Darnell Wright--Colossal Bust

[remydat]

They have less than 10 million left and started with 130 million. Did they donate it to charity?
You are the one being dense. They spent it. Almost all of it in fact.

Why the Chicago Bears cap space is lower than expected

The Chicago Bears have the most available cap space of any NFL team in 2023, but there are a couple reasons why the team has a lower budget than expected.

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The Bears did not have 110m in real cap space. After they signed guys to reserve/futures contracts and had peformance escalators for Reiff and others, they had 98m in cap space. Those reserve/futures guys and the Reiff bonus added nothing to the roster as the context here was having all that money to spend to improve the team.

How trade for DJ Moore impacts Bears' salary cap in 2023

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After the more trade, we had Moore 75m for FA.

Biggest 2023 salary cap hits for Bears following first wave of free agency

The Chicago Bears are through the first wave of free agency, where they added some impact players on the roster. Although, it's clear there's still plenty of work to be done by general manager Ryan Poles. Where things currently stand after the first wave of free agency,…

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After the first wave of FA we still had almost 40m left so we actually spent less than half of that money in FA. The rest of the money was spent on extensions of existing players like Kmet and the 1 year at 11m for Yannick who signed right before the season.

So no I dont consider spending less than half your available cap space during the premium FA period as spending big. You are free to disagree.

 

[Spitta Andretti]

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[chuck3671]

Or he can be healthy but not have his conditioning down yet.

It was a big risk in my opinion. There was a sizeable and notable drop off when he came out. His calves were hurt. He should have been able to keep his conditioning up through that.

 

[nc0gnet0]

And they will have close to the same next off-season. They had to spend this off-season to meet the floor. I don’t know why you can’t grasp this

I completely understand. I took exception the the fact Remy said they didn't spend it.

remydat said:
I was pointing out having the most cap space was irrelevant to our regression because we didnt spend it.

 

[nc0gnet0]

Why the Chicago Bears cap space is lower than expected

The Chicago Bears have the most available cap space of any NFL team in 2023, but there are a couple reasons why the team has a lower budget than expected.

beargoggleson.com

The Bears did not have 110m in real cap space. After they signed guys to reserve/futures contracts and had peformance escalators for Reiff and others, they had 98m in cap space. Those reserve/futures guys and the Reiff bonus added nothing to the roster as the context here was having all that money to spend to improve the team.

How trade for DJ Moore impacts Bears' salary cap in 2023

The Chicago Bears traded the No. 1 pick in the 2023 NFL Draft to the Carolina Panthers for a massive haul. Not only does Chicago receive two first-rounders (2023, 2024) and two second-rounders (2023, 2025), but they land

bearswire.usatoday.com

After the more trade, we had Moore 75m for FA.

Biggest 2023 salary cap hits for Bears following first wave of free agency

The Chicago Bears are through the first wave of free agency, where they added some impact players on the roster. Although, it's clear there's still plenty of work to be done by general manager Ryan Poles. Where things currently stand after the first wave of free agency,…

bearswire.usatoday.com

After the first wave of FA we still had almost 40m left so we actually spent less than half of that money in FA. The rest of the money was spent on extensions of existing players like Kmet and the 1 year at 11m for Yannick who signed right before the season.

So no I dont consider spending less than half your available cap space during the premium FA period as spending big. You are free to disagree.

You are backtracking again. Your original statement did not say FA. It said, and I repeat .........

remydat said:
I was pointing out having the most cap space was irrelevant to our regression because we didnt spend it.

Take special notice, nowhere in this statement does it say, "we did not spend it in Free Agency".
My reply was, yes, yes you did spend it.
And yeah, DJ Moore is another addition you added for over 10 mil, although not a FA acquisition.

 

[bamainatlanta]

I completely understand. I took exception the the fact Remy said they didn't spend it.

remydat said:
I was pointing out having the most cap space was irrelevant to our regression because we didnt spend it.

Gotcha

 

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2024 NFL Team Salary Cap Tracker

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Depends on what happens with Johnson, but Bears will be around $115 million in cap space in 2024. I don’t believe this takes into account the cap increase but could be wrong. Bears had to basically spend this year to get to the cap floor as they were way below it coming into the offseason.

It’s actually a decent FA class this year last I saw but who the **** knows how it will shake out. Last year was one of the weakest FA years for quite some time.

Absolutely, and a reason Poles didn’t go shopping like a millionaire’s frivolous wife (or husband)!

