Florio/Simms on Wentz, Bears and Colts

[Mdbearz]

I agree with everything you said here.

Personally I'm fine with the risk involved with him. He either rebounds and plays well for pretty limited draft capital compared to what other options will cost, therefore not mortgaging our future. Or he continues to suck and what everyone thought was inevitable happens and Nagy and Pace are booted. We'd only be stuck with Wentz for two years which would be rebuilding years anyway. New regime would get to move on pretty quickly and his contract really isn't the anchor that some other qbs are. If he plays well it would be 4 years at a very reasonable price.

I was commenting on another post and I realized I have to put myself in Pace and Nagy's shoes....would I rather have the risk/reward of Wentz or the 4th or 5th best QB in the draft......no brainer there....If I am at risk of being fired, I think I would rather risk my job on an established vet.....

 

[Discus fish salesman]

I was commenting on another post and I realized I have to put myself in Pace and Nagy's shoes....would I rather have the risk/reward of Wentz or the 4th or 5th best QB in the draft......no brainer there....If I am at risk of being fired, I think I would rather risk my job on an established vet.....

Yeah definitely lol. Unfortunately we are at the mercy of what is best for pace and Nagy.

One other thing with Wentz if he did come here and suck year 1, then pace and Nagy are likely gone. Then we'd have one more year of Wentz guaranteed contract and a new regime with more cap flexibility after this coming year to try to surround and fix Wentz. But having him would potentially limit our candidates to people that would want to work with him.

I think with Watson not realistically available and I assume same for Wilson, then Wentz is the cheapest option with high upside that prevents mortgaging the future too much in my book.

 

[Chief Walking Stick]

Simms said sources he trust say that Wentz prefers the Colts - big surprise!

Florio says that the Bears are Patsies in this situation as Howie is just using them to drive up the value and he wants Wentz out of the NFC.

They both said Wentz will walk right into controversy in Chicago while there will be far less of it in Indy.

This leads me to think this...

If Wentz truly wants to go to Indy ( and who would blame him ) and the Bears want him to restructure, couldn't Wentz just say no and in effect, kill the deal.

It would be very hard to believe that Pace makes a deal w/o a contract restructure while knowing Wentz doesn't want to come here.

Hmm I wonder what the Colts offered.