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Here is a list of our acquisitions, players re-signed, players lost, and remaining free agents: Free Agent Additions Chase Daniel - QB - knows system and Pace, good pickup Tyler Bray - QB - knows system coming from KC, makes sense Allen Robinson - WR - coming off injury, but ceiling is pretty high, clearly our #1 (about time) Taylor Gabriel - WR - versatile WR, can line up anywhere, will be fun to see with Cohen on the field Trey Burton - TE - not a ton of production for the contract, but upside is there, Burton-Shaheen should be a fun TE Duo. Aaron Lynch - LB - played for Fangio, should be an immediate upgrade Cody Parkey - K - look a real kicker Re-signed Sam Acho - good depth, and special teams Prince Amukamara - good re-signing, another year with the secondary, the continuity should help Daniel Brown - depth and special teams Kyle Fuller - kind of crazy the way this played out with the Packers, ultimately Fuller gets $14M a year. I am torn on this, we couldn't let him walk, but he is now a top 5 CB (paid) in the league for at least the next 3 years. Hopefully he plays like one, now the highest paid player on the team. Pat O'Donnell - He has never lived up to his Mega Punt name, but has been in the top half of the league for net yardage. Bradley Sowell - Lost Compton and Sitton, so we needed to hold onto someone, will need to address OL in the draft. John Timu - Another depth/Special Teams resigning. Sherrick McManis - ST Captain, logical resigning. Marcus Cooper - haven't seen this official yet, but it looks like Bears cut him and are planning to re-sign him. I don't know, he was pretty bad last year, I would've looked elsewhere. Worst re-signing. RFA's Tendered Josh Bellamy - meh, hopefully only for ST Bryce Callahan - very solid slot corner, hopefully no one offers him a bigger contract Cameron Meredith - coming off injury, surprised as the low tender, hopefully no one offers him anything outrageous, it would be nice to keep him on the roster, especially with White as a question mark. Lost in Free Agency Tom Compton Josh Sitton Andrew DePaola Mike Glennon (thank god, and LMAO Arizona, did you watch any of Glennon's footage from last season?) Christian Jones Cairo Santo - his signature was wide right on the contract he signed Mitch Unrein - thought he was solid, but DL may be a target in the draft Pernell McPhee - off-injured UFA's Benny Cunningham - wouldn't mind him back, but nothing special Lamarr Houston Dontrelle Inman John Jenkins Zach Miller - wouldn't be surprised if he retired Mike Nugent Mark Sanchez Kendall Wright Willie Young - his cutting was somewhat of a surprise Markus Wheaton - wow was he a disappointment My one question is why the hell do we still have Dion Simson the roster? What a waste of a roster spot.

Would you guys be happy with something like this for free agency: Trumaine Johnson, CB (28) Andrew Norwell, OG (26) Sheldon Richardson, DT (27) Albert Wilson, WR (25) Trey Burton, TE (26)

Yeah, you could show run formation with 2 TE sets, then have these two monsters rumbling into the secondary with Cohen slipping out into the flats. That would be tough to defend.

From what I saw, I thought Da’Ron Payne, Mike Gesicki, and Harold Landry all helped their draft stock and looked like absolute studs. Payne ran a sub-5 40 at 311 lbs, Gesicki nailed every drill and Landry was a beast as well. Orlando Brown may not even be drafted, he was absolutely brutal. I can't remember a top prospect look so bad in the combine. It was like they took a big fat guy off the street and ran him thru the events.

I believe he is terrible at blocking, but that's why he would be available in the 3rd and 4th. I see him more like Jimmy Graham, as a pass catching TE. I just thought it would be a matchup nightmare between him, Shaheen, and Cohen.

I know we have Shaheen, but man, Gesicki is tearing it up: His last two seasons: 48-679, 14.1, 5 TDs 57-563, 9.9, 9 TDs That is some great production and he is 6'6" and 250 lbs, so he is not just a workout warrior. Would you consider him as an option if he is sitting there in the 4th?

I am all in on Wilson: I would rather have Wilson at half the cost of Landry with Howard, a draft pick (assuming we would have to use one on an RB), and retain our current slots (assuming we would swap with Miami from 8 to 11) than trading for Landry, taking on his salary, drafting a new RB and potentially moving from 8 to 11. Now I am open to trading Howard if the compensation is comparable, but I don't think Landry-Howard is an even trade.

I don't know about either not being elite. Howard is in the top 3 in rushing yards over the last two years and Landry caught the most receptions this year. Both were in crap offenses too, which makes their numbers even better. I am torn on this move even if it is just a rumor. Wright played decent in the slot, so we would be upgrading from Wright to Landry while going from Howard to potentially a rookie. So we lose a draft pick filling the new RB hole. The assumption has been we would pick up Wilson (KC) or Gabriel (ATL) for the slot, so we wouldn't have to use a draft pick on that position. In this trade, we would need to use one on an RB. So this seems like a negative sum gain unless Miami gave us an extra pick (3rd rounder).

