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I have. My sense is this is the most talented group we’ve had at the skill positions in a very long time. It’s been two weeks of practice and for some rookies just one week. I’m not worried about the Oline because most of those issues appear to be communication. Experience will iron out the wrinkles.

I haven't heard anything out of camp this year that feels any different than in year's past. It's always the same story about the struggling offense and quarterback. There's still a few weeks left to turn a corner, and maybe they will after the install period is over later this week, but the vibes don't feel great to me with the quarterback. Way too many delays of games and lack of anticipatory throws.

If you want to look smart you need to show more consistency. I bring up cap space and salaries, you say they dont matter. Early this summer you were pushing we should trade Cole Kmet because he is getting paid to much and we could use the cap space. Braxton, Edumunds, same thing. It either matters or it dont. Like I said before , all you want to do is argue . I cant wait for your 500 word essay explaining your different opinions.

I have seen some podcasts that was there and it seems it had mixed results on offense. Sounds like the OL had some problems but heard DJ Moore, Cole Kmet and Rome had a good day. It seems Kiran is injured and hasnt practice for a few days. Braxton is not up to par yet so it appears Ozzy is taking all the firsts team reps. Sweat and Dexter looked good with constant pressure on Caleb.

Offense struggled a ton. Lots of penalties and Caleb still struggling to throw guys open etc.

lol youre still doing it. Agreed that the trade probably wont happen. Didnt agree on three of your points about why. Why do we have to pretend you didnt say them now? Just let it be, i dont need to keep talking about it, as long as you stop having some oversimplified last word like it didnt happen LOL

Let's talk about football for a change of pace, did anyone hear how the family Day practice went today? I don't see much on X about it.

It would have been simpler to just agree, it's not going to happen but that's not good enough for you, you write your little 500 word essays on why you think it's a good idea. They could do this, they could do that and then you agreed it's not going to happen. So do you make copies of your posts and then frame them and write ( I got him this time) ? You amaze me every week how smart you think you are, you just never stop.

Just shows you just like to argue, we agreed from the beginning but you just had to turn it into a sh__ show.

I'll tell you a little story to help explain this mysterious concept to you. A little boy named Stingy asks his Daddy if they are going to but a new car. Stingy's Daddy says "no we cant afford one" Little Stingy thinks for a minute and then says "I understand Daddy, we cant buy a new car for four reason. For one it's too expensive." And his father nods his head yes. Then littler Stingy says "and also Daddy, 2+2 = 7, pigs can fly and the moon is made out cheese, those are the other reasons why we cant buy a new car" Little Stingys Daddy is disappointed in his son, and says "No little Stingy, only the first reason is the reason why" Then Little Stingy says "so you agree we arent buying a new car, so all the reasons must be true - you must be off your meds" Little Stingy's Daddy is ashamed. Little Stingy must be drunk, no one could be that massively stupid. The Little Stingy says "Dont worry Daddy, Im not stupid, i was just lying about not understanding because i wanted to make it look like i wasnt wrong." The moral of the story is that just because something is true doesnt mean every possible justification for it is valid, and also little Stingy is slippery in his logic, to cover up for when he says things that dont make sense.

Yes you did just show me how stupid you are by proposing that bet. Do you think i am saying the trade WILL happen? Are you not understanding? THe trade will likely not happen because the trade cost will be too high. Your other arguments are wrong. They are not reasons the deal wont happen. The reason the deal wont happen is because the trade cost is too high. So how the hell am I betting the trade will happen? Are you making any sense at all?

