as a move blocker. So if Borom is a backup, do they resign Daniels and bring in a OT and move Jenkins to RT? Does Alan Bars come into play. I think they used a zone scheme at ND. Does that mean they stick with Mustifer and get him stronger to handle stronger DTs? Mustifer was weak at point of contact but can more strength change that? Evaluate our rostered OL and see what say you.

I think it would be easy to say Daniels is a better player than Borom right now. The question is at 10 mil a yr, how much better? At what price can you bring in a new Oline to take the roster spot for Daniels? 10 mil is probably fair but because of the money you're paying Whitehair, oh just can't invest that much in Daniels. I always cheer when players get paid but when you look back , most the time , it doesn't look like a good contract. We have to pay Roquan because he has more impact than players like Daniels. If Daniels made a pro Bowl, then the argument is different but he didn't. I think for sake of balancing the cap , paying Brian Allen or Alex Karras 6-7 mil is a better value.

I read where Daniels contract would be around 10 mil. per year That will be to rich for oline. If its around 8 per yr, I see them doing it. Whitehair is making 12 per.