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He started the last 8 games for Denver (they went 6-2), so he brings some experience in the offense we will be running, which is nice. I like the move, even though he is 32, he is still 4 years younger than Garza. To me this takes Center off the list of needs with a high pick. We can wait a year or two before addressing through the draft.

Interesting that we now have 11 new players from 11 different teams: SD - Royal, WR ATL - Rodgers, RB MIN - Ducasse, OL BAL - McPhee, OLB TB - Foster, LB ARZ - Acho, LB NYG - Rolle, S JAX - Ball, CB SF - McDonald, DE WAS - Jenkins, DE KC - Gafford, LS

Thanks, Down to: Washington #5 Bengals #21 Cardinals #24 Broncos #28

I like the Oregon and Washington drafts.

Yeah, he would be a decent 3rd down back as he had back to back 50 reception seasons in 2012-2013. He is only 25 so that is a plus.

Ok guys, I made the changes and additions, and took the Giants, Ravens, and Bills. So that leaves us with the following teams remaining: Washington #5 Chiefs #18 Bengals #21 Cardinals #24 Broncos #28

11 more teams, any takers?

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.