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Been showing north of 80 mil up to last week. Now showing 66 mil on OTC. Anyone know why?
 

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They also went down on spotrac, 82m to 73.
 

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They also went down on spotrac, 82m to 73.

Yes. Both went down. Only thing I know they did was sign the futures contracts. Is that the reason for the change?
 

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HC - Ben Johnson
DC - Robert Saleh

Free agency
1) Trey Smith, G, Chiefs


2) Drew Dalman, C, Falcons


3) Dre Greenlaw, LB, Niners


4) Talanoa Hufanga, SS, Niners

Trade Edmunds for a bag of 🥜
“Actually, there are no good o-linemen available.”

-Ryan Poles
 

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Yes. Both went down. Only thing I know they did was sign the futures contracts. Is that the reason for the change?
Bingo, on 1/8 they signed $9.02M of futures contracts:
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Should be noted that these are basically cap holds for the roster spot - almost none of those players are actually going to make the 53 man and keep that salary.
 

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“Actually, there are no good o-linemen available.”

-Ryan Poles

Actually…..

There really won’t be many. Trey Smith probably doesn’t hit the market. The Patriots need OL and have more money. So expect more dumpster diving and hopefully he hits it heavy in the draft
 

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Actually…..

There really won’t be many. Trey Smith probably doesn’t hit the market. The Patriots need OL and have more money. So expect more dumpster diving and hopefully he hits it heavy in the draft

Which is why bears fans who think Tev wont get a deal crack me up. A ton of teams have poor OL play.

There are very few good OL in FA and he's one of the few who is young and talented. Sure, he's always hurt, but there are a ton of teams with cap who will be willing to take that risk. I heavily doubt its the bears but if he gets a multi year deal in the 10-15m AAV range I wouldnt be shocked.

There are some who say we should bring him back as a backup, same with braxton. Clearly they dont know how bad some OL's are in the NFL, you could probably trade braxton for a 4th round pick if he was to be benched for a will campbell.
 

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Cap space or no, the Bears are going to have an oline problem again
Yes they are but they still need to make an effort to mitigate it. They need to add players they can attempt to develop even if they feel like it's a weak draft find the good prospects and bring them and do the same thing next year.

Sign Jenkins to a new deal because you can't afford any downgrades across an already porous OL.

None of this is ideal but it's better than wishing in one hand and shitting in the other with other mid round players like Velus.
 

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After they cut Bates and save 3.5million. The Bears will have 10 million invested in the OL for ‘25……
That number will at least triple this offseason. He’ll pay for another edge as well. He’s in the win now or else phase. Being smart about the cap is out the damn window.
 

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After they cut Bates and save 3.5million. The Bears will have 10 million invested in the OL for ‘25……
That number will at least triple this offseason. He’ll pay for another edge as well. He’s in the win now or else phase. Being smart about the cap is out the damn window.

Im not sure they are going to cut bates either. Poles loves him and rarely admits his mistakes until its absolutely required.

He'll march him out to compete at guard/center and say he's fully healthy now, lol.
 

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We’ll see how much draft capital he wastes on an aging mid player probably via trade
 

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Im not sure they are going to cut bates either. Poles loves him and rarely admits his mistakes until its absolutely required.

He'll march him out to compete at guard/center and say he's fully healthy now, lol.
You’re probably right, but he definitely shouldn’t be counted on as a starter.
 

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