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[modo]

Getting a DT or DE would help solidify things and give us some options in the draft.

Allen, Rankins

 

[bears26]

He got two starting LBs and a 2nd round pick for what it would have cost for Roquan. (And I am a Roquan fan) I'd say that's OK.

and landing the 1st pick in the draft is also due to not signing Roquan.

 

[napo55]

Getting a DT or DE would help solidify things and give us some options in the draft.

Clearly, this is the biggest need. Is there cap space left to sign a top DT or DE?

 

[remydat]

For off the ball LBs that played 20% of snaps, Edmunds graded out 5th in the NFL and Edwards 6th.

 

[IBleedBearsBlood]

Which option is better?

1) Sign Roquan to a contract

2) Trade Roquan = end up with Edwards, Edmunds, DJ Moore, three 2nd rd picks and an additional 1st rd pick.

I don’t want either…………

 

[pseudonym]

This is a possibility.

Putting Whitehair at C is not. There are C options available where the Bears have three picks. There is no way Whitehair is their vision at C at $10M per year. Nate Davis is same cost and may be a small/moderate upgrade. I cannot envision the Bears playing them together at LG and C.

And you can draft a center. We have all of those picks at the end of the 2nd, beginning of the 3rd.

 

[Spitta Andretti]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1635378090141704195

Guessing one of those teams was the Lions because they signed Anzalone back right after

 

[Beardown34]

Can I pick C for neither option? Linebacker is the least important position in the modern NFL. We have no dline pass rush and aren’t getting one at 9. I don’t get it.

Are there only 2 dline pass rushers in the draft? We're screwed!

 

[The Big Grabowski]

Now Bears just need a C and RT.

There should be good guards available in the 3-4th round. I think they go T / DE / DT in the 1st / 2nd

 

[Rise]

He got two starting LBs and a 2nd round pick for what it would have cost for Roquan. (And I am a Roquan fan) I'd say that's OK.

They were smart to trade Roquan. Get your linebackers in the middle of the draft and let them sign elsewhere after their rookie deals.

I want to spend money on dline/oline/wr/cb/qb.

 

[dennehy]

Clearly, this is the biggest need. Is there cap space left to sign a top DT or DE?

Yes, easily.

 

[zabavka]

Maybe there will be a guard rotation between Davis patrick and Jenkins

Whoever practices the best on Wednesday

 

[IBleedBearsBlood]

OK so why was it so important to get the trade with the Panthers all finished before free agency when the plan was to just load up on off-ball linebackers?

Excited to see the offensive line be a complete shitshow again. Oh and the defensive line has less than talent than like a dozen college programs. Excited for to hear how ninth overall is going to solve team needs at five positions for the next month and a half.

Bears tried for some lineman. The lineman didn’t want to come here. Not the Bears fault that the player chose a destination. Just because there are FA and we have money doesn’t mean they are coming here automatically.

 

[I Just Want To Read]

Me too, but there has to be somebody great at those positions that we could get, and it looks like there aren't at either OT or DT (if you believe Jones is signing with CLE). You have to overpay somebody to reach the cap floor, so why not do it for a guy who's really good? I think this will work out just fine.

This is weak justification. The cap floor is not an excuse to hand out one of the largest LB contracts in NFL history in terms of guaranteed $.

 

[Spitta Andretti]

Whoever practices the best on Wednesday

whoever remembers the script better

 

[Dejo]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1635373050123407360

 

[Rise]

Nate Davis is a RG. Does this mean Jenkins to RT at least at this point?

No it is just consistent with them not liking Jenkins for whatever reason. They needed a center not a RG.

 

[I Just Want To Read]

Which option is better?

1) Sign Roquan to a contract

2) Trade Roquan = end up with Edwards, Edmunds, DJ Moore, three 2nd rd picks and an additional 1st rd pick.

Option #3 is best where we don't spend huge money on Edmunds or Roquan.

 

[didshereallysaythat]

It is laughable to think that an "off ball" linebacker is not important to a defense. Do people even know the importance of defending the middle of the field?

 

[remydat]

I suspect Poles went into FA wanting to shore up DL and OL but then he looked at the ridiculous money DTs were getting and the ridiculous money that mediocre OTs were getting and quickly pivoted to spending on players he felt were worth the money.

You can then expect him to probably target T, C, DL with those 4 picks in the top 64.