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Interesting

This would be a great addition and huge upgrade. McPhee-Foster-Rolle-Parker added to the defense, and Royal to the offense is a pretty good haul in free agency, and I think we will still pick up a few other lower tier guys.

Conte and Wright back with Lovie. It didn't work here, so I don't know why it would work down there.

Low risk signing, only 2.5m cap hit for this year.

You trade down (even multiple times) if you have numerous players with comparable ratings when you are picking. If you can pick up an extra pick and still get your guy 10 picks later, you do it every time. However, if you have one guy rated above and beyond the others, you have to take him based on the value. So it will come down to who is available at every pick.

Young actually outperformed everyone's expectations, Mundy was about where he was expected to be (serviceable) and Houston and Allen were busts. However, that was with a different regime. McPhee is not Houston, watch some video. Just like McPhee said, he is violent. Houston has the physical ability, but obviously doesn't have the drive. That will hopefully change with a new staff. Allen is just over the hill and was a knee jerk reaction to Peppers. For the money, it would've been better to just keep Peppers, but not much we can do about that now. Allen is not an every down player anymore. He needs to be a pass rush specialist to only come in on obvious passing downs and maximize his strengths. So right now, McPhee, Royal, Rolle >>> Houston, Young, Mundy, Allen Even the contracts are better.

I am really excited over Royal. Everyone talked about Keenan Allen on SD, but Royal had comparable yards, more TDs, and a better yards per catch: Keenan Allen - 77/783, 4 TD Eddie Royal - 62/778, 7 TD and look how close Royal's stats were to Marshall's last year: Brandon Marshall - 61/721, 8 TD Even if we just get 60/700 from Royal, and get 40/500 from another WR (Wilson/rookie/FA), that would be a comparable replacement for Marshall in previous seasons (in terms of raw numbers).

Yeah, that is the most likely scenario. Also remember Suh was unofficially signed for a couple of days before actually signing. These things are not necessarily automatic.

Hopefully this is just something to do with contract specifics or waiting on a physical. He would be a great addition and a true slot WR threat.

I could care less about the "former Ravens who underperformed" tag. This guy is legit. He came from a top notch defense and produced. If you watch his highlights, he continually wins 1v1 battles. He also played all over for the Ravens. Other 3-4 teams would be lauded for picking him up, but when the Bears do, it is "risky". I see him energizing other guys like Young, Houston, Bostic, Ferguson, and Jones in the front 7.

Garbage game plan, lol.

Parker would be an upgrade, and right now that is what we have to do at every level. We can't sign 11 Pro-Bowlers.

If he was being shopped, someone would've said something.

Lofton and Williams gone. Knighton now has one less place to go to. Hopefully that drives down the price a little.

I hear TB as well (for the first pick). Brees would have Jackson and Evans to throw to.

I think it was for a multitude of reasons. Redundant skill set with Alshon, cap space, team chemistry, dedication to football (ie tv show), among other things.

You make like a #2 WR is not a starter. You draft BPA, which gives you the best chance to find that HoFer. Also, having only BPA to pick could allow us to trade down (CLE) and pick up some extra picks.

PFF did rank him very low, but it will really depend on what we are bringing him in for.

Yeah, we really can go BPA. I would be happy with Cooper or White. Royal was ranked 43rd out of 110 WRs in 2014.

Also, Rolle is a team and locker room leader, which will help stabilize everything, even if it is only for a year or two. Like you said, he could come in and help with the young guys (possibly a high draft pick) and we wouldn't have to rush them into starting. Rolle has been a model of consistency and durability throughout his career. He has only missed 1 game in the last 9 seasons and has averaged 86 tackles and 3 INTs per season over that span.

Kyle Long is hilarious, his new Twitter avatar:

Yeah, I just did defense as that has been the focus. On offense, I would love Wisniewski, but don't know if we have the cap space.

A 7th is almost a throw-away pick anyway. There are more UDFA's that make it than 7th rounders. Most players don't want to even be drafted in the 7th, as they would rather go undrafted and pick their spot. To me this is not a big deal at all. To me, all indications were that we would've cut him without an offer (just like Andre Johnson was cut), but we at least got a 5th rounder back (which we didn't have before). Houston got nothing for Johnson.

Olsen would still be on this team if we were catering to Cutler.