ASHKUM BEAR
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I pay pretty close attention to College and the NFL, watch a lot of games. Its sad I have never heard of this guy and he played against us twice every year. So I would think signing a Jared Allen type De is off the table now. I would have rather used that 3 mil towards Allen or even resigning Peppers if he doesn't get a hug offer.
Who said Peppers or Allen would play for that amount, I think that's why they haven't signed anywhere yet. Plus Allens attitude is if he doesn't get payed what he wants, he will retire. No reason to want a player that will hold that attitude against a team.
Young is younger, 28. Let's be happy that we are adding youth. We will be playing a "new scheme" defensively with a 4-3 base that will employ different alignments. There's going to be a learning curve for the team as a whole.
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The Safety market has pretty much dried up with Clemons, Allen, and Major Wright listed as the top available Safeties. Allen and Peppers are the top DE's remaining. So essentially we can only get backwards at this point at those positions unless we get Jared Allen. We also have to replace or re-sign Melton, Wootton, and Tillman.
Handful of options, so I'm not worried. I would actually rather add through the draft. I think we can get a great SS in rounds 2-3. FS, I'd prefer experience.
Chris Clemons, Nate Allen, Kedrick Lewis, Thomas DeCoud,
Roman Harper, Ed Reed, Charles Woodson
Patrick Chung, Quintin Demps,
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We know that Peppers and Major Wright are gone. As Emery said, the market is going to settle down and prices will fall. Look for us to sign bargain deals now like Slaussen, Williams and Anderson from last year. Peace
Speaking of not waiting for a bargain... Just seen Buffalo signed Chris Williams G for 4 years 13.5 with 5.5 guaranteed. Looks like he will get a good chance to start at LG.
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Wow and I thought you were an original thinker, and listed reasons why he isnt there.
Lovies D doesn't require cover corners. It would be a luxury and money would be better spent on the Dline. Tillman is not a cover corner. He plays a decent zone, but is excellant at tackling and the punch.
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One thing I haven't read yet, is this signing can be significant in next years draft. We haven't had a complimentary pick in years and if our FA losses are greater than our aquisitions, we may reap some picks. The McCown signing and if he does start may net us a 3rd or 4th RD pick.
This is were I want to see the Bears again. Growing their own and having replacements ready to step up. Not saying we are there yet, but if McCown, Tillman, Melton all sign, we may have 10 picks next year. 10 picks and we have flexibility to trade picks for future picks.
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Agreed on this but he is a great guy. Best of luck to him. Peace
No doubt he has the right work ethic and attitude, that is really why he has cashed in.
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Double Danged, great minds think alike lol.
He owes Trestman, Mashall, Jeffrey, Bennett, and Forte 8 million of that. He hit the lotto, teaching one year, millionaire the next.
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http://www.businessinsider.com/jay-cutler-...lary-cap-2014-1 That Is an absolute joke
The 20 some years that Bears didn't have a QB was the absolute joke. Cutler is making what top 15-16 NFL QB's make these days.
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Another saftey, played for the pack last year.....Not a bad signing, he's still young and probably didn't cost much.
RFA? What does that cost us draft wise?
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Source: #Bears are now targeting #Raiders star defensive end Lamarr Houston after missing out on Michael Bennett. They are pushing hard
Looks like Houston is our next target. I like him more than Johnson.
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He will be 31 this month. It goes against what Emery has said about getting younger, or maybe younger than Peppers would still considered younger. I would like this addition if we missed on Johnson and Bennett. Tuck would bring good leadership and it doesn't hurt he is a ND man!!! Love the Irish.
Then I hope we draft Nix and Tuitt!!!
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If they miss out on the high paid DEs I'd be cool with this.
I'd rather save the money, I think this draft is rich with SS's.
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Wow. I just commented on this in another post.
Does Biggs know this because of the brother factor? The NFL does a damn good job of making sure signings are not leaked. I agree Biggs thinks he knows what's going to happen. How can he report it?
That being said, I agree with exactly what you said. I hope it is correct and I hope it doesn't set us back too much financially.
Biggs also thinks we are cutting Peppers. I know it's inevitable and impractical, but wouldn't it be nice to have Peppers and Bennett???
If Peppers would take a big pay cut, it would be great to have these two but I think we are moving on.
I think this deal was done a while ago, we had Marty to thank for that. He's been pressing on this for a long time.
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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/...ichael-bennett/
Hope this is correct, and hope this doesn't set us back financially.