you are SUCH a moron. I am NOT saying the trade is going happen, Im arguing with you about WHY its not going to happen. Read that again so you get it now the 4th or 5th time Ive said it. 1) the trade value will be too high - we agree - so the trade will not happen. Right. 2) cap space - youre wrong, treams can create it for special circumstances by redoing other deals, we've all seen it before in the NFL, maybe you didnt understand it 3) sync'ed contracts - dont even know what youre talking about - its better to have contracts spaced apart so they dont all come due at once. i think youre misunderstanding the thing about HC and GM being sync'ed with players contracts. If anything you want your big defender while Caleb is still a rookie 4) not a scheme fit - this is the most typical of your blatant misunderstanding of football and how you get your information from sportswriters. You think there is a scheme that adding Micah Parsons wouldnt be a good thing? your arguments, 2, 3 & 4 are dumb. You dont like that i disagreed with you and now youre having an emotional reaction again. I cant help it that you say dumb things that get pushed back on. If you want all your opinions to be held in high regard, then say smart things. Or... maybe youre listening to the wrong sportswriters and are getting frustrated when you try to bring their narratives here and they dont work. Also, to your idea that Im "trying to get people to agree with me" - no. I was being nice and answering your question. You asked how they could find cap room so i told you.

Enough with trying to get people to agree with you, 100 dollars will put your money where your mouth is and we can settle this the adult way. With a bet

I will show you how stupid I am and bet you 100$ this isnt going to happen. Say the word and I will send the money to Adam if he is okay with taking it. Anyone arguing about making a trade and then at the end of the paragraph agrees we arent going to trade for him has to be on something or didnt take his medication today. And I quote (But the reason it wont happen is the trade cost, nothing else.) That's what im saying. You agree with me, I listed several reasons and one of them was the trade cost and then you continue to try to argue the point with me. I never got personal in asking if someone saying the cap space and contract cost doesnt matter, maybe you're just having a bad day but that is not normal thinking. Do you really want me to go thru your posts and show you how many times you got personal?

OK. Teams are able to restructure contracts to push money into the future. For almost any team, there is cap space available that you can create. You make the deal 5 years long, and guarantee a big chunk of it, then you get to pay that off the cap 20% across each year. Next year there is a lot of cap space available as you look at players like Edmunds, Jaylon Johnson, Cole Kmet, even DJ Moore. Im not saying you have to trade or cut those guys either. You can restructure their deals as well. Or you can do what most successful terams do and identify a couple core vets on your squad and move on the others in trades. If the question is whether a rookie next year can take Kmet's place, or Edmunds etc vs how big an upgrade Parsons would be, I think Parsons is the easy answer. If you wouldnt trade Kmet and Edmunds for Parsons then you're insane. That doesnt mean Kmet and Edmunds arent good - I just think you fail to understand that QB and Edge Rusher are the two things that make championship teams. Look how the Eagles' pass rush destroyed Mahomes. The QB is the thing you NEED, and if an edge player has that QB on his ass, then you dont have a QB, see? Anyway, for the right player, teams can make cap room. If Parsons was a free agent, we would sign him in an instant, and be in the 6 teams or so in superbowl contention.

Okay explain it to me how his 24 mil salary fits our cap space of 13 mil we have this yr? Teams normally keep 8 to 10 mil for operating cost over the season. 41+mil; next year puts our cap underwater for 50 mil. So now we have to start cutting assets to make room for a high end pass rusher. Kmet, Edmunds and Swift only gives us 30 mil. Plus we need to add the draft budget and operation capital for next yr. So at this point we are still 35 mil in the hole. You got me on that one, the contract and Cap doesnt matter. Dayo is on the team and has guarranteed money, I never said we shouldnt trade for him because we have Dayo, you are back to putting words in my mouth again. It doesnt take you long to get back into making crap up to prove a stupid point that you actually said we are not going to do.

OK here you go again, playing word games to hide yourself, and throwing in some personal stuff to make it sound tough. So first off, we have agreed the price or the trade alone makes it not happen. Yes. But it isnt that simple. We talked about WHY, and you still dont get that any team that had it would love to pay this guy. Im not smoking pot, Im paying a top player in the league at one of the two most important positions in football what they are worth. You dont get that? You also say he isnt a scheme fit - absolute nonsense. And finally you say something about contracts being sync'ed - also total fantasies. So yes, we agree that the trade probably wont happen, but you have three reasons why out of four that make no sense at all. As fot asking if im high, and suggesting I contact Poles about this - man your anger issues are coming out again. Because i said you were wrong. Because youa re.

