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Still waiting on McDonald's and Ball's contracts, but I am impressed that we got Foster on a league minimum deal. Ray McDonald's 1-year contract with #Bears included no guaranteed money. Base value is $1.05M. Another $450K available in incentives. Alan Ball 2015: $1 million signing bonus, $1.95 million base salary, $50,000 workout bonus Total: $3 million Cap figure: $3 million Mason Foster 2015: $80,000 signing bonus, $745,000 base salary Total: $825,000 Cap figure: $665,000 (minimum salary benefit) Ray McDonald 2015: $870,000 base salary, $50,000 roster bonus, $30,000 workout bonus, $100,000 in per-game roster bonuses, $450,000 in not likely to be earned incentives Total: $1.5 million Cap figure: $1.05 million Thomas Gafford 2015: $80,000 signing bonus, $870,000 base salary Total: $950,000 Cap figure: $950,000 Note: $70,000 of base salary is fully guaranteed Jarvis Jenkins 2015: $80,000 signing bonus, $745,000 base salary Total: $825,000 Cap figure: $665,000 (minimum salary benefit) Note: $250,000 of base salary is guaranteed Vladimir Ducasse 2015: $40,000 signing bonus, $745,000 base salary, $40,000 workout bonus Total: $825,000 Cap figure: $665,000 (minimum salary benefit) http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/footb...0327-story.html

Good to go, thanks. My first post has the updated teams.

No prob, I gave you JAX, SD, and DAL so your picks were spread out. No worried about not posting during the day on weekdays.

I agree except for Foster and McDonald. Those two are way better than any of the 1-year deals from last year.

Thanks, you will be picking first once we get all the teams filled up. PS. I gave you NO as well.

Last year we picked up Allen to replace Peppers and that was basically seen as a wash. We over paid on Houston, picked up Young and Mundy. That was it, unless you count MD Jennings, D. Hixon, and Danny McCray on minimum deals. Compare that to: McPhee, Royal, Rolle on multi-year deals and Foster, McDonald, Jenkins, Ball, Ducasse, Gafford on 1-year deals and I would say this year is a lot better than last offseason. Funny looking back at a thread last offseason where everyone got on me about being disappointed early in free agency: pretty disappointed so far (seems like my early assessment was pretty spot on now).

