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A lot of teams just started to announce their 5th year option decisions, and I assume that was due to the draft. However, for Trubisky's, the team didn't draft a QB, so why wait until the last minute to do something? All I could think about was they were looking at some trade possibilities? That is the only logical thing I could think of, otherwise, waiting for no reason doesn't seem to benefit anyone.

I love this. Let them sleep on the Bears. There is no way a top 12 team that improved from the year before falls off the face of the earth like that. 29th is completely ignorant. The team has improved in the offseason and has an easier schedule with a bunch of players that underwhelmed last year.

One thing to note is snap count, I bet Gipson surpasses Smith in PD and INTs easily on a per snap basis and is a lot closer on tackles.

Btw, the defense is stacked. We went from Floyd to Quinn, Prince to Johnson, and HHCD to Gipson. We have Jenkins rotating on the line with Trevis Gipson replacing Lynch as Edge3. The winner of Roberson, Burns, Toliver is our CB3. Mingo is our ILB3. Bush is our S3. We have are pretty solid across the board while returning 8 starters.

Ok, so a WR3 who can also be used on ST and a Safety. So now all we need is a vet RB2 and we are looking pretty good.

Yep you are right, but the way the article describes it (w/ Dallas getting a 7th), they seem to have skipped over Daniel's deal with Detroit which was of greater value.

I like it, he is much more suited to play SS than HHCD was. Gipson is a few inches shorter but the same weight. You are right though, I don't think he has the job day one. He will have to beat some Bush.

We now have ARob, Miller, Ginn, Mooney, Wims, Ridley, Patterson, and Davis. Crazy to think 1 or 2 of them won't make the roster.

NFL.com is saying only 2x 6th round picks for us? http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001112252/article/2021-nfl-draft-compensatory-pick-projections-for-every-team So we will have to see. I don't understand how they think Dallas can get a 7th round comp pick when Daniel's deal would give us a 6th. I think they have Daniel's deal wrong. He signed a 3-yr $13M contract. The two Dallas players that would give Dallas a 7th are Su'a-Filo and Heath with only an average AAV of $3M. So it looks like they gave Dallas an extra comp and took one from us. I think OTC is correct.

There is only a 32 pick limit for the entire league. So we will only get 3x 6ths next year: https://overthecap.com/draft/ Still not bad, but no 7th as KPL doesn't make the cut. Crazy to think something like 50-100k in the contract is the difference between another comp pick or not. So we will have a 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, and 4x 6th rounders. We traded the 4th to draft Gipson and a 7th for Pineiro. Those 4x 6ths are going to give the team a ton of flexibility to move around. I could see them taking a 5th and 6th to move into the 4th, then taking two 6ths to move back into the 5th, which ironically would give them back their 4th round pick for 3x 6ths. Since the 6ths are at the end of the round, they are not much better than an early 7th.

I like our skill position players, but we definitely need a legit RB2. I think our WR corps is set with ARob, Miller, Mooney, Ridley, Wims, and Patterson. Trevor Davis may get some reps too.

The Offensive Line battle is going to be a good one, the team will only keep 8-9 on the 53-man: LT - Charles Leno Jr., Jason Spriggs LG - James Daniels, Arlington Hambright (R), Lachavious Simmons (R) C - Cody Whitehair, Sam Mustipher RG - Germain Ifedi, Alex Bars, Corey Levin, Dieter Eiselen (R) RT - Bobby Massie, Rashaad Coward, Badara Traore I think the 6 in bold are locks, leaving 2-3 spots for the rest. A few guys will slide onto the PS. Spriggs either makes the team or is released.

I agree, there is going to be a purging of TEs and CBs on this roster really quick.

Between Artavis Pierce and Trevor Davis, they may be trying to replace Cohen before he becomes a UFA. I don't think Cohen gets a 2nd contract with the Bears, so it makes sense to start bringing guys in to find his eventual replacement.

Here is something I just realized, there are only 2 QBs drafted in the top 12 from 2011-2016 still on their original teams (Wentz and Goff from 2016). So the 10 QBs drafted in the top 12 picks before those two QBs are all on different teams than the ones that drafted them. I did not expect to see that. So Trubisky moving on is not that uncommon for a high QB selection. With Mahomes and Watson, Trubisky would make it 11 out of 15 from 2011-2017 no longer with their original team. 2011 - Newton, Locker, Gabbert, Ponder 2012 - Luck*, Griffin, Tannehill 2014 - Bortles 2015 - Winston, Mariota *-retired 2010 was Sam Bradford, but I felt that was too far into the past to be relevant now.

I am glad things are going good, sorry about the divorce, those are never fun. No spoilers here, but it's been a wild ride, especially the last half of the 2018 season. A lot of storylines to keep you occupied thru this quarantine for sure.

I just changed Elgin Slim to McGowan.

Welcome back! How's it going?

Yeah, makes sense, need another body in the rotation there.

He definitely needs to work on his flexibility, but that can be done. He doesn't have much football experience, so he probably just used his size and strength to get by, which won't work in the NFL if you don't have the technique. The good news is you can't teach size and strength, so he has a shot as a developmental guy. Start on the PS for a year or two and then make the roster. I still like how he finishes his blocks.

Yep, I am thinking the same thing. Extend ARob, then add a SS and a vet RB. Jefferson and Freeman would be sweet. Another guy is Tavon Wilson, Safety for the Lions.

They still need to at least add one Safety to the roster. Even if that is a backup. So I still think they will be active in free agency after these post-draft cuts.

It is confusing to me as well. The only thing I can think of is if he does win the job and plays well, they franchise him, which will cost more than the 5th year option, but not enough difference to lose the comp pick over. If he plays well, it's great news and they won't care as much about the money because they have an out with the Foles contract. The only other wild card is the "guaranteed for injury" statement. So if he gets hurt, they are on the hook either way. This may be a factor as well since he just had surgery and the team doctor's have not had a chance to evaluate him yet. I bet they use that as the media stance, which will be weak. Just come out and say he has not lived up to expectations.

Does he put someone on their ass on every play? How did this guy go undrafted?

We finally got some after a long drought, and we are set to get some more next year. Essentially if you lose a player to free agency (not cut or waived), and that player signs elsewhere for a decent amount, you get a comp pick. However, if you sign someone else's free agent, you end up negating the one you got from losing a player. So the Bears have been signing as many free agents as they have been losing for years. However, Pace had a new approach this offseason. He acquired pretty much every player this offseason without risking a comp pick loss: Graham, Harris, Foles, Burns, Roberson, Mingo, Spriggs, Ifedi, and Lucas. I believe (correct me if I am wrong), but Quinn is the only acquisition that will count against comp picks next year (negating the comp pick for Kwit leaving). However, the Bears will get comp picks for HHCD, Williams, Daniel, and KPL (3 6th rounders and a 7th). This is also a determining factor in Trubisky's 5th year option. Just because QB salaries are so inflated, they normally get a higher comp pick rating. Mariota got a 5th round comp, so depending on what happens this year, Trubisky is either sticking around as QB1 or the Bears are getting a comp pick in 2022.