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SEA has to lose to CAR and SF has to win their last two for the #1 seed.

and the amount of shit talking from DET, GB, and MIN fans has been over the top this year, and all of them are eating crow.

and for trades, you can't do a post-June 1st trade BEFORE June 1st, that designation only applies to cuts (each team gets 2).

You can release two players prior to June 1st, but the cap relief does not take effect until June 1st. This seems to be more for the player than the team. Essentially, you are releasing a player so they can sign before the draft, and it might have been something added to the CBA, because before this teams had to hold onto players until June 1st knowing they would be releasing them anyway. Then there was very little cap space left for these players and they had to take league min deals is my assumption. Link here for the full info: https://operations.nfl.com/inside-football-ops/nfl-operations/2025-nfl-free-agency/contract-language/

The difference between the 3rd and 4th place schedule is pretty big; currently it is playing LAR/SF, WAS, and ATL or ARZ, NYG, and NO. I know it changes from year to year, but in the NFC West, playing ARZ over LAR/SF is a pretty big difference.

Myles Garrett, Max Crosby, Micah Parson are 3 players that alone force opponents to plan against since they can change games. I would part with DJ and our next 2 firsts in a heart beat to have any of those 3. Luther Burden can step into that roll, Jahyde Walker can jump a spot and so on. They can make a few cuts like Edmunds to make cap room. It hurts losing a player like DJ but the fan base would forget fast knowing Garrett/Crosby are wearing the blue now orange.

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If SF wins out, they get the #1 seed and never have to leave home. The SB is in SF .

I seen a video about adjusted comp rate and Caleb is at 70% . They take in account throw always and drops. We're good to go and it's only getting better. Someone may have already mentioned this, I didn't read every post on this thread.

At 8-8 , they are going to want to have a losing season this year. Next week will not be easy.

100% this is why you could see progress even when the stats didnt necessarily show it. This past week it looked like everything is slowing down for him.

Crazy year, dude.

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Lions just lost to the Vikings and are now in last place in the division and are fully eliminated from playoff contention.

Controlling the clock and containing CMC will be two of the big keys. Offense will need to step up in the first half. The 49ers are not a team you want to be in a hole against early. This game should be a good litmus test for where the Bears are at. It’s a step up in caliber of competition. They have already exceeded my expectations.

Every game his feet are more aligned to his throws. Same thing with the drop back timing with his feet.

If we are competitive and winning as construed and will definitely be better with Caleb's progress, why would they tear down assets to add to needed pass rusher that will eat assets? I don't think they will look at it as you suggested. Now defensive assets is a different story. With the emergence of D Jackson I could see Edmunds leaving by a trade that frees up 15 mil or even J J because of what's behind him. I still don't think a strapped cap team is trading for big salaries if they trade their best player because of Garrett money. Turner got hurt just like Jarrett that is now healthy and playing better. You can't plan injuries, any player they trade for could get hurt. Dayo and Jarrett both were hurt this year. I see it more likely to go after Trey Hendrickson and try to fit his money into our Cap than trading assets to get a high level player. Example ' trade Edmunds ( if even possible) probably getting you a third round pick, JJ ( even less likely) getting you a second round pick) re-sign Jackson and Wright and hope the money saved will put us in better position to get Hendrickson or whoever.

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I think you are allowed 2 post June designations before the date. Not sure how they do there nath but how would you like to be a bad team and also under water on the Cap.

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I dont think the actual June 1 transactions have to occur after June first anymore. i think it's just a designation now that allows you to spread the cap effect over two years instead of one, but you can do it at any time. i think there is a limited number of players you can do it for, but the actual date doesnt matter anymore. So for example you could use a June 1 designation to spread the cap effect over two years, but still get under the March number. I could be wrong about this, but i think this is the deal now?

The Bears also are 3-1 vs current playoff teams, the best record in the NFL against playoff teams, tied with the Chargers, but the Bears have the better pts differential in those games. Go figure.

Post Week 16 games. 2018 was probably the last time the national media had the Bears ranked this high. Here are the top 10 power rankings and the Bears ranking: CBS Sports - 4th Yahoo - 5th NFL.com - 6th Sharp - 6th NBC/PFT - 7th ESPN - 8th The Score - 8th Fox/Brady - 9th USA Today - 9th nfelo - 10th Average - 7.2 It feels like any team in the top 10 has a shot at the Super Bowl, the Rams are the closest to a complete team and they just lost to the Seahawks. If the Bears beat the 49ers, they have to be considered a top 5 team, which is hard to believe, and it is wild to see some rankings already have them in the top 5.

That's why I don't worry about comp% too much. Still needs to work on accuracy but receivers need to catch the ball