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Post-June 1st moves are really just for operating expenses and vet minimum deals in the late offseason. You can't count on those for use during the actual free agent period or post-draft free agency. Moore has a $28.5M cap hit for 2026, not $38M. There are a few easy restructures that wont kill the future cap. Moore has a $28.5M cap hit with $23.4M in salary. They could convert a good chunk of the 2026 salary into a bonus and then spread it out over the remainder of his contract (thru 2029). So just say they won't want too much in future years, they can convert $12M to a bonus and save $9M on this year's cap without hurting future years with a ton of dead cap ($3M per yr). Sweat is similar, but his deal ends in 2027. So with $20M in salary, they could convert say half of it to a bonus, save $5M this year and only push $5M to next season. Sweat only has $18M left in guarantees after this season, so there is some wiggle room there too. I figure they could easily save $12-15M with just Moore and Sweat without too much impact on future years. Dalman only signed a 3-year deal, so I can see them working on an extension which could save $5M on the 2026 cap. Jackson has a similar deal that also ends in 2027, so they could extend him for 2 more years and flatten the cap hit. Probably another potential $10M in savings if they want to extend either of those guys. So that is 4 transactions, saving $25M on the cap, only extending core players under 30 (Jackson and Dalman). Then for potential cuts/trades, Edmunds is the most enticing with $15M in pre-June 1st savings. He will almost certainly be a move they act on. The LB Corps needs a rookie contract to balance it out. So if you cut/trade Edmunds, now you are potentially up to $40M in available cap. Kmet is another option for a cut/trade/restructure. He has a $11.6M cap hit probably as a TE2. There is no way you can pay that/ They could save $8.4M with a pre-June 1st move. However, he is a team-leader, but would he be willing to sign an extension for less money? So a Kmet action would save between $5-$8M. So restructing Moore and Sweat, extending Jackson and Dalman, cutting/trading Edmunds, and doing anything with Kmet could free up in the high 40s in cap space for 2026 with mainly needs at S, DT, and possibly LB. That seems very doable to me. I forgot about Jaylon Johnson, who is also in a similiar position as Sweat. Deal ends in 2027, so any restructure would just slide to 2027, so again, if they need some additional wiggle room, they can slide some money into 2027 with Johnson. Probably another $5M if they need it.

Caleb pushes back on Shady McCoy for saying S Sanders would play better than Caleb in Sundays game. Caleb gives him crap and I love it.

I think we will do both. We dont have those DE dogs on the roster right now.

not to mention half our losses were in the first 2 weeks of a new head coach and Caleb's development just beginning. It doesnt portend who we are now. I think the main thing is that we dont have a pass rush. That will probably limit how far we go this year, but we have a heck of a team otherwise, and will for several years with these core guys. I expect we will get a pass rush this offseason, and then watch out. But I wont say the Bears cant go all the way this year. They do find ways to win, even with this incomplete roster.

Edmunds is the easiest one to transition from to pick up a big chunk of money. The other choice is ask him to restrure his contract. Edwards isn't getting paid a big contract, Jackson would have to be the MLB.

If traded, they will be around draft time, not post 6-1. I don't think they trade DJ, more like restructuring his contract. Edmunds may be the odd man out with the play of Jackson. If they want to keep any of the big contracts, I see many restructuring before they trade them.

Swift has played like a nunber one RB in this league. This thread will not age well.

It's rare for a rookie to have a big impact his first year ,I agree with that but that's where we need to see growth for players in our system already. Booker is starting to make plays, Dayo comes back, if healthy maybe we see why Poles seen in him . Joe Tryon -Shoyinka has had some moments.

Actually if Edmunds is back,he is good at defending the pass.

I saw that they deployed him a lot on receiving plays. I think even the commentator noted how he looked a lot like a receiver. This could be an issue if he’s paired up with our LBs or CJGJ All of which are bad at pass pro.

The Bears will invest in the D/Dline through the draft, but dont expect them to be huge contributors year one. Rookies D-linemen take longer to become first string rotation since there is a huge jump from college to pros in strength and knowledge to overcome. If the Bears can shed some cap as another post was started by Mongo, i believe, they might try to add a legit pass rusher via trade. I would rather build thru the draft, but if we a knocking on NFC div leaders door, the time is now.

Not to belabor a point but was the SOS determined before or after the season? Reason I ask is whooda thought KC would be out of playoff contention at this point and NE would be in contention for the NFC East title this soon after Brady retired and current MVP holder Josh Allen was supposed to be peaking? Nix is on the edge of taking his team to the playoffs - again (in only his second year) and Maye is playing out of his mind good. (nod to Mongo for being right about this guy).

They can't let Jacobs get going either. His TD run was the game breaker. He had a rushing and receiving TD against the Broncos as well.

Another cool nugget amongst others for Saturday's game. If the Bears win, Williams will be back to .500 as a QB for the first time since Week 7 of last season after the Hail Mary game loss. Talk about a cleansing.

We'd better take advantage of a weakened defense, because I have no doubt the Packers are going to come out firing. They will use Parsons' injury as a rallying cry. We will need our defense to step up, and for BJ, Caleb, & Company to work some magic. The surest way to get a ticket to the dance is to win our division. We need to defeat Green Bay to have a realistic chance to do so.

