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Make no mistake. Poles will choose best player available at the #9 position if they choose not to trade down. With all the QB buzz, that could be Joe Alt or Odunze/Nabers. Alt would be an immediate upgrade at LT and Jones would make a reallly, really good swing tackle. That along with drafting an OC in the 2nd or 3rd (or signing a high profile FA...which Bates is not) would go a long way to making the OL a top 5 squad.
I get the feeling the Bears will trade down from 9. We only have 5 picks this draft. I can't imagine they are happy with that.
Best thing for that would be if McCarthy is still available at 9. Prime trade out territory there.
Unless Nabers, Alt, or Odunze are there. If they're gone and McCarthy is still hanging around, it's a definite trade down. I don't see any elite defensive guys to take there who are must haves.
I agree. There are five or so defensive guys I'd be ok with getting (plus a few o lineman) so a trade to 15ish would be ok by me.
Dallas Turner is very intriguing.
Id be ok with Turner at #9, but would prefer a trade down and focus on OL or WR. It really just depends on how the draft runs and I think Poles has done a pretty good job of adapting to the egg and flow of the draft.
And see how FA goes. Seems like it's loaded this year with guys we could use.
They have the cap space do it, as long as the fill more pressing needs, I say why not. Dude is a beast.
Just make sure and split his snaps with someone else. Can't stay healthy but would be a huge addition along with Caleb and a top WR at 9. Would be entirely new offense and a good spot for Caleb to be walking into. Rare to have that as the top QB in the draft.
Really hope its just chatter that Barkley's camp is using to try to seem like he's got a higher market.
Would love him in the team but not at 10 mil per. But he's still very dynamic and would boost the offense. I'm done with decades of only putting into the defense and watching offensive futility. No more
If the league is truly that down on Fields, the Bears should just keep him.
It sets the market for Mac Jones.
They may have to. Idk if Mac Jones has a big option like Fields does though.
Lol wut?
What do you think the Bears will get for a qb with a $25 mil option after the season? Other teams won’t give what the Bears want, seeing that M Jones was basically in the same spot and was worth a 6th. R Wilson is worth more since Denver is picking up the tab in 2024. Bears have to thread the needle to get the right compensation.
Huh? I'm no huge fan of Fields but come on
Come again??? I don't think much of Fields. But he'a starter. I'm surprised NE found a team willing to take Mac Jones.
This is a terrible comparison. Situations and interest are nothing alike. I've said from the beginning that the Bears get no better than a second for Fields. I still believe that
While I agree that spending a ton of money on a RB is tough in today's NFL, I strongly disagree about him losing a step after the acl tear. I saw a lot of the NYG last season and their line was awful. Defenders were constantly in the backfield as soon as the ball was snapped. Barkley got every yard through sheer force of will.
I'm with you on this
Well, one guy is crap and the other is decent with obvious upside.
I live near Philly and saw him play a lot last year. I wasn't impressed.
He is an attacking ballhawk safety that literally played the Polamalu role in Lebeau's defense.
I would too but I’m not sure anyone is offering that.
So no problem paying him $25 mil for upside?
Forget the "decent" part?
Wonder if CHI would go for NE's high 4th if nobody is biting.
Might be worth it just to get the comp pick later. That would be a crap shoot though.
The bears have until the first part of May to exercise the option and they have not done so yet.
I've been saying this since the end of the season. If you're looking at 3rd round or worse trade value then you keep him and take the compensatory pick when he leaves as a UFA at the end of the season.
Sets the market for Teddy Bridgewater.
I think keeping him will create so much drama in the city and possibly in the locker room. If he's not playing Williams will be on such a short leash with the Fields truthers. If he is playing and we're winning the questions will start about what to do with the hotshot rookie. I'd be very nervous about having both on the roster.
4 that can turn into a 3 and a 6?
I could see something like that and maybe another pick in 25 based on playing time from wherever he gets moved to.
Not sure what you mean here
