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**OFFICAIL** Bears 2024 Regular Season News & Schleisse - FTO Preferred - No ALTS! Derailing Is Discouraged!
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You honestly believe he's not gonna pay big this year when he has double the cap space of the next closest team? Poles will need to spend big just to reach the cap floor.
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He's also on record saying that sometimes you need to overspend in free agency. He mentioned he's going to be selective. Selective does not mean cheap. What part of this is confusing for you?
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As I'm sure you're aware, that's dongbears70's M.O. - pointless posts.
If he selectively spends, then I've got no problems at all with that. I'm worried about reckless spending just because they have the space. If he's signing meh players to big deals, I'll become worried. Until then, I'll take what he's said that he'll spend selectively for quality players. If he's gotta overpay a few meh guy or two to 1 year deals, then so be it. Just avoid the multi-year garbage anchor contracts.
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Of course he does. I’ve pointed this out numerous times. But he’s not going to pay 10 mil more than what he thinks the market is just to get a “difference maker”. He’s going to move on to plan B,C,D etc. He’s said this in interviews.
Roquan was plan A. But maybe Poles had him at 16 when Roquan wanted 20. Rather than overpay he traded him.
It’ll be the same in free agency. He’s not going to overpay just to get a guy. He’s going to move to plan B.
I’m just going by what he’s done and his actual words.
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Lol ok so if he he spends 22m on Payne then wouldnt that just be overspending to you as others may just consider that a fair price for Payne?
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Not sure what you’re getting at here
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You are saying he wont overspend in FA but that is an entirely subjective determination as you just pointed out so if you say 22m is too much for Payne then why wouldn't the response simply be "to you but that is his market rate."
Point is how are you independently deciding what amout is too much and what amount is the market value of the player?
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I’m not deciding.
Poles is.
You said Larry O wasn’t worth 13.
I said to you.
To Poles he was.
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Can't find a link on the Internet, but I distinctly remember him mentioning this in one of his pressers.
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I’d make an argument he was going to overspend on Ogunjobi. Payne is also way better.
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Payne is better. Not really sure why Remy mentioned him.
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Right so if Poles pays Payne 22m then you are saying that isnt an overpay because Poles thought he was worth it? Then when will it ever be an overpay?
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It will be an overpay when Poles goes over HIS personal valuation just to get a guy.
What you or I think the value is is not relevant.
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Sir, this forum is all about fan speculation. Are you new here?
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Well sir is much nicer than boot licker I guess.
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Ok but how would we know if he went above his personal valuation? Like how do we know he didnt go over his personal valuation on Larry O?
Not being difficult but you are setting up pretty much an unfalsifiable standard as few if any GMs are going to say I overpaid for a guy.
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I mean yeah, we’re never going to know his personal evaluations. Closest we will get is watching him walk from some deals like Roquan.