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Swift is a tough one to project, as in Ben Johnson's first year as OC with Detroit, Swift's carries decreased from 151 to 99, targets decreased from 78 to 70. However, he posted a career high of 5.5 YPC that year, albeit with a smaller sample size.
With that said, the Bears last year did not...
I think a lottery is not all that likely as a future outcome.
1. As others have noted, the rookie wage scale and volume-based incentives highly discourage players from tanking. The collective bargaining agreement would have to be re-negotiated.
2. Teams intentionally tanking would damage...
Expansion from Canada seems like it'll never happen. Vancouver, Toronto and arguably Montreal are all too close to existing teams/markets.
As a larger question, I wonder if expansion of franchises really is on the table (I don't doubt expansion of international games will continue). The...
Even if you dislike international games, there is an easy solution the NFL will never take - more bye weeks. Rather than forcing teams to play 17 or 18 games, 3 bye weeks would create your 19 weeks of regular season football, ease international travel and help with injury recovery times.
No doubt I'm glad Caleb is a Bear, but if you look back to the '23 season, I can only say his concerns (and that of his dad) were warranted.
Whatever you think about Justin Fields, he cost the Bears 2 first round draft picks to acquire him. That's a lot to invest in one player! In '23, midway...
Under ordinary circumstances, I would agree a player trying to engineer or circumvent the draft process is not really a good look.
Speaking as a Bears fan, given that Matt Eberflus had spent the previous two seasons before the '24 draft proving how spectacularly unqualified he was for a head...
My understanding of NFL trade rules is that when a player is traded, their dead cap is still the responsibility of the original team.
Moore's dead cap figure for 2026 is $35,485,000, and his salary is $28,500,000.
Barring something dramatic, Moore will be on the Bears in '26. The team can...
Other factors to consider: the Bengals ranked 30th in the NFL in rushing attempts last year, possibly because of their disastrous defense. In the grand scheme of things, Brown averaging 13 carries per game feels like what we might expect out of a 1A back in a 1A/1B type of backfield. Perhaps a...
This is all probably a fool's errand, but it does seem more likely that Sanders could be available at 10 if Adam Schefter's reporting on the Browns preferring Carter is true. If the Giants are out, that leaves Las Vegas (6), Jets (7) and Saints (9) as potential landing spots.
The flip side of...
With all due respect, the numbers you are putting forward don't paint a completely accurate picture.
You referenced Singletary as "yearly 1,000 yards combined" but cite Tracy's 830 rushing yards as mediocre. Tracy's combined yardage from last year totaled 1,123.
Tracy also only started 12...
Any thoughts here about the contract extension for Jonah Jackson? Frees up $7 million in cap space for '25 but makes him the highest paid guard (as of now) for '26. Feels risky for a player who has been no better than "fine" in his career.
This feels like a Ryan Pace type of move, unfortunately.
For now at least, have to have some faith in Ben Johnson that he knows what he's doing here. On the other hand, the NFL is littered with coaches and GMs obsessed with "their guys." Time will tell.
A 2025 6th and a 2026 4th does not seem like too bad a price to pay for some stability on the offensive line.
The cap hit on Jackson seems a bit unclear. Jonathan Wood reporting its 11.8 million for '25 and '26, but Spotrac says 17.5/17 million the next two years...
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