Stinger226
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Sproles is a perfect fit in this offense. I would have no problem if the Bears signed him, but I don't expect it. They're going to spend whatever money is left on plugging the holes on defense.
He would prosper in our offense, the key is how much he would cost. Cant afford to pay big money to get him.
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I certainly don't hate it....Bears were awful against the run and Houston certainly helps! Even at 7M, which possibly isn't the cap number, that's a fair deal....Time to give Pep the boot!
It upgrades our team but it isnt a fair deal. He is minus the FA blitz similar to Alex Brown,IMO. Under normal circumstances, he is a 4 mil a year tops. Now if he takes a next step,may carry more valve going forward but you dont pay 7 mil a year for an average of 4 sacks a year.
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There were reports that he at least looked like he was playing at 275 last year.
He's said to be "very light on his feet" but ya he's kinda more in the form of a Red Bryant type DE but with a better ability to rush the passer.
Certainly not my top choice but he'd make an impact in the run game at least.
Here's a good write up on him from PFF.
Their second-round pick from 2010, Houston has never been a household name outside of Oakland. Defensive ends are sadly still defined by their sack totals, and Houston’s 19 QB takedowns in four seasons are nothing to write home about. But in looking at the tape we’ve found that there are few edge defenders who stop the run as well as he does.
For the third straight season, Houston finished with one of the five best run defense grades at his position. His 40 run stops led all defensive ends; the only lineman with more was the great J.J. Watt. Houston’s 10.3 Run Stop Percentage was also the highest of any 4-3 defensive end with 200 run snaps, showing he was as efficient as he was productive. Nothing speaks to his impact on the game more than the fact that Oakland’s opponents averaged 3.2 yards per carry when they ran in his direction (off left end or left tackle) versus 4.2 per carry when they away from him.
This sort of play is typical for Houston, as he’s never finished a season with a run defense grade lower than +7.2. He has a team-high 158 defensive stops since he joined the Raiders, and his 124 run stops since 2010 are 20 more than any other edge defender:
The flip side of all of this, of course, is that Houston has never been an elite pass rusher, grading a career -1.6 in that category. However, he’s far from a liability on passing plays. His 63 quarterback pressures this season were still 12th-most of any 4-3 defensive end, and one more than sack leader Robert Mathis. You may remember Houston’s Week 3 sack-fumble of Peyton Manning on Monday Night Football, where he blew right past left tackle Chris Clark. However, the reality is that Houston isn’t much of a speed rusher, instead typically getting into the backfield with the same powerful inside techniques that he uses to stop the run. He may not be your prototypical pass rusher, but Houston still gets his fair share of pressure.
Houston hasn’t earned the accolades of the NFL’s best pass rushers, but his dominance against the run is no less important. And given the oversized importance that is still placed on sacks, his price tag won’t be too high. After years of overpaying players who didn’t deserve it, the Raiders now have the chance to lock up their best defender at a value. They should make it a priority to do so.
----you might see that 63 pressures number and think "That's only 3 less than Bennett who you've been hyping as a great pass rusher", but don't be fooled, Houston played 378 more snaps than Bennett did.
To get him we are going to have to over pay, Oak has the most money to spend and if he is a good player why wouldnt they want him back.
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Ian Rapoport @RapSheet 30m
Source: #Bears are now targeting #Raiders star defensive end Lamarr Houston after missing out on Michael Bennett. They are pushing hard
No surprise here. one thing we know for sure is the Bears want the best DE they can get, which is obviously the way to go.
He is third on my list but the first one is gone, so get this show on the road and go get him.
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I'd take him and while I hated his attitude playing against him we need someone like that on our defense. He should be cheaper than Bennett. In fact we might be able to afford him and a guy like Johnson to bookend the Dline.
I think as a rotational DE, he would be a great addition, but price prohibited.
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Brad Biggs @BradBiggs 9m
.@DanWiederer reports #Bears closing in on a contract for LB D.J. Williams to return. http://bit.ly/1h7u6by
More than likely another vet min deal, or near it. Believe he played for a mill last year, probably gets less after another injury plagued season.
Would provide nice competition to Bostic and SMD (Greene as well I suppose). I still expect 2 of those 3 to be the starters.