So another member agrees, this is not going to happen. It will be a draft need next yr.

You just told me because of the cost of the trade its not happening. So we agree , they arent trading for him. To suggest a 40mil plus contract doesnt matter? I have to ask is pot legal in AZ? That was my only point to begin with, it wasnt going to happen. I could be wrong, but I havent heard any other members agreeing with you. I follow Poles on X and you can contact him and tell him what a great idea it is to trade for Micah. @RyanPolesBears Poles and I agree this is a bad idea, I have no power to make decisions for the Bears, but he does.

I completely agree that I predict Jerry Jones will want too much in trade value. Ive said it over and over - that is WHY the trade probably wont happen. All Im pushing back on are these ridiculous arguments: 1) We dont have the cap space - they can always push money around and make space for a player like Parsons if he is available to us 2) He doesnt fit the scheme - he fits every scheme. Every team in the league would love to have him if they could swing it 3) His contract doesnt align with Caleb's - so what?! The alignment thing was to be sure players were still here, there is nothing wrong with having a stud pass rusher around for more years, in fact we are more likely to be able to afford him before Calebs 2nd deal anyway. And you try to draft or acquire good players every year, so contracts are always staggered - which is smart because you dont want everyone coming due for an extension at the same time. I think Stinger has misunderstood why syncing the GM and HC is a great idea, and is trying to extend that to the players? But the reason it wont happen is the trade cost, nothing else. That's what im saying. But strange things do happen, and so you gotta do your due diligence. I do think the Bears could make a move before the seasons starts on the Defensive Line. Will it be Parsons? probably not. But its not impossible.

Jerry Jones will not let him go with 2 franchise tags in his pocket unless he receives a Herschel Walker type deal. Parsons can sit out all he wants but Dallas holds all the power and Parsons will not throw away that kind of fortune. Every unhappy DE/Edge is linked to the Bears, Poles will explore it, but doesnt need to. He can address that next season like he has done with DBs, WRs, and Oline.

the odds of the Bears getting Parsons are considerably more likely that winning the lottery. I have said that it probably wont happen because of the trade value needed. But I also think the contract length and cap space would be FINE. Youre just muddling it all together and saying it wont happen - and youre probably right, but NOT because of synced contracts or cap space - thats where youre wrong. And when you say he doesnt fit the scheme, thats just insanity. Micah Parsons fits EVERY scheme. Every team in the league would take him if they could afford him. When you say we already have Dayo, so we dont need Parsons thats where youre absolutely smoking crack.

I truly dont understand your thinking. The whole point of having a QB on a rookie deal is to have cap space to add highly paid players while you can afford them BEFORE you pay Caleb. What do you think the benefit of having players with deals that end with Calebs is? On one hand they are around until then, you dont lose them early - but what would be the downside of having a great pass rusher who has a contract that extends beyond Calebs? Im think you dont understand why the contracts are synced - and think there is some benefit to it that you dont understand? The problem here is what the trade would cost, not the cap or contract.

No, just the right ones. Ball Busting 101: clearly states that anything and everything can and will be used against you. If you say never, someone else is gonna come in and offer a counter. This guy ain't taking your bet...🍻

Just like anyone elses opinion, IMO, I dont see any chance of it happening. If I feel strongly about something, I am now suppose to use certain words? Lots of members have strong opinions on subjects but I have to watch what words I use? I have a 100$ willing to bet it doesnt happen. Anyone want that bet, we can send the money to Adam and sit back and see if it happens. That's how certain I am its not happening. Now let me state, I have lost lots of bets before because I like gambling but I also have won before.