 

[IBleedBearsBlood]

You have a young RT than can turn into an above average player. You have Jenkins that if he makes it through the whole year, we can most likely rely on him. And young Braxton Jones who can possibly become above average as well, with another full year under his belt. And you have a young QB. So waste a year and go with o-line first. Get Van Pran. Get another guard for a back-up plan for Jenkins. And get decent o-line in FA for back ups. Yeah you’ll lose a year so they can learn and gel together and with a bad defense. But 1 lost year with them being young is ok and worth it.

That same year, spend big money on a proven strong DT. I don’t care if he gets sacks. Just get pressure. We need at least pressure up front. Pay up big or trade a 2025 pick as well for one. Then draft edge rusher and also see if there is one in FA that we can get at a decent price. Then next year, add to the line backers and secondary. At least the offense will be ready. That’s if everything pans out.

 

[knoxville7]

I mean he was healthy enough to play. But he was also on a pitch count. Not sure what’s weird about that? Us big fella’s need time to get the cardio going

Then it sounds like he isn’t healthy enough to play the game of football at the highest level in the world

 

[knoxville7]

Or he can be healthy but not have his conditioning down yet.

So not really ready to play the game at the highest level is what you’re saying? Thanks

 

[msadows]

Or he can be healthy but not have his conditioning down yet.

Not just this, the guy hasn't played actual football in forever. The pitch count made sense. I'm actually surprised they let him play on a short week.

 

[bamainatlanta]

Not just this, the guy hasn't played actual football in forever. The pitch count made sense. I'm actually surprised they let him play on a short week.

Same here. I’m glad they did tho

 

[pseudonym]

OL is not bad. We need an upgrade at C. Could use an ELITE LT but that's not where I see us going early.

1st 1st—Harrison, generational WR
2nd 1st—Elite EDGE—we need it
2nd Round—here you have choices—LT, NT, DT, DE, LB, C.
Then I'd go all DEF the rest of the draft aside from a CENTER at some point

 

[playthrough2001]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1710399006478598572

That’s nice movement with a pancake finish. Not too bad for a colossal bust!

 

[bamainatlanta]

That’s nice movement with a pancake finish. Not too bad for a colossal bust!

Bobbie MASSIE could do this in his sleep and takeout 4 defenders at the same time!!!!

 

[msadows]

Has montucky even posted in his own thread since Thursday night?

Looks like he's a loser who is not capable of eating crow. You 100% know the next game wright struggles(there will be one) Turdtucky will be on here gloating about a few bad snaps.

 

[Chicago4Life]

Has montucky even posted in his own thread since Thursday night?

Looks like he's a loser who is not capable of eating crow. You 100% know the next game wright struggles(there will be one) Turdtucky will be on here gloating about a few bad snaps.

wright will sneeze the wrong way and it'll become mega bust territory

 

[Myk]

Has montucky even posted in his own thread since Thursday night?

Looks like he's a loser who is not capable of eating crow. You 100% know the next game wright struggles(there will be one) Turdtucky will be on here gloating about a few bad snaps.

People who think only defense is worthy of a 1st round pick or top-10 pick did the same thing with Nelson (who we had no chance at getting) and McGlinchey when they were rookies. Cherry picked bad plays to claim they were busts to justify us getting a head case who's only interest was holding out and talent letting the offense chew up the clock.
Now it's the reverse, cherry picking to say how great the headcase defense is and how bad our offensive pick is.

 

[Discus fish salesman]

People who think only defense is worthy of a 1st round pick or top-10 pick did the same thing with Nelson (who we had no chance at getting) and McGlinchey when they were rookies. Cherry picked bad plays to claim they were busts to justify us getting a head case who's only interest was holding out and talent letting the offense chew up the clock.
Now it's the reverse, cherry picking to say how great the headcase defense is and how bad our offensive pick is.

Mcglinchey was not a good 1st round pick. Dude is mediocre

 

[Myk]

Mcglinchey was not a good 1st round pick. Dude is mediocre

Did I say anything about how great either are?
I said people who wanted to justify getting Smith who held out on his rookie contract and then held out again a year before his rookie contract was up cherry picked bad plays from their rookie seasons to claim they were colossal busts. They got their way that time and they still dug through film from other teams to cherry pick.

Whether they're right or wrong doesn't matter, the cherry picking of rookies to justify always going defense is the issue.
Same thing is going on here. Ignoring the good from Wright to focus on the bad because we could've had Carter instead.

What someone thinks about how good or bad a draftee will be in the NFL is a prediction. Predictions are not fact no matter how good your guess rate is. If predictions were fact there would be no such thing as busts, those with the best prediction rates would be the ones getting paid the big bucks to scout and be GMs.