adam Posted February 19, 2020 Report Share Posted February 19, 2020 One year, $7M, $5.5M guaranteed. Too rich for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan Grizzly Posted February 19, 2020 Report Share Posted February 19, 2020 DANG IT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger226 Posted February 19, 2020 Report Share Posted February 19, 2020 Greg is too risky to spend 7 mil on. Injuries limited him the 2 years and his production is sliding the wrong way. Do you really want our 1 2 TEs to be injury risks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ54 Posted February 19, 2020 Report Share Posted February 19, 2020 I'm glad for him to get a shot at a Superbowl but given how weak our TE position is we can't possibly afford the risk giving him that much money at this point in his career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan Grizzly Posted February 20, 2020 Report Share Posted February 20, 2020 21 hours ago, Stinger226 said: Greg is too risky to spend 7 mil on. Injuries limited him the 2 years and his production is sliding the wrong way. Do you really want our 1 2 TEs to be injury risks? Would it be any worse in drafting players like White or Grasu knowing they had injury histories BEFORE they started playing in the NFL? Yes I get the concern with signing him for as much as Seattle did (especially with the Bears having limited cap money and more important needs than TE). But “injury risks”? Really? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger226 Posted February 20, 2020 Report Share Posted February 20, 2020 So you think having Burton and Olsen does not matter with potential loss time ? If Burton wasn't injured last year we may not be worrying about signing TEs. At 7 mil , we can't afford to make mistakes this year. The risk factor matters with anyone we add this year. Olsen 3 years ago , I'm all in but 2 injury seasons and 3 years older. Thank God your not the GM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan Grizzly Posted February 20, 2020 Report Share Posted February 20, 2020 EDIT wrong thread EDIT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan Grizzly Posted February 20, 2020 Report Share Posted February 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Stinger226 said: So you think having Burton and Olsen does not matter with potential loss time ? If Burton wasn't injured last year we may not be worrying about signing TEs. At 7 mil , we can't afford to make mistakes this year. The risk factor matters with anyone we add this year. Olsen 3 years ago , I'm all in but 2 injury seasons and 3 years older. Thank God your not the GM. And here I thought you were Pace with all your guarantees. I won’t take the bait on whether I or anyone else could do a better job than Pace. And I made it quite clear that now I see the asking price of $7 million I get why the Bears balked if they were even interested. But citing ‘injury risks’ as a concern for not wanting to bring a guy into your team who has had a relatively low injury history AND a successful career is ludicrous. That would be like saying we should abandon Trubiksy as our Franchise QB solely based on his “injury risk”. C’mon man... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger226 Posted February 21, 2020 Report Share Posted February 21, 2020 Your saying injury risk could apply to anybody. Some people have injury history and some don't. Olsen has 2 years of history now with age. Not worth a 7 million contract, no matter how you want to play with words. C,mon man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ54 Posted February 21, 2020 Report Share Posted February 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Stinger226 said: Your saying injury risk could apply to anybody. Some people have injury history and some don't. Olsen has 2 years of history now with age. Not worth a 7 million contract, no matter how you want to play with words. C,mon man. Our need is greater than Seattle's and our cap space is tight. Gotta make it right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearFan2000 Posted February 21, 2020 Report Share Posted February 21, 2020 I was not happy when he was traded away simply because our coordinator at the time didn't value the TE. He's had a good career in Carolina but as other's have mentioned that price tag for his injury risk is too steep a risk to take. If you could guarantee he could stay healthy it'd be different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan Grizzly Posted February 21, 2020 Report Share Posted February 21, 2020 1 hour ago, BearFan2000 said: price tag for his injury risk is too steep a risk to take. Agreed. I wanted to be clear that at $7 million and with the bevy of needs Chicago has, Olsen wouldn’t be prudent. Some just like to ignore all of what’s said to make a point. Potential injuries aside, he’s still a better option than the current TEs on the roster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger226 Posted February 22, 2020 Report Share Posted February 22, 2020 6 hours ago, Alaskan Grizzly said: Agreed. I wanted to be clear that at $7 million and with the bevy of needs Chicago has, Olsen wouldn’t be prudent. Some just like to ignore all of what’s said to make a point. Potential injuries aside, he’s still a better option than the current TEs on the Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger226 Posted February 22, 2020 Report Share Posted February 22, 2020 The whole point was you wanted him here, after your argument gets turned upside down then you always walk back. It's okay we all do that sometimes. DANG IT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ54 Posted February 22, 2020 Report Share Posted February 22, 2020 6 hours ago, Alaskan Grizzly said: Potential injuries aside, he’s still a better option than the current TEs on the roster. That's a true statement but it does not mean he is the best option for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan Grizzly Posted February 22, 2020 Report Share Posted February 22, 2020 21 minutes ago, Stinger226 said: The whole point was you wanted him here, after your argument gets turned upside down then you always walk back. It's okay we all do that sometimes. DANG IT So my typing DANG IT then explaining how I understood him not coming to the Bears because he cost so much means I “walked back” my thoughts? Wow...just wow. I’ll try this again. Yes I would have liked to have seen him come back to Chicago (why I said DANG IT). At the time I didn’t know he would cost as much as he did. I don’t really pay attention to all that . But once I saw how much I realized it didn’t make a lot of sense. Not with all the other issues on the team. Your counter-claim to me was not about that at all. You said he was an injury risk. I didn’t agree to the level you did. His talent, to me, outweighs what you perceive as an extensive injury history. Which he does not have. Yes he has had a rough two years but who on the Bears TE grouping is better than he with talent and lack of injury history? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger226 Posted February 22, 2020 Report Share Posted February 22, 2020 The beginning of the post gave his contract and I agree he would be the best TE on the team. Unfortunately we can't look at this with blinders on. First he cost 7 mil, secondly he is older now , 35 in March, and has been injured for the last 2 years. https://sportsinjurypredictor.com/player/greg-olsen/2385 This is a link to a website that lists injury history on players and rates the prediction of future performance. He has a 51.1% chance of a injury in 2020. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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