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That was the reference to Ground Hog Day, the tag was when he does decide to play we can use the tag so we actually still have two yrs of service from him whether he feels respected or not.

The Bears are in the drivers seat. 1) they can start fining him. 2) If he doesn't play it becomes ground hog day. 3) After the year he plays they can tag him. Top 5-17 mil a yr. I heard they offered him 95 mil, but the the structure backs loads a lot , he may never see it. Smith says he's disrespected because they won't pay him the highest contract. If he wants to play, he has to budge.

The stumbling block in these negotiations is Smith wants to be the highest paid ILB. He was wants to do it for the LB group, in other words to keep setting the standard for more money. I want him playing here,, but he doesn't deserved to be the highest paid. If Poles gives in, every contract from here out will never be fair contracts but hold outs. His stats puts him in top 5 but he should make more than Warner but not Leonard. That would be between 21 and 33 mil guaranteed. Offer 30 mil and 93 mil total . It stays under the Leonard contract and is fair to Smith. They both save face. I doubt Smith agrees with that. What team is going to trade a 1st round pick and then pay the biggest ILB contract, no one. I'm on Poles side of this argument.

I'll try to find it on YouTube and repost it.thanks

this https://twitter.com/chibigo72/status/1557552511854198787?s=20&t=shRITdMYvqhhVVP1MJzuLg

Roquan Smith just got taken off of the PUP list, somethings happening. 3:33 pm

If Fields takes a step forward, no way we are a bottom feeder in 2022.

I would say the Bears defense was on the field more often because of bad offenses. The one key for me is forced fumbles. One compared to `17. Now i will say because the Bears were easy to run on so the PDs and Int would be affected but forced fumbles are related to just hitting and effective tackling.

Run him out of the slot. He's about the same size as V. Jones. They will be running a lot of 12 sets, (2 TEs) and using a FB so they can get by with limited WRs.

Its just a negotiating tactic. If they didnt get together, his only option is to play. He would lose this yr if not on the field. and then go free agency. He wants to be the highest paid ILB. I dont want him gone but a top 5 LB , he's not the best. Leonard has 15 sacks, 26 PD, 11 int and 17 forced fumbles. Roquan has 14 sacks, 16 PD, 5 int, and 1 FF. I can see why Poles would not want to pay him the same as Leonard.

Actually if he doesn't play this year, he doesn't get credit for the year. It starts over again next year, and he doesn't get paid. No wins for Roquan.

Nelson already was drafted before our pick.

Poles pretty well gets pounded every time he does something. I will let this play out. People complained when he didnt spend big money on FA OL, brought in Reiff and Schofield. Didnt sign any high profile WRs, signed Harry ( first round pick) on a minimum with potential. I remember Pace throwing money away with fat contracts, I will give Poles the benefit of doubt and wait. Not having an agent was problematic from the beginning. I remember Smith holding out on his rookie deal over something minor. The Bears hold the upper hand anyway you look at it, so he will be playing here this year with or without a contract. You think Smith will play like crap, screws up all negotiations going forward? Not going to happen.

With have all these national writers predicting doom on the Bears. I think they forgot what we had, they base their opinion on what we added. Mooney, Kmet, Montgomery, and Fields. All of them will be taking steps forward. We have added to the line. Jones-Reiff, Whitehair- Mustifer-Patrick, Schofield-Jenkins, and Borom-Reiff. We only need one of the FAs to step forward, EQB-Pringle-Moore-Pettis-Sharpe. We have added a couple of playmakers in Jones and Ebner through the draft. Herbert and Evans has some game. Griffin and O'Shaughnessy are upgrades. Also a FB. The offense will be fine as they grow together.

I have forgot to list Heavy.com input, someone on here introduced me to that site and they have had some good reading also.

I think the fact we will concentrate on the running game will help the line get acclimated to the NFL speed. Then throw is some play action, scrambling and a few deep drops, and you may be building something.

Well said

PFF has them like 28th but I am sure they all will upgrade after adding Reiff and Schofield showed up. I think its possible they turn out pretty good.

Briggs is probably the best beat reporter, I read him in the Tribune everyday.

There are a lot of choices of people covering the Bears. Lately I've been watching on YouTube, The Sick Podcast with Adam Rank, Swift Sports Network, Hoge and Johns , and Chicago Football Connection. On podcasts, Chicago Bears with Thayer and Joniack, the Noname podcast with Olin Kreutz. Twitter with Jacob Infante and Gabe Gabriel. What day you

You have to give coaching advantage to NE. These rosters are similar in good players and upside players. I think Fields has more upside than Jones. So my futures are leaning on the Bears being better not necessarily this year.

Harry was an add-on so they already got who they wanted before. Sharpe is a bigger body WR, so should be next in line behind EQB . Injuries will just move the next guy up. If Pringle isn't ready, V. Jones will just be the starter. May open the door for Finke to make a roster spot.

Actually they signed two Lbers. Javin White was also signed. Played a few games with the Raiders. Also has 4.45 speed.

I heard that the Bears were trying to trade him, but did the Bears actually ever come out and say that? I cant find any tape where that happen.

I haven't backed off of 9 wins, actually that wouldn't win a conference, so I might has well go with 11. Don't want to jinx myself.