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After thinking about this for a bit, at the very least this should help drive up the price for Edmunds and Moore. That’s assuming teams have legit interest and aren’t just bargain hunting.

I’d love to have Maxx but the price is likely too high.

sure, but Im wondering if we might even do better?!

Monty traded for a 5th. Will be interesting to see how he looks with a worse offensive line.

Just wanted a catch all thread for non-Bears related moves of interest.

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They all should change their numbers too, confuse everyone.

If they get a 5th or something like that, I will be extremely happy.

I agree with all of this. Cant wait to see how it happens.

I think we might be surprised with multiple teams interested. It wont be a 1st or anything like that, but we might do better than expected.

So the Bears end up with a DL of Sweat, Sweat, Jarrett, Sweat? 🤣 I like it.

That would be phenomenal with this draft class. It's deep at all of our needs...

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I'm up for whatever the bears decide to do as far as trade people, cut people but what is realistic? In a situation with no cap space, we are in different scenario than last year. We can't just overhaul the defense with no money. When you trade or cut someone we have to replace them. In the case of DJ we have some backups but we don't with Dexter. If you're telling me 3 rookie DTs is better than having Dexter as one on the field isn't realistic. He's not a star but he's not chump change either. We have to draft 2 DTs with Dexter here and now we need 3 replacements and add to the DE room? We don't have enough high picks or cap money to do that. In saying all of this I'm not in love with Dexter, it's just about realistically what we can get done in one year.

I'm up for whatever the bears decide to do as far as trade people, cut people but what is realistic? In a situation with no cap space, we are in different scenario than last year. We can't just overhaul the defense with no money. When you trade or cut someone we have to replace them. In the case of DJ we have some backups but we don't with Dexter. If you're telling me 3 rookie DTs is better than having Dexter as one on the field isn't realistic. He's not a star but he's not chump change either. We have to draft 2 DTs with Dexter here and now we need 3 replacements and add to the DE room? We don't have enough high picks or cap money to do that. In saying all of this I'm not in love with Dexter, it's just about realistically what we can get done in one year.

Let's play best case scenario: Reports of interest in DJ Moore as well and for a possible Day 2 pick. Hard to say what will happen but in a best case scenario we get a 2nd Rd pick for Bagent (more proven and cheaper than any 1st Rd pick, better than any other QB in the draft). DJ Moore nets us a 3rd Rd pick but there is suspicion we might have to eat some of the salary to make that happen. Edmunds I think can net at least a 4th Rd pick. IMO the Falcons and NFL still owe us a 3rd Rd pick too. We'd have 1st, 2nd, 2nd, 3rd, 3rd, 3rd, 4th, 4th.

If they can get ANYTHING for Edmunds, it would be amazing. It will be interesting to see what they do with Moore, or who he goes to. LVR's best WR was Tre Tucker last year after trading Meyers at the deadline. Moore would be a big upgrade and fit well with a rookie QB, assuming they go with Mendoza. It feels like there will be at least 5 new starters on defense this year. That unit really needs to be revamped.

If we could get a 3rd for him, that would be incredible. I expect more like a 5th tho, but with three teams interested, maybe a later 4th?

Seeing reports that 3 teams are interested in Edmunds

Should be an exciting week. Read this morning there might be 4 teams interested in Tremaine Edmunds, so to get a pick even if in 2027 would be something. As much as I hate to lose DJ, he is our biggest chip to have a seat at the table and play the game (FA). The Bears need cap space to sign a LB like Demarco Jackson at 2yr 11/12 mil to replace Edmunds. Kevin Byard, who's leadership goes a long ways will cost around 8 mil a year. Thats about 13-15 mil they need to create just to replace two positions that would be smart to bring back short term while the Bears draft long term solutions. I can also see them trade for a 1T to replace Billings since the FA cupboard is bare. Send DJ to Pittsburgh for Keenu Benton DT and DE Nick Heiberg whose contracts expire after this year. Steelers have 39 mil in cap space and pairing DJ with Metcalf would give them a scary dual. If it takes throwing in Gervin Dexter, id still consider. Benton at 1T and Heiberg as rotational edge would fill 2 needs.

Yes and that will include all the other teams who are interested in trading for our players like Bagent, Moore.

With legal tampering window opening a week from tomorrow, you would think the team would want some clarity on who they can afford before that window. So ultimately, by the end of the week, whatever trades, extensions, restructures they plan on doing should be complete. It is like planning for what you are going to do in poker before you are dealt your hand, there are too many scenarios to plan for, you only have a rough idea what you will do. So you would think they would want to know as early in the process as they can to give them more time to plan in reality and not in what-ifs.

It does look like a stunt there based on the angle of the other DT. I thought so too, but like you say, he should still he be up out of his stance. And there are lots of examples like this one. He's just slow off the ball. He certainly hasn't become the active 3T that we were hoping he'd be. And it's not like hes a BJ or DA "guy" either. He has value. For us in a rotation, maybe for someone else in trade? Hes far short of the starter I hoped he'd be, but he's not a bad 2nd stringer for us. I just feel like a housecleaning is coming, but I dont have any proof of course.

Yeah there are so many options, I am nowhere near predicting what we are going to do, but I have a strong feeling we're going to do SOMETHING and not just a little something. And when you add to that Ben Johnson's aggressive nature, I cant help but think there are going to be tons of new starters. And how we will accomplish that is going to be VERY interesting. This year for Poles should be really fun to watch.

It also appears he’s about to run a stunt since the other DT is running towards him. Even that doesn’t prevent him from standing up and taking a half step forward. At least sell it a little bit.