D.J. is the MLB and the others get the SLB to fight over.
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Yup, I've seen the same tweets about a few other players who then got cut.
Why trade for him, when tomorrow you can sign him as a FA.
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Nor was I, wonder what changed in the last week or so though.
*Sarcasm* maybe the Bears know their D won't be that good so they wanna make the O even better =p
They must have talked to someone else and cut a deal we will know about tomorrow.
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Welp....
Brad Biggs @BradBiggs 1m
Michael Bennett to #Seahawks on a 4-year contract reports @ProFootballTalk
Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter 1m
And now, as @ProFootballTalk reported, Seattle's deal with DE Michael Bennett is done. Expect it to be four years, about $34 million.
If the rumored numbers are true and the Bears offered the same 8.5M then the whole "Bears won't spend the money" argument is out the window.
Lame. Guess he wanted a better chance to win, which I can respect.
That would have been a fair contract, now to plan B. (which probably isnt much of nothing.)
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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/...ichael-bennett/
Hope this is correct, and hope this doesn't set us back financially.
At his age I will say his contract is 5 year-56 mil with 18 guaranteed and counts 7 the first year.
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See, I try to let this end on a cival note and you continue with the trash talk.
FOR THE LAST TIME and if you reply back with something dumb I'm just gonna block you....I DON'T DISLIKE YOU! NOR DO I CARE IF YOU MISSPELL WORDS. IT'S THE SIMPLE NAMES LIKE RATLIFF AND TUITT THAT ANNOY ME. PREIOD. THE END......
Now back to football....
Biggs still believes Bennett is priority numero uno
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/footb...0,3800565.story
In case you don't read the article, make sure to set your DVRs to record NFL AM on NFL Network. The Bennett bros will have a segment called bro 2 bro, which should be hilarious and could provide some insight on Michaels plans
There is never a last time with you, just like last year when you quit the forum. You popped up two weeks later. When you quit with the misspelling statements I will stop. I have stamina.
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If we sign Bennett I expect he'll get a very big bonus in yr 2 of the contract, maybe another one guaranteed in yr 3. If we sign him for $80 million I'll be throwing a fit…which usually means drinking another beer.
If its big money, just not a sound decision. He simply not worth that kind of money just because he is the best this year. Im all for him being here and its not my money, but this will strap us for other good players. We are all speculating so were 36 hours away from all of this. The Bears are usually tight lipped so this surprises me if it leaked out. As soon as Marty said he wanted his brother to play here, this was a no brainer, it was just about the money.
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We'll see how crazy this gets man, I still think they can work him in the budget, but I'm a lot less optimistic now.
Sometimes reality hits us and we leave dreamland. I would love him too, but IMO he will cost to much.
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I'll make this my last post on the subject since it's apparently touch, I don't care if you misspell the word "dog", it's just the Ratlcliffs and the Truitts that annoy men. We see the names a million times and we've heard em a million times.....Hell I myself have been making common grammer mistakes and misspelling words, that's fine cause as you said this is a football board.
And for the millionth time I don't hate you....Hell my best friend constantly used to call Kyle Korver, Kyle Kulver, and he used to call Batista (Yes I'm a wresling fan) Balista for some reason and I got him every single time....Does that mean I don't like him? Of course not
Again, I don't wanna make this more than it is so reply if you must but I will be backing away.
First of all, Im the only one you cat call on misspelling words, and other people actually misspell words on here. I never mentioned hate, I said (dislike) and that is a fact your can lie about, but we are all adults on here,so I dont really care whether you like me or not, it just doesnt matter.
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I'll make this my last post on the subject since it's apparently touch, I don't care if you misspell the word "dog", it's just the Ratlcliffs and the Truitts that annoy men. We see the names a million times and we've heard em a million times.....Hell I myself have been making common grammer mistakes and misspelling words, that's fine cause as you said this is a football board.
And for the millionth time I don't hate you....Hell my best friend constantly used to call Kyle Korver, Kyle Kulver, and he used to call Batista (Yes I'm a wresling fan) Balista for some reason and I got him every single time....Does that mean I don't like him? Of course not
Again, I don't wanna make this more than it is so reply if you must but I will be backing away.
Thanks for stopping being a putz and lets get back to football talk.
