Interesting report - Bears move up for Jeanty

[CrackerDog]

[Mongo3451]

I'm a huge Jeanty fan.  That being said, if we give up that much for him I would be beyond shitty.

[dawhizz]

1 hour ago, CrackerDog said:

This is a satire account. In other words fake news. Check his other posts - all BS. There is some chatter about the Bears trying to move up but there most certainly isn’t a “deal in place”. 

[BearFan PHX]

I frickin' love draft time. This could be true, false, a lie that turns out to happen anyway, who knows. I could feel like we overpaid and we should have taken a LT, and I could feel like we have an electric back in Chicago again!

All at once. Love it.

[ASHKUM BEAR]

Poles was asked if there would be a little movement this draft since the top of the class is rare.  He said there are plenty of calls already happening and they have had many.  Never know, but I only see the Bears going up.  They go down, they might lose a target like Banks to SF. 

[BearFan PHX]

25 minutes ago, ASHKUM BEAR said:

Poles was asked if there would be a little movement this draft since the top of the class is rare.  He said there are plenty of calls already happening and they have had many.  Never know, but I only see the Bears going up.  They go down, they might lose a target like Banks to SF. 

yeah he said this one was "wild" and I believe it - I think this is the murkiest draft I can remember. Its a fun one for sure.

[Stinger226]

Does anyone have an example of Poles leaking information? This is all pundits using each other as sources.  We are missing 2 draft picks already, I don't think Poles drafting Jeanty is this emergency act he has to make happen. If he drops to us, I think he would take him. Giving away more draft picks doesn't make sense.

[BearFan PHX]

i dont think this is Poles leaking information, not if hes serious about it anyway, maybe as a smokescreen.

But most of these reports are reporting on rumors going around in NFL circles. If a rumor is going around between GMs, it might leak that the Ravens GM heard a rumor about Chicago for example. It doesnt affect them, but its stil a rumor.

But is it true? Who the hell knows. These GMs do call eachother and feel out prices for different moves, and Poles did say the phones have been active, so maybe hes been exploring prices on trading up - not because hes going to, but just to do his due dilligence so he knows the price of all his options. Then several GMs are talking and all say Poles asked about that, and then it "leaks" out - but no one can say this is what he WILL do of course!

And that includes Poles himself. If he told the truth about his intentions for the draft to any of us, he might still go another way depending on how the draft falls.

For example NO ONE thinks the Bears will take Travis Hunter. But if he fell to 8 or 9 might we consider something? Wed THINK about it for sure. No one is predicting that, including Poles himself, but if it fell that way, he'd think about it.

[Stinger226]

They talk to other teams about moving around but that's just normal GM stuff this time of year. It means nothing. Why aren't people talking about us moving back because that doesn't generate clicks. Rumors are just rumors, they mean nothing.

[Mongo3451]

Sounds to me, that Poles is trying to manufacturer chaos.

[BearFan PHX]

53 minutes ago, Stinger226 said:

They talk to other teams about moving around but that's just normal GM stuff this time of year. It means nothing. Why aren't people talking about us moving back because that doesn't generate clicks. Rumors are just rumors, they mean nothing.

I agree it means nothing. Im saying that you can see how it was "true" that Poles actually did discuss the price of moving up, which generates a Schafter report that isnt a lie, but neither does it signal ANYTHING about what Poles will do!

So it's true and worthless all at the same time. Schefter isnt lying, it just doesnt mean anything.

[AZ54]

43 minutes ago, Mongo3451 said:

Sounds to me, that Poles is trying to manufacturer chaos.

Agreed