TEAM BY TEAM DRAFT BREAKDOWN NFC CHI (jason) - Amari Cooper, WR, Alabama; A.J. Cann, OG, South Carolina, Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, CB, Oregon, James Sample, SS, Louisville DET (scs787) - T.J. Clemmings, OT, Pittsburgh; Preston Smith, DE, Mississippi State, Ameer Abdullah, RB, Nebraska GB (scs787) - Eric Kendricks, ILB, UCLA, Quinten Rollins, CB, Miami (Ohio), Jeremy Langford, RB, Michigan State MIN (scs787) - Devante Parker WR, Louisville; Shaq Thompson, OLB, Washington, Arie Kouandjio, OG, Alabama DAL (ASHKUM BEAR) - Kevin Johnson, CB, Wake Forest, Michael Bennett, DT, Ohio State, Za'Darius Smith, DE, Kentucky NYG (Adam) - Brandon Scherff, OL, Iowa; Benardrick McKinney, ILB, Mississippi State, Danielle Hunter, DE, LSU PHI (Stinger226) - Landon Collins, SS, Alabama; Phillip Dorsett, WR, Miami (Fla.), Rashad Greene, WR, Florida State WAS (Adam) - Vic Beasley, OLB, Clemson; Byron Jones, CB, Connecticut, Devin Funchess, WR, Michigan, Derron Smith, FS, Fresno State ATL (Stinger226) - Randy Gregory, OLB, Nebraska; Maxx Williams, TE, Minnesota, David Johnson, RB, Northern Iowa CAR (Stinger226) - D.J. Humphries, OT, Florida; Jay Ajayi, RB, Boise State, DJoun Smith, CB, Florida Atlantic NO (Stinger226) - Alvin Dupree, OLB, Kentucky; Dorial Green-Beckham, WR, Oklahoma; Arik Armstead, DT, Oregon, Clive Walford, TE, Miami (Fla.), Tyler Lockett, WR, Kansas State TB (Stinger226) - Jameis Winston, QB, FSU; Owamagbe Odighizuwa, DE, UCLA, Cedric Ogbuehi, OT, Texas A&M ARZ (Adam) - Todd Gurley, RB, Georgia; Eric Rowe, CB, Utah, Mario Edwards Jr, DE, Florida State SEA (jason) - Ali Marpet, OG, Hobart, Damarious Randall, FS, Arizona State SF (jason) - Malcom Brown, DT, Texas; Sammie Coates, WR, Auburn, Josh Shaw, CB, Southern California STL (bradjock) - Andrus Peat, OT, Stanford; Devin Smith, WR, Ohio State, Hau'oli Kikaha, OLB, Washington AFC BAL (Adam) - Jaelen Strong, WR, Arizona State; Carl Davis, DT, Iowa, Javorius Allen, RB, Southern California CIN (Mongo3451) - Jalen Collins, CB, LSU; Tre' Jackson, OG, Florida State, Lorenzo Mauldin, OLB, Louisville, Cody Prewitt, FS, Ole Miss CLE (Adam) - Danny Shelton, DT, Washington; La'el Collins, OT, LSU; Nelson Agholor, WR, USC, Paul Dawson, LB, TCU PIT (Adam) - Marcus Peters, CB, Washington; Nate Orchard, OLB/DE, Utah, Ibraheim Campbell, SS, Northwestern BUF (Adam) - Denzel Perryman, ILB, Miami (Fla.), Bryce Petty, QB, Baylor MIA (killakrzydav) - Melvin Gordon, RB, Wisconsin; Laken Tomlinson, OG, DukE NE (Boston Boxer) - Eddie Goldman, DT, Florida State, Doran Grant, CB, Ohio St, Justin Hardy, WR, East Carolina, Reese Dismukes, C, Auburn, David Cobb, RB, Minnesota NYJ (killakrzydav) - Marcus Mariota, QB, Oregon; Eli Harold, OLB, Virginia, T.J. Yeldon, RB, Alabama, Chris Conley, WR, Georgia HOU (scs787) - Trae Waynes, CB, Michigan State; Stephone Anthony, ILB, Clemson, Rob Havenstein, OT, Wisconsin IND (Mongo3451) - Breshad Perriman , WR, UCF, Tevin Coleman, RB, Indiana, John Miller, OG, Louisville JAX (ASHKUM BEAR) - Dante Fowler, Jr, OLB, Florida; Jake Fisher, OT, Oregon, Duke Johnson, RB, Miami (Fla.), Kwon Alexander, OL, LSU TEN (jason) - Leonard Williams, DE, USC; Ronald Darby, CB, Florida State, Brett Hundley, QB, UCLA, Trey Flowers, DE, Arkansas DEN (Stinger226) - Cameron Erving, C, Florida State; Donovan Smith, OT, Penn State, Xavier Cooper, DT, Washington State KC (ASHKUM BEAR) - Ereck Flowers, OT, Miami (Fla.); Hroniss Grasu, C, Oregon, Tre McBride, WR, William & Mary, Taiwan Jones, ILB, Michigan State OAK (scs787) - Kevin White, WR, WVU; P.J. Williams, CB, Florida State, Grady Jarrett, DT, Clemson, Josue Matias, OG, Florida State SD (ASHKUM BEAR) - Shane Ray, DE, Missouri; Jordan Phillips, DT, Oklahoma, Ty Sambrailo, OT, Colorado State

Yeah I can see why teams are reluctant to pull the trigger. He will probably only get the league minimum or just over that with some incentives.

I would love this signing. Wisniewski didn't grade out at PFF, but Oakland makes most players bad (18 of their free agents had a negative grade). Is Wisniewski hurt? He played in 16 games last year and it looks like he has only missed 3 in his entire career.

I think Ball is an upgrade in the secondary.

We could not afford Browner and Ball is more of a depth signing for competition and a ST contributor. My boss is a huge Seattle fan and he questions how well Browner will play against teams #1 WR's. That makes sense to me, as he had the LOB and Sherman, then Revis Island. Now he is the man. BTW, Ball is the 9th free agent signed. I expect 2-3 more before the draft and possibly a few others in the summer after June 1st cuts. With draft picks, we could potentially see 1/3 of the 53 man roster turned over in one offseason.

That would be an impressive draft matching needs perfectly. Our OLine would be pretty sick and Jeffery/Cooper/Royal/Bennett would be a great Receiving Corps.

