FFS dude, how many times do we have to explain to you that the Bears are investing in offense? They drafted a QB, brought in 3 WR, 2 TEs, a RB, and a G/C in the last two seasons. All with the intent on them being factors. There is nothing to do but wait and see if it pans out. Even if it doesn't work, it wasn't for lack of trying. It's not like they have Hester as the #1 WR.
You draft your QB with the #2 pick and then what other sure thing stars have gone into building around him? We got Daniels and that's about it, maybe Miller (but that same risk of WRs drafted high busting doesn't magically get better as the picks go down). Everyone else requires a lot of prayer.
If it doesn't work out is the problem. While you're all worried about what about how to afford our now better than top 10 D so let's cut offense based on presurgical performance I'm more worried about if the offense doesn't work out whether or not it's because the surgery didn't help. How do we afford those new needed stars to make our offense great not how do we afford a #1 defense.
Offense is the question mark not defense.
This is just fucking ridiculous, especially with your claims about ignoring offense. You DO NOT ignore the rest of the defense just because Mack is good. The goal is to have as many playmakers as possible. We have Stafford, Cousins, and Rodgers in our division. I'd like as many players to disrupt as many things as possible that those guys are able to do well. If Trubisky ends up being the Mack of the offense, do you ignore the rest of the offense because Trubisky is that good? It's fucking asinine.
Actually you do ignore the rest of the defense because you just sunk a bunch of money into a star. That's how it works. How it doesn't work is to sell off the offense to pay for a defense.
Yes if Trubisky ends up being great the contract he demands should take away from offense because he will elevate the players around him. But actually QB is so important and costs so much you end up ignoring the rest of the team to have a great one in that position. What was the talk when Stafford got his payday contract?
Where have I said that? I already told you that the Bears are investing in offense, from the coaching staff on down. There isn't much else for them to do but see how it works.
When you start talking about cutting offensive starters and replacing them with low round rookies to afford defense because you got a defensive star you're not talking investing in offense. You're giving lip service to investing in offense when the truth is you're bringing in long shots.
Yeah, you're overrating him.
But you still need to replace him with another ST'er who is just as good. That for a $700K savings which is offset by the pay for the one to replace him, league minimum for a player with no years is $500K. We saved a whopping $200K. Get a player with more than 3 years experience and the cut ends up costing money.
If we have the player already on payroll to replace him on STs, sure. If we don't it's just like Bellamy, the savings isn't there to replace what he does.
Sims on the other hand could be cut without much worry about what it does to the offense. If he needs to be replaced you could probably find a long shot as good for cheaper.