I am 5'11", 190 lbs and can do 10 at 225. This dude weighs 155 lbs more than me and can only do 4 more reps than me? Seriously? That is sad. All this guy had to do is hit the gym 3-4 times a week and work strictly on bench press and the 40. He clearly sat on a couch and played Xbox after the season. Zero work ethic.

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Any chance of an upgrade of IP.Board?

Definitely, we have cap flexibility to actually bring in some blue chip talent this time. I hope we can extend those 3, and bring in 3 top flight guys with a few mid range guys.

Yeah, they need to use some of that FA money on our own guys (Fuller, Amos, and Goldman).

Per everyone. Glennon saves $11.5 and Young saves $4.5, so another $16mil. Kyle Long now the oldest player on the team at 29. Now with the 3rd most cap space heading into free agency and 6th youngest team in the league. Wheaton and Cooper should be next, another $9.5 in savings and would make us the 4th youngest team in the league.

Don't forget Wheaton $5 and Cooper $4.5 should bump it to $80M.

Ok, if you guys don't mind, please post how you believe the top 7 picks will fall out in the draft: 1. CLE 2. NYG 3. IND 4. CLE 5. DEN 6. NYJ 7. TB I used the following mock draft database to come up with some consensus top 6 picks and their probability. (http://www.letsgoredskins.com/MockDraft.htm) Using the information from mocks from 10JAN until now, I came up with 660 data points (6x 110 mocks). Here are the percentages by slot for the top 6: 1. Darnold (52.7%) 2. Rosen (50%) 3. Chubb (60%) 4. Fitzpatrick (41.8%) 5. Mayfield (23.6%) 6. Allen (20.9%) This is the overall percentage on being selected in the top 6: 1. Rosen 96.4% 2. Darnold 94.5% 3. Barkley 89.1% -------------------- 4. Chubb 76.4% 5. Mayfield 61.8% 6. Fitzpatrick 58.2% 7. Allen 53.6% ----------------- 8. Nelson 30% 9. Jackson 10% 10. Smith 5.5% So for me, I have to say the top 3 are absolute givens and should be all at 100%, and I assume these numbers will creep up as we get closer to the draft. Just for simplicity's sake, the top 7 players will not be available to the Bears at #8: 1. Rosen 2. Darnold 3. Barkley 4. Chubb 5. Mayfield 6. Fitzpatrick 7. Allen To me, this sets up pretty good for the Bears, either 4x QB's go and Barkley, leaving us with one of Chubb, Fitzpatrick, or Nelson, or 1 of the QB's is not selected and sitting there when we pick (for a trade down). If we miss out on those three, and keep the pick, what is left? Brown, OL Williams, OL Jackson, CB Smith, LB Edmunds, LB Ridley, WR Sutton, WR

I have never been a fan of this. We lose Alshon, and because we signed Glennon, Wheaton, Cooper, etc, we get no compensation but our team was actually worse without him. They base it on the net difference between salary of FA's gained and lost. So if you sign 5 filler guys at $5 mil each, that is equal to 2x top tier starters at $12.5 each. To me I would like to see these changes: 1. Teams only get comp picks for players they drafted or acquired as a UDFA 2. Teams should be limited to 3 comp picks (currently 4) 3. Comp rounds should be 4th-7th (not 3rd)

After reading some more about him, I am ok with this. Also, Robinson is coming off injury, so who knows how he will be. However, Lee should be available from the Jags.

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/page/32for...-nfl-teams-2018 Looks like he is going to be off the market.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300000091...s-just-business Interesting story. Hopefully, this doesn't impact one of the teams in front of the Bears. My hope is Cousins goes to someone like Jacksonville and McCarron doesn't go to Browns, Broncos, or Jets.

That would be an insane draft. I would say that Kirk is unlikely to last past the first few picks in the 2nd round and I would not be surprised if he goes in the first.

Great hire, after reading about him, he has the experience and credentials. Degree in kinesiology and was also the Director of Sports Nutrition in addition to all the S&C stuff. So one would think he takes a holistic approach to S&C. Also, based on the amount of disappointment from Wash St., I think we got a keeper.

I will pass on Maclin, I have never been a fan, he always seemed overrated to me and to my surprise is already turning 30 this year.

For me, it is hard to see him being better than a 4th round pick. He was injured and just left the team without notice. He has been out of the league a year with post concussion syndrome. He seems like one helmet to helmet hit from IR. You see him as an ILB at 210 lbs? I thought he mostly played Safety? I don't know about giving up a 4th, but I would consider a 5th or 6th.

Alex Smith played one drive in Week 1 of preseason, 2 drives in Week 2, and the first half in Week 3, and DNP in Week 4. Seems like that would be the "normal" amount of reps for a veteran QB and nothing out of the ordinary.