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I think Poles will surprise us with who he brings in.

I would say better than Thuney because of his age. Go on Poles X account and present your argument,no one in this group has the power to change anything.. Your suggestion would be great be I don't see them doing that.

Nobody is disagreeing with you. The problem is money. Me and AZ are predicting what we think the bears will do, it's not disliking him .

With all the help we need, paying a center 20+ mil doesn't seem doable. He would be a great addition but if we did, the draft is the only way we will add any help at DT, DE, S, LB, LT , and S. Some UFAs at minimum salaries aren't going to make us better. Several teams with a lot of Cap space also need centers. We can't compete in an auction.

I think if we wanted Biadesz, we would have signed him . He was in Hallas Hall. There are a few better options. Here's a video that goes over all the options. It doesn't matter if you agree with him but he did bring up resigning Bates who was our backup center last year. Dalman played every snap so obviously we didn't see him. Bates and draft a rookie center in the second or third? I don't think they will let a rookie center take control of the OL that early. Our OL coach will probably have a big input in who we get. Luke Fortner was the NO center last year. He was 18th ranked giving up 3 sacks but only 11 pressures. Dalman gave up 1 sack but 24 pressures. You could get Fortner for 3 or 4 mil. A year. McGovern is the next best center available but will probably cost 9-10 mil.

I expect we can sign Tyler Baidatz for about 10 and do the contract to give relief in this years Cap. I think it's only for 2 years so it stays aligned with the other OL contracts. Connor McGovern has almost the same rating as Baidarz. Is the 6 th rated center in pass blocking and gave up no sacks. But we would have to wait until free agency starts to sign him. He is out of contract, wasn't cut

It's highly unlikely we give up lots of draft capital for anybody. Poles wants to keep this going through the draft. 8 knee surgeries also worry me.

Aaron Lemning reported we get 10 mil in Cap space, 4 mil in dead money and was talking about the bonus being able to recover the 4 mil in 2027 over some condition. I didn't understand that point. Also seen where we were already talking to Tyler Biadasz the former Washington center who they cut this off-season at a 8.1 cap hit.

I just woke up, is this true? Wow that screws the OL strength Luke Newman was taking some snaps at OC, does he take over now?

He's better than those LBers but the best would be a 4 th if a couple of teams might fight over him.

Seen where Rapport corrected his post. Detroit got Juice Scruggs/ OL, a 4th and 7th. Quite the haul. Makes me wonder what Swift would bring back.

Poles wants more picks and would love to do that. Heard talk about the rumor of people wanting Dexter and Brad Biggs said those were false reports. Of all the local reporters, he always seems to have the best information. I don't trust any national media.

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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.