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[IBleedBearsBlood]

The Giants: don't give Saquon any blocking for his entire career and then won't give him a contract.
Saquon Barkley: goes and gets a deal on a team with a great offensive line that pays him a lot more than the franchise tag.
Tiki Barber: SCREW YOU SAQUON YOU UNLOYAL BASTARD.
Tiki Barber: should shut his mouf.

This is something shannon sharp and ochocinco should bring up on their podcast and give Tiki hell for this stupid behavior.

 

[Nelly]

The Giants making moves...

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1767316641220596007

 

[pdxbearsfan]

If you're smart in FA, you know a few key concepts.

1: No team let's a good to great player get away. If they do it's for certain reasons.
A. They're broke.
B. The player and organization have some conflict
C. The player is hitting twilight years or coming off an expensive contract

2. Know positions of depth or value either via the draft or market. Teams who wildly doing so because they believe they need an impact player, but at least half of the time (if not more) they are paying extra due to the limited market created by "1" as good to great players are never let go.

3. Know your position and what you can spend for each section of the team (DBs, D-Line, O-Line) as a total concept. Investment is about not investing too much on one section of a team.

4. Have a spending/cut plan for the next 5 years. Foresight wins and knowing where to strategically place cap flexibility is what allows good teams to maintain quality teams for years. That and an All Pro QB usually helps.

5. Know the market. A slight over/under in either direction is not a big deal. It's big overspends that kill teams. If the RB market is 8 mil/yr, then going up to 10 mil is not a big deal, but beyond that, you're trying to figure out if spending an extra 4 mil for that position is going to help you or not. That 4 million could be difference between landing someone like Hunter or not. Better to save a little or stay on market for RB and have that extra money to spend on another high quality free agent.

6. You do not need to spend everything. If the cards land well, then great. If they don't, then do not make a move just to make a move. I'd rather wait and see what happens when more cuts happen. Sometimes you can find gold there before the start of the year. It's okay to have some money remaining.

Good points.

 

[JoJoBoxer]

The only thing more overrated than Justin is Dune. So this is fitting

I remember, as a kid, starting to read Dune and quitting after about 100 pages because it was boring as fuck. About 5 years later, I pushed through the book and eventually found it interesting.

The Dune movie was those first 100 pages.

 

[modo]

I remember, as a kid, starting to read Dune and quitting after about 100 pages because it was boring as fuck. About 5 years later, I pushed through the book and eventually found it interesting.

The Dune movie was those first 100 pages.

Dune was better second time around....Dune2 was just good...

 

[remydat]

Burns and Thibs combined 84 pressures this year. Hunter 80 pressures by himself.

 

[1ke]

WR

DE

In no order, but at the very least one of those two need to happen today so #9 can be used on the other.

That's all I want.

 

[SugarWalls]

Bears are gonna sign a 'starter' to playe center right? I WAS TOLD BATES WAS A BACK UP

 

[pdxbearsfan]

Awfully quiet with Kirk Cousins news.

Think he gets humbled and doesn't get the deal he wants from Atlanta.

Not if it follows the script.

 

[PrideisBears]

Just make sure you silence both sides of the argument. And not just the side that goes against your opinion. Because they're just as noisy about it in this thread

That’s fair

 

[Leon Sandcastle]

stop being dumb, no GM talks about trading a player if he's not having those discussions

He literally never said it though. And yes, I'm sure he listened to teams offers. If he did he obviously didn't entertain what they were offering

 

[Leon Sandcastle]

Do you think they’re worried he has aids?

Herpes.
Seriously though. On a decision this big I would imagine he will cross every I and dot every T.

 

[Shepard]

Danielle Hunter line 1....

 

[pdxbearsfan]

Never got the hype around jacobs. Glad to see the packers signed him

Agreed.

 

[HearshotKDS]

Big LOL @ CAR trade return for Burns. Agree though that they couldnt extend him to that kind of money considering how far away that team is but man could have had DA HAUL but instead you got sum change.

 

[Nelly]

I wonder if Hunter has got a few teams in a bidding war right now, the Bears included.

 

[pdxbearsfan]

Enough with the run on RBs, Cs and DEs. I want more QB news.

Okay - have you heard the Bears can't find a trade partner for Fields?

 

[Xplosive]

Man, it sure would be nice to avoid paying a premium price for a DE and WR through free agency...

Too bad the Bears don't have two top ten picks and the opportunity to get the best one of each in this year's draft...

 

[Shepard]

Big LOL @ CAR trade return for Burns. Agree though that they couldnt extend him to that kind of money considering how far away that team is but man could have had DA HAUL but instead you got sum change.

After turning down such a mega trade offer....if they valued him that much- why not extend him then?

Makes no sense.

 

[IBleedBearsBlood]

I wonder if Hunter has got a few teams in a bidding war right now, the Bears included.

For sure he does. I hope the Bears are included.