How/Why is Jimmy Graham still on the roster?

[Starion]

Pace has been known to cut guys early or at least tell them "to give them time to find another team". Perhaps they've already made the decision and talked, but are keeping it quiet for some unknown reason?? Bears are also known for not being upfront and even lying to players about their security then firing them soon after. ?‍

Per above, if anybody going, it should be Leno first - but it's all on pause until the draft finds an OT replacement.

 

[JesusHalasChrist]

Because you touch yourself at night.

 

[HearshotKDS]

Spitballing here: what if Pace is waiting to see if he can draft a replacement before cutting Graham, considering there is no cap difference from cutting him now, or after the draft?

 

[Discus fish salesman]

Pace has been known to cut guys early or at least tell them "to give them time to find another team". Perhaps they've already made the decision and talked, but are keeping it quiet for some unknown reason?? Bears are also known for not being upfront and even lying to players about their security then firing them soon after. ?‍

Per above, if anybody going, it should be Leno first - but it's all on pause until the draft finds an OT replacement.

Graham is probably retiring if cut so maybe they don't have any guilt about waiting on cutting him.

 

[WindyCity]

Because they were scared they could not replace him... as stupid as that sounds.

 

[jerkstore]

Unfortunately we need to keep him in case we should find our way into the red zone.

 

[shoez90]

Leno is trash and we can afford to lose Jimmy so do it. A Udfa would play better than Leno right now he absolutely sux. any breakdown shows it play after play. As for Graham he is holding on way past his prime he needs to be managing his own restaurant by now look up Megatron and others. Hicks is holding defense together, get rid of him might as well ship out Mack with him as a package. Which the Chiefs will pick up and be the next patriots.

 

[mecha]

I have to admit, dumping Fuller and keeping Graham to make room for Dalton is a pretty silly strategy.

I still hold onto hope Pace is playing 8D chess and he'll figure it all out.

 

[Spitta Andretti]

so he can recruit Wilson hard next off-season

 

[Montucky]

Pace has been known to cut guys early or at least tell them "to give them time to find another team". Perhaps they've already made the decision and talked, but are keeping it quiet for some unknown reason?? Bears are also known for not being upfront and even lying to players about their security then firing them soon after. ?‍

Per above, if anybody going, it should be Leno first - but it's all on pause until the draft finds an OT replacement.

Pretty sure Jimmy Graham would just retire if the Bears cut him. I don't think he's going to get another veteran contract, so its not like the Bears are holding back his football career keeping him rostered like this.

 

[Perspective]

Because when you get into the redzone, we do not really have any weapons except ARob and even ARob was dropping a lot of the 50/50 balls or letting the DB get the int last year out of his hands .... u cannot replace 6/7 TDs that Graham brings to the table in the red zone .... between KMet, Graham and ARob we have 3 red zone threats and then hopefully be able to pound it in with Monty or get Cohen open on some funky routes .... Mooney is not a red zone threat (does not have size to outmuscle someone in close space and his speed is useless in the red zone ... he may get open on some funky route or we may be able to run an end around with him and use his speed but those are few and far in between to result in TDs.

Graham is the only player who gives us that size mis match vs safeties in the red zone and we can isolate him 1:1 or run play action if our run game keeps getting better as it did end of last year and get TDs off him

This team cannot win games kicking field goals. ..... we need to convert when we get down in the red zone.

 

[aeronaut]

Pace made genius moves this offseason. We have Andy Dalton. Andy "Red Rifle" Dalton. And he got rid of that bum, Fuller.

Amazing this dolt still has a job. Any other NFL ownership / front office with a hint of pride would have shown Pace the door with extreme prejudice.

Pace has made some bad moves, but he's made some good ones too. Jackson, Mack, Smith, Mooney, Nichols, Johnson, etc.

NY Post did an article rating how well every team has drafted over the last 5 years. Bears, with Pace at the helm the whole time, came in at #6, despite the Trubisky flop and Kevin White disaster. Top of the list were the Ravens, Chiefs, Saints, and the Raiders were in the cellar. Rankings were done by calculating the number of pro bowl players, all-pro players, playing time, and other factors.

Here's the link: Five-year NFL Draft analysis: Ravens, Chiefs, Saints continue to nail it

This looks to me like an objective observer ranking the teams. Sure, would love to draft like the Chiefs. Maybe we should grab their OC as our head coach to help with our draft evaluations. Wait, we already did. Nagy nailed the evaluations of Trubisky, Mahomes, and Watson in 2017. Too bad he gave that info to his then boss, Chiefs GM John Dorsey, instead of to Ryan Pace.

Every GM has misses. Ozzie Newsome was considered a top shelf GM, and he said that he hoped to have half of his draft picks work out. It's kind of like batting in baseball. Get one hit in three at bats, and you're a top hitter.

We know Pace isn't getting fired before this year's draft. All we can hope for is that he makes good decisions. And we won't know that answer for a few years. John Dorsey, the GM that traded up to get Mahomes, was fired later that offseason. Ironic, huh.

 

[greg23]

I have to admit, dumping Fuller and keeping Graham to make room for Dalton is a pretty silly strategy.

I still hold onto hope Pace is playing 8D chess and he'll figure it all out.

8D chess??

Can Pace even beat a 9 year old at tic tac toe?

 

[mecha]

8D chess??

Can Pace even beat a 9 year old at tic tac toe?

I honestly wouldn't bank on it, but you know, I think we need some optimism

 

[JP Hochbaum]

Grahams metrics were actually pretty damn good last year. He ranked 5th in the NFL in TD's and 3rd in end zone targets, considering the QB's he had he more than earned his contract.

I am sure if the Bears can replace him with a draft pick he can be a can casualty. He isn't really here to block, he needs to be more of a slot and red zone option for Dalton.

 

[aeronaut]

Can Pace even beat a 9 year old at tic tac toe?

No one can beat a smart 9 year old at tic tac toe. But the 9 year old can't beat anyone else either. The game is always a draw.

That said, he's made some good picks. With Nagy driving the bus on the QB decision, I feel a lot better about things than if Pace were trying to be cute and get Fox fired.