Just so you know , all the fingers on my right hand are numb all the time, it sometimes makes it hard to hit the right keys, 90% of my misspelled words are key screwups and I dont always have the time like you to go back and proof read my posts. I am actually starting to like your football opinions but personally you suck.
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lol I love this post.
Bennett won't be getting 84M...
He aint getting 84 mil, but he will be way more than 42 and we wont be getting him.
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It's just ludicrous to misspell a simple name like Ratliff. I'd understand misspelling Ozougwo or something like that but for god sake man!
I still think there's a chance, albeit a lot slimmer of a chance. Like I said I think it all comes down to whether or not they wanna dip into those contracts more than just a bit.
IF spelling is such of an announce for you, go to one of the english lit forums. This is a football forum and your the only one that it annoys. I dont know if you noticed many other people make spelling mistakes, but I seem to be the only one that annoys you. Like I said, I dont like you and you dont like me so quite being a putz and slam me for stupid football opinions and let it go.
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…and I keep asking myself who is Griffen? I'm thinking a guy worth $42mil is someone I've seen plenty of highlights on ESPN or NFL Network. Maybe even someone the Vikings fans talk about as one highlight in an otherwise bad season. Maybe the networks just didn't have enough time to sort through all of those 18 tackles and 5.5 sacks. Had we known they were willing to pay $466,000 for each tackle we should have traded Julius Peppers $14mil to them. Pepper's 31 tackles and 7 sacks fit right into that model.
No, I don't want to pay $84mil to Michael Bennett.
Bennett is the best available but he is not worth star money.
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Love Nasty Nate, with todays medicine I have no doubt he can come back healthy and contribute. 3 deep at DT now, I'd like to see em go 5 deep with a starting 3T and a later round run stuffer.
Palmer is a meh signing....but then again so was McCown back when.
If I remember Palmer looked better that Josh in the pre season, think he will be ok.
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I don't know how much those other 2 contracts will impact McCown's.
Henne had more passing yards last year than McCown has had in the his last 8 (combined). Both of the other QBs are fringe starters, and McCown is not considered in that category. At his age, he is a veteran backup and should be paid like one. I would think McCown would be in the range of 2 yrs and no more than 5 million.
McCown will be paid similar money and he will have to move on, as all we will give him is 2 years-2 to 2 and half a year.
A good guy, likable and not a bad QB, but money is almost always the deciding factor, period.
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One year deals. I should have mentioned that. I'm guessing non-guaranteed like Kelvin Hayden's deal.
This would be the point in the process where they realize nobody is calling about their services. So they settle for the known entity.
I like those signing Collins will be a good rotational player and Palmer takes McCowns place.
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That would be awesome but think your dreaming. Our first pick needs to be an impact starter, the next two need to see playing time, but dont see 3 players making an impact in the first year. Last year they hit on Long but although Mills started he wasnt very good most of the time. Bostic ending up starting but wasnt very good. Greene sucked. Unfortunately most rookies take time. Bostic will make improvements this year, Greene has a long way to go. Mills needs to improve and Long is a star. I think out of necessity, the S we draft will play and get better as the year goes on.
Let me just add, I hope we have a once in 10 year draft and we get 3 starters right away and 6 that contribute on the team, but usually things take time.
My hopes the first round gets us a impact D player that becomes a pro bowler regularly
2nd and 3rd contribute the first year and become starters
From the 4th on,3 or 4 make the roster and become competent backups..
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That's just 1 category though. As a whole Griffen had a 4.7 grade, Bennett had a 36.2.
Im just jacking with because of the stat thing. Normally he is a 4 year 15 mil type of contract but this year will be nuts.
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I think there's a good chance. With how deep this draft is they should be able to find starters in rounds 1-3.
That would be awesome but think your dreaming. Our first pick needs to be an impact starter, the next two need to see playing time, but dont see 3 players making an impact in the first year. Last year they hit on Long but although Mills started he wasnt very good most of the time. Bostic ending up starting but wasnt very good. Greene sucked. Unfortunately most rookies take time. Bostic will make improvements this year, Greene has a long way to go. Mills needs to improve and Long is a star. I think out of necessity, the S we draft will play and get better as the year goes on.
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Weems will go, they just brought in a gunner with Senn