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3rd rd pick????? c'mon guys lovie is in charge of a team again so count tampa in for a 1st rd pick for him....
LOL! I think Lovie should give us Tampa's entire draft, we can throw in Tillman, Hester, and Cutler too. All we need is McCown to win!
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In the Hester thread, I thought that the Bears wanted to maximize their roster spots and go with someone who is more than just a returner, and Dexter McCluster seems to fit that role. I still believe we have a good chance at landing Bennett. Emery wants to make this his team, so I have a feeling that Tillman is gone.
What about Darren Spoles? He can be a change of pace scat back/returner. He might be cheap and he might want to rejoin Kromer.
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Regardless, the first hurdle to overcome is him re-signing. And since he's already said he has no desire to play Safety (so we know it was a topic of discussion) that limits his options. Yes, he WAS playing at a pro-bowl level BEFORE his injury, but Hester WAS returning KOs and punts for TDs not all that long ago. Just sayin'
I think for him to sustain his career he'd be better served to contemplate a FS position....eventually. Seems a few other players (with the examples noted above) did so successfully.
I'd rather sign Delmas for FS, draft Ward/Bucannon at SS and sign Tillman to groom a 3rd or 4th RD prospect at CB.
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Not as silly as his response lol.
I wonder what a 33 year old Briggs fetches the bears. 3rd round pick? I wouldn't HATE the idea of trading him, esp. if they feel like they already have his predecessor on the team.
Adds 6.5M to the cap pot.
You guys take the bait so easily! Maybe watch/listen to the whole thing before reacting to the worm the writer hung out.
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There has been talk the past couple years of eliminating the kickoff, extra points, and so forth. Punts, would probably still be a part of the game, but they have ways to take out the returner on those too with directional, long distance, or slow high punts as we have seen. Hester eliminated his own job with being such a threat.
I've also heard crazy theories how teams should be and will be getting more aggressive on 4th down attempts.
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I dont know where to put this, but was reading where Peanut is not released by the doctors yet and for new teams will come into play with how much money he gets. That could keep the price down and put us back in play.
At the end of the year, he was put on IR and Trestsmans comment about that was strange. He mentioned how he will not disclose his condition for medical privacy rights. It was speculated that that was said to protect him for when he hits the open market. He must have a something serious that was big enough to possibly effect a contract. Hope he is healthy enough to play if he wishes with whatever team, but hope more that it is with the Bears.
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Hester is a fringe HOF player. Another 2 or 3 returns for touchdown and he should be in.
Great player that is past his prime. Time to move on and I'm glad the Bears did.
Peace
Hard to say Hester is past his prime. Past his peek, I will agree, but the guy still led the NFL in punt average in yards. If he had competent blockers that didn't get called for penalties, he would have had one or two td's last year. If he had Dave Toubs best units, he'd shatter the record. If the roster was filled and we had room to cut Weems and sign Hester in his place I'd do it in a heart beat. Hester is owed nothing, but he is still one of the NFLs top returners still. His departure comes down to $, we need every dime to retool the D.
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I don't believe that's true. Your logic fails because in my scenario the LB and secondary are above average. The Bears last year were below average in all three levels of defense. You put last year's DL with Otis Wilson, Mike Singletary, and Wilbur Marshall and you'd have ENTIRELY different results.
It's just difference of opinions. I believe having more talent on the front 4 will make a bigger difference than the back 4.
But the main key is balance and scheme. You can have players that a great a pressuring the QB, but they won't amount to anything unless you can stop the run first.
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Had a good year in 2009 but has fell of since. Started 2 games 2 years ago for the Pats, recorded 3 sacks. No question a vet min deal which doesn't hurt.
DRAFT PROFILE:
TREVOR SCOTT BUFFALO
6'5" 256 40 TIME: 4.52, 4.59, AND 4.67
DE/Defensive Specialist? - seems like another 4-3 / 3-4 type player.
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Not sure where they got the numbers since none of our beat guys have said anything but per rotoworld Bears re-signed DT Jay Ratliff to a two-year, $4 million contract with $600,000 guaranteed. I was expecting no more than 2.5 so 2M is a great deal in my eyes.
That is a great deal, I was figuring closer to 3 since this will most likely be his last pay day.
Bears sign Willie Young
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Another tidbit on Willie Young:
Coming out of the draft...at age 25, he is a high ceiling prospect taken in the 7th round. He has the height and athleticism to be versatile in systems, DE in a 4-3 or a OLB in a 3-4. He is intelligent, but may take a year or two to develop.