I agree Jennings will go to Nickel. Ball and Louis-Jean will be CB2. Not sure about Vereen starting at FS either/

Pace is definitely plugging the holes in the roster, and with a few more moves, we will be looking good after the draft. To me, these are the positions that still need an upgrade: 1. #2 WR (Wilson) - Not sold on Wilson just yet. This position has to be filled in the draft. Cooper/White might be there at #7. 2. RT (Mills) - One of the worst tackles in football. Needs to be addressed in the draft early. 3. S (Mundy/Vereen) - Rolle will get one side, but we need another upgrade over Mundy/Vereen via the draft. 4. DE (Jenkins) - We need another starting 3-4DE, I don't see Jenkins coming to start, but more as a rotational guy. With less 3-4 teams (I believe), we might be able to get on the later rounds. 5. C (Garza) - Aging vet and no DLP on roster. Wiz or Grasu? It would be awesome to get Wisniewski and turn this into a strength and take it off as a need in the draft. 6. CB (Jennings/Ball) - Jennings and Fuller are smaller CBs, so we need some bigger guys and an eventual replacement for Jennings. I think we are on the cusp of BPA for the entire draft.

Actually had a really solid season in 2013 with 14 PD in 15 games. 14 PD would've led the Bears that year. At 30, he is clearly a depth signing and brought in as competition. He also becomes are biggest CB at 6'2".

I agree. Also, there are so many moving pieces/elements to a team that even one or two "problems" can derail the entire system. Before last season there was true optimism about this team for a number of reasons even though we still had some reservations about the defensive side of the ball. Those reservations seem validated by us signing 5 defensive free agents (McPhee, McDonald, Rolle, Mason, Jenkins) who all could start or at least contribute from Day One. So if we pick up 2-3 more impact defensive players in the draft, it is essentially an entirely new defense than we ran out there last year.

The restructuring was from last year: http://espn.go.com/chicago/nfl/story/_/id/...act-reports-say

Jason, That is a pretty crazy list and you probably could go on and on with Bass and Washington somehow in the mix. I honestly see this as a good thing as Pace is giving the coaching staff a lot of options.

Yeah and the restructuring can't go back in time and charge the team $1 million in 2014. Here is the report from the exact day last year lol: http://espn.go.com/chicago/nfl/story/_/id/...act-reports-say

Definitely just a depth signing, but even if it improves the bottom half of our roster, it is still an improvement. Also, at his age and with new coaching, he might be able to improve.

The Raiders were horrible, so I can understand why someone would not want to return there (and they may be in LA in 2016). Definitely some uncertainty there. Also, based on PFF ratings Hudson was the #3 Center and an upgrade over Wiz. The Raiders are paying Hudson $8.9 a year, and if we can get Wiz for less than half of that, we would be getting a steal.

I don't mind any of these signings. Rolle was brought in for his leadership which the locker room was completely devoid of last year. He also buys us another year or two to draft a replacement. Since we can't replace the entire roster in one offseason, we have to find some players that are upgrades and can bridge to the next draft. Sure these are not long term solutions, but they are definitely upgrades. McDonald is only 30, so he has a few good years left in him, so I wouldn't lump Rolle and McDonald into the same type of signing. Rolle was brought in for leadership and McDonald was brought in for his familiarity with the defense. None of the signings outside of McPhee have been huge impact deals, but most of them have improved the roster, and that is all we can ask for at this point. McPhee, Royal, Rolle, Foster, McDonald, and Jenkins will all be at least minor upgrades at their positions. If we can add 1x more FA signing (Wisniewski please), a few other league minimum guys, and 3-4 more upgrades in the draft, then we will have turned over 12-15 roster spots in one offseason with potentially 8-9 starters. TLDR: I like the plan

I am glad this deal finally got done and he didn't stiff us for SD. This will be a solid addition with a lot of upside. I just thought the vet minimum signings would cost little against the cap because they would essentially be pushing another minimum contract off the cap (when we cut the other guy without guarantees.

He is speaking for the Jets I would assume.

Looking at our pick numbers and by projecting compensatory picks, it looks like we will have the following picks: 1st - #7 2nd - #39 3rd - #71 4th - #106 (3x 3rd round compensatory picks push ours back 3) 5th - #141 (4x 4th round compensatory picks push ours back 4 - from NYJ) 6th - #180 (6x 5th round compensatory picks push ours back 6) So I agree the most likely trading partners are CLE, NO, and PHI for #7. CLE and NO have the better picks as Philly at #20 would have to basically give up their 1st-5th rounders to move up from 20 to 7, so I don't know how likely that would be. I guess if Mariotta is there at #7, they could move up and give a 1st and 2nd this year and a 1st next year to us, which would nice for us to have 2x firsts next year and 2x 2nds this year (especially if that tanked). For CLE and NO, both seem to be in play as both need impact players with the loss of Graham and Gordon. In any scenario, I would at least want to get Shelton, Collins, or Waynes, if we didn't get an Edge Rusher, Williams, White, or Cooper at #7.