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This will have a ripple effect across the entire defense. It is getting a more disruptive All Pro level Akiem Hicks, cost controlled for 4 years.

Cool. I appreciate those side stories. Question now is, who will wear 98?

The butterfly affect..

What I love about this is Grady had been playing more snaps than he should at his age. Also, Simmons will free him up by taking all of the double teams. This could be a multiplying effect for our front four.

Not trying to cope about the picks because thats all they are but the Bears already have two extra 1st rounders from the last 3 draft classes, Odunze was the extra pick in 2024 and Burden is ultimately an extra one from 2025, so those picks are already on the roster.

Simmons has experienced a 10-46 record over his last 56 games. In only two of those games did his offense score 30 or more points. In 37 of those games, his offense scored fewer than 20. 2022 was his last playoff game, had 3 sacks, 3 TFL, and 8 tackles, and the Titans lost 19-16.

Dayo was looking good on 3rd downs, Booker is stepping up. Gordon and Thieneman are blitzing to confuse qbs. I cannot wait until Bryant gets back to move Lewis back to depth rotation. Some one needs to poke JJ with a stick to see if hes alive. The Bears have capitalized on Caleb Williams rookie contract.

Bears now with the #1 and #18 DTs in PRWR. Grady is also #2 in Run Stop Win Rate.

DT pass rush win rate rankingsRank Name Team Wins Plays PRWR DT% 1 Jeffery Simmons TEN 33 124 27% 84% 2 Maason Smith ATL 25 95 26% 85% 3 Brandon Dorlus ATL 22 84 26% 78% 4 Alim McNeill DET 37 146 25% 84% 5 DJ Reader NYG 16 71 23% 73% 6 Zach Allen DEN 26 134 19% 80% 7 Walter Nolen III AZ 15 81 19% 73% 8 Braden Fiske LAR 14 76 18% 78% 9 Osa Odighizuwa SF 22 120 18% 79% 10 Byron Murphy II SEA 19 108 18% 78% 11 Jonathan Allen CIN 17 97 18% 76% 12 Milton Williams NE 18 103 17% 79% 13 Calijah Kancey TB 15 86 17% 74% 14 Arik Armstead JAX 18 104 17% 81% 15 Dexter Lawrence II CIN 19 110 17% 88% 16 Moro Ojomo PHI 16 94 17% 80% 17 Leonard Williams SEA 16 95 17% 85% 18 Grady Jarrett CHI 19 116 16% 71% 19 Vita Vea TB 15 94 16% 81% 20 Calais Campbell BAL 15 96 16% 83%

I think Sweat will also be motivated after hearing coach Johnson say Hardy played well over the last two games and deserves more opportunities. Basically the Bears never missed Sweat, so he needs to ball out. With the addition of Simmons, who is owed 27 mil next season, the Bears can cut Sweat with no dead money. That seems like a.no brainer, imo.

Secondary effect? Simmons played two years with Sweat as MSU. Maybe that will motivate Sweat a little bit?

We would have QB Andy Dalton and Eberflus while living with 4 win seasons. I really think Kevin Warren told Poles to go get Ben Johnson. I do not think that happens if Poles had to go to the McCaskeys

I can't even imagine where the Bears would be right now, if not for that play.

Now THATS funny right there . I don’t care who you are. Was reading up on Wright and why he’s not starting in NY given he was a relative hot commodity after last year . But essentially it came down to their staring CBs, who are younger, are playing better . And ‘yes’ his coverage skills lack. But there’s no denying it he can make plays, at least in the right scenario. Maybe if he has assured help over the top he can be made into a temp fix for Johnson until something better comes along?

He does a good Eddie Jackson impersonation...

Wright was lousy in coverage, but no worse than JJ. At least he tried to tackle players instead of watching them run past him, and got turnovers, which JJ fails to do. Is there anything JJ does do well?

Yes, the Bears do not owe him the signing portion which is a plus

The Bears gave up a 2027 4th and got back a 2028 5th. For how bad the Titans are, even if they are a year apart, they will probably only be less than 20 picks away with the comp picks in between. I would not be surprised if they look for someone like Wright for a 7th or something like. He hasn't played for the Jets, hell the Jets may even give a pick back.

They traded two 1sts, a 4th and received Simmons and a 5th. I think those later picks are in 2028

And if I heard / read correctly, the bears received a 5th round pick in the trade. That would make three they have now? Which, in theory, could be used as leverage for a player like Mack or even an older but decent CB who can contribute now?

Also, this is a winning formula: we needed a defensive superstar. This reminds me of KC's run with a younger Mahomes w/ Reid as HC and Chris Jones on defense. The difference is the Bears have a younger core on offense. Coby Bryant hasn't even played a snap yet, the defense will get another boost with him.

There is not much difference between Pick #28-32 and #33-#36. 2x #30 picks equals #11. So the Bears ultimately traded Pick#10 for Simmons.

As much as I love Mack, I’d say a CB right now might be a little higher priority. But honestly, I’ll take either.

Ha! Our firsts are going to be late picks, closer to giving away two 2nds than two #1’s. We need to grab Mack or someone similar for help at edge and this D is good enough to get us to the Superbowl with this offense.