**OFFICAIL** Bears 2024 Regular Season News & Schleisse - FTO Preferred - No ALTS! Derailing Is Discouraged!

SugarWalls

SugarWalls

Well-known member
Joined:
Sep 17, 2013
Posts:
7,096
Liked Posts:
6,860
nc0gnet0 said:
When Ryan the Pole took over, he started a tear down of the roster. At the time players on the Bears included:

Roquan Smith
Robert Quin
Allen Robinson
James Daniels

A year of much pain and "tanking" ensued.

Now he has replaced them with

TJ Edwards
Nate Davis
Tremaine Edwards
DJ Moore
Click to expand...
Might be the first thing anyone has posted that actually didn’t make me feel terrible
 
vabearsfan15

vabearsfan15

Well-known member
Joined:
Mar 12, 2013
Posts:
7,696
Liked Posts:
5,519
TL1961 said:
Whenever a GM prioritizes who HE wants, fans assume he didn't because it's not who THEY want.
Click to expand...
Yes, you make a good point. Maybe Poles top plan was to spend big on LB and try to find value everywhere else. The only problem with that is that is a hard pill to swallow to think Edmunds was the top FA priority when we had the most cap space in the league.

Poles specifically stated the importance of premium positions a few weeks ago at the combine. He let Roquan go last season. But now he turns around and goes into a full bidding war for LB...?! It leaves me perplexed. I dont understand the rationale.
 
JesusHalasChrist

JesusHalasChrist

N.eg it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
Donator
Joined:
May 18, 2014
Posts:
10,079
Liked Posts:
12,196
Location:
murica
nc0gnet0

nc0gnet0

CCS Donator
Donator
Joined:
Nov 27, 2014
Posts:
19,788
Liked Posts:
4,805
"We're always gonna look at pass rushers, we're gonna look at offensive lineman, corners," Poles said to start the offseason. "I always start with the premium positions to see, you know, are we good enough in those? And then move on from there."
 
Anytime23

Anytime23

Boding Well
Donator
CCS Hall of Fame '22
Joined:
Apr 17, 2010
Posts:
37,916
Liked Posts:
36,693
JesusHalasChrist said:
gems and steals
gems and steals
gems and steals
gems and steals
gems and steals
gems and steals
gems and steals
gems and steals
gems and steals
gems and steals
gems and steals
gems and steals
gems and steals
gems and steals
Click to expand...
remember when he was the best GM in the mid to late rounds? A claim that to this day has never been backed.
 
Moses Moreno

Moses Moreno

they're gunna mess this up
Joined:
Jan 20, 2023
Posts:
2,969
Liked Posts:
3,605
vabearsfan15 said:
Yes, you make a good point. Maybe Poles top plan was to spend big on LB and try to find value everywhere else. The only problem with that is that is a hard pill to swallow to think Edmunds was the top FA priority when we had the most cap space in the league.

Poles specifically stated the importance of premium positions a few weeks ago at the combine. He let Roquan go last season. But now he turns around and goes into a full bidding war for LB...?! It leaves me perplexed. I dont understand the rationale.
Click to expand...

The Will LB in the Tampa 2 is one of the two most important positions on the defense, Edmunds is a perfect fit for the position, young as hell, a proven multiple time pro bowler and a hyperathlete while his contract didn't reset the market.

It filled a major need with a proven player with very little question marks - whereas the DT market had less certainty in the players that made up the position.

I'm not sure but maybe there's value to be had on the backend of FA with the middle/bottom tier players. Maybe we take 2-3 swings on mid tier guys and get lucky and one sticks - not sure.
 
IBleedBearsBlood

IBleedBearsBlood

Well-known member
Joined:
Aug 21, 2012
Posts:
13,146
Liked Posts:
5,452
alswank87 said:
The thing that bugs me right now about this off-season is the two biggest areas of concern heading into the off-season haven’t been addressed yet. We need a tackle on both sides of the ball and the best we got so far is a guy who might play DT on rotation.
Click to expand...
Fixed it for you.


“The thing that bugs me right now about the off-season is the two biggest areas of concern heading into the off-season haven’t been addressed not because of the Bears FO, but from players choosing a different destination. Chaps my ass how Poles can’t rewire every free agent’s brain to have them come to Chicago no matter what.”
 
Bears4Ever_34

Bears4Ever_34

Well-known member
Joined:
Aug 24, 2012
Posts:
14,408
Liked Posts:
11,112
I didn't realize Austin Eckeler had 38 touchdowns the last two years. Holy shit. Talk about flying under the radar. I've really never paid much attention to him.
 
Hawkeye OG

Hawkeye OG

Formerly Hawkeye
Donator
CCS Hall of Fame '21
Joined:
Mar 1, 2015
Posts:
34,101
Liked Posts:
35,794
bamainatlanta said:
Draft isn’t here yet. Let’s wait and see what the draft brings. Homer was mainly brought in for his pass catching/blocking and special teams. I’m not even a big fan of this but it makes sense
Click to expand...
It’s just weird timing that’s throwing everyone off. This is a guy you sign in a week, not during the tampering period. Guarantee you if this happened on 3/23 instead ppl would be all over this value signing lol
 
bamainatlanta

bamainatlanta

You wake him up, you keep him up
Staff member
Donator
CCS Hall of Fame '22
Joined:
Aug 10, 2013
Posts:
39,129
Liked Posts:
36,406
Location:
Cumming
Hawkeye. said:
It’s just weird timing that’s throwing everyone off. This is a guy you sign in a week, not during the tampering period. Guarantee you if this happened on 3/23 instead ppl would be all over this value signing lol
Click to expand...
Draft a RB and Poles is basically spending 4 million for the entire RB room on the roster.
 
WookieOnRitalin

WookieOnRitalin

Active member
Joined:
Mar 14, 2015
Posts:
385
Liked Posts:
385
In general, I am trying to consider whether or not great tackles come out in Free Agency.

It does not seem like any team lets a great tackle go out in FA...ever.

It seems that teams with pretty damn good quarterbacks drafted the tackles that are protecting them. Maybe that's just a general observation that some poster can disprove for me.

Operating under this general criteria, it makes sense that Poles is not terribly committed to investing a lot of resources into Tackle via FA when most signs point to investing in Tackle in the Draft because that is where the bigger home run is to be had.

The only issue is that the Bears have always struck out with 1st round Tackles. The last time the Bears took a Tackle in the Top 10 was Jimbo Covert in 1983. Coincidentally, he is also in the HOF. His arrival kickstarted a decade of success for the franchise that has not been recaptured since his departure.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

10,928members
95,551threads
4,526,923posts
215online users

Members online NOW

  • Member
  • Admin
  • Mod
  • Donor
  • HOF
Total: 215 (members: 7, guests: 208)
Top