When I look it up that way, Rodgers has a couple of spans with an INT rate below 1.0% with over 1000 attempts (which would imply less than 10 INTs in 1K). Brady has a few as well. However, when I do over 1K Passing Attempts, with an INT Rate of 1.2% or lower, to start a career, the only name that shows up is Caleb's: https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/CIX7e Even though Rodgers has the career best INT Rate of 1.432% of any QB with over 2,500 attempts, Brissett is fractionally better than Rodgers at 1.397% with way fewer attempts. So now that Williams is over 1K, there really is no comparison because it took Brissett 6 years to get to his 1K passing attempts, where he had 14 INTs in those first 1K. Brissett has basically maintained that pace up to his current 2,147 attempts, now with 30 INTs. Williams is at 1.175% with 12 INTs in 1,021 attempts. So he technically could throw 17 in his next 1,126 attempts and still be the best.

With all of that, the Bears SOS is .400, but NE's SOS is .371, and DEN's is .393, both lower than the Bears but you don't hear much at all about who those teams have played. Hell, both Maye and Nix are getting MVP consideration in the weaker conference while the Bears are arguably in the toughest division in football. Every division in the NFL has at least one team with 4 wins or less, and the NFC North's "worst" team has 6 wins. GB is a "true" Super Bowl contender, but they lost to the Browns and Panthers, tied the Cowboys, and barely beat the Giants and Cardinals, but somehow the Bears are not because they lost to the Lions, Ravens, Vikings, and Packers.

It seems the second time with Johnson has been better to him (overall yardage). From 2020-22 he averaged ~560 total rushing yards (4.7 avg) with never getting more than 617 in 2021. Last year although he did get 959 yards with us his average overall was 3.8 yards per carry. This year its 4.9.

And all of this without a pass rush. Next year we will spend our assets on the D line, and then i imagine this team will be a true contender. And that's not to say that they cant cobble something together this year. Im not putting a ceiling on how far these guys can go, but we will be underdogs in an NFC Championship game for example. But next year, with a pass rush, we will be favorites in a lot of games. Caleb is growing weekly into a beast. The future is bright.

I may be reading the stat wrong, but I think its over ANY consecutive 1,000 passes. For Caleb, it's his first. But if im reading it right, it's even more impressive. And last year you had people saying Caleb should trhow more interceptions - probably the same ones who thought he never should have thrown the TD to Moore this week.

I’m with you. I’d be over the moon if they can pull off a win this weekend—one without the strings attached of the last game of the season (in January), when there wasn’t as much on the line for them. Of course, GB fans are already making excuses with the latest round of injuries. Never mind that the Bears’ defense has been playing with 2nd- and 3rd-stringers for most of the season.

Really, it was more than just that. There was also the game against Washington, where they needed a last-second field goal by Moody to escape with a win, and the opening-week loss to a still-struggling Vikings team, 27–24. If you look at the combined record of the teams the Bears faced prior to the win against the Eagles—what I’d consider the second renaissance of the season (with the first coming the week after the bye)—those opponents were a combined 50–88. That figure even includes the 8–6 Lions, who beat us convincingly, 52–21. I'll be the first to say that I'm pretty happy (surprised) with how things are shaping up esp after that win against Philly. I'll say it again, IF they can win against GB this time around I'll really be impressed.

If OTC is correct, we are projected to have 1.4 million in cap space next year. That's not good considering the free agents we will have. I looked at a few contacts that may be overvalued and the best scenario. From left to right (player, cap#, dead money, savings and action taken) DJ 38,4,24 Trade Post 6/1 Edmunds 17, 2,15 Trade Pre or Post 6/1 Dayo 20,0,7 Restructure Jarrett 19,4,15 Trade Post 6/1 Johnson Can't cut, trade or restructure. Gordon 23,2,11 Trade post 6/1 Chart is ugly. I don't think a miracle is gonna happen with Gordon or Jarrett. DJ and Edmunds can get us 39 million back if traded. Add in 7 mil for Dayo for 46 mil. I didn't put Sweat, Jackson, Dalman or Thuney on the list, due to them playing commensurate to their value. They can be traded post 6/1 for savings, if needed. The bummer of it is that bone of the above has good value being traded to gain picks on the upcoming draft. For that weed have to look at guys on their rookie contract. Y'all feel to add or correct, as this is definitely not my wheelhouse.

Weird to see Bears as leading vote getters, 4 OL on the list, 14 total players in the top 10. The top 4 guys should be in consideration for All Pro, Dalman, Thuney, and Byard should be 1st Teamers. Wright, just because of name recognition will probably lose out to Horn or Surtain for 1st Team All-Pro. OC - Dalman - NFC1 / NFL2 OG - Thuney - NFC1 / NFL1 FS - Byard - NFC1 / NFL1 CB - Wright - NFC2 / NFL2 KR - Duvernay - NFC2 / NFL3 ST - Blackwell - NFC2 / NFL4 OT - Wright - NFC4 / NFL4 OG - Jackson NFC3 / NFL7 DE - Sweat - NFC3 / NFL7 LS - Daly - NFC5 / NFL5 QB - Williams - NFC4 / NFL7 P - Taylor - NFC5 / NFL10 TE - Loveland - NFC6 / NFL10 RB - Swift - NFC7 / NFL10 The Position groups without players in the top 10 in voting: WR, DT, ILB, OLB, SS, K. Somehow Doubs made the top 10 and is 49th in Receiving Yards in the NFL, but Odunze or Moore didn't. DT is expected, both LB spots have been due to injury, SS has been a mixed bag with Brisker, and Santos is obviously not a Pro Bowl kicker.

The 2 games that stand out that seem to have swayed public perception (regardless of outcome) was the LVR game where they needed a blocked FG to win it, and then the Saints game where Caleb only had 15 completion, which is still a season low.