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I just want Rodon…ugh I hate that they let that sort of arm walk. So special. He is going to kill it with Giants. Kill it. I couldn’t have cared less if they did much more than that to be honest. Cause even with scrubs at 2B and RF if I got Rodon, Cease, Lynn and Gio…knowing I got Kopech, Lopez, Velasquez…whomever else at the 5…plus the rest of the regulars in that lineup..I’m good.

I think Gio wins the Cy Young this year.

Why did I think Abreu was signed another year. Vaughn slides in, Abreu gets ring (and retires) and Sox use money on new talent. That is me trying to Be optimistic…but Abreu is the man.

Or he is a genius. He got paid massively - and in 1-2 years he knows Rockies will move him and he will leverage that no trade to get him somewhere he can win/wants to be and spend most of his career on a winning team having gotten a massive contract too…win win!

Honestly - what If they went Juju, Valdez and a draft pick. I think that could happen. I saw someone else suggest Juju, Arob, 2nd rounder and that isn’t a bad dynamic with Mooney. Reality is first is more likely and I do like Mooney, Juju (just stay healthy) and a rookie. Juju is money in the slot and I think he compliments Mooneys game well. I will say - with the money Miller and these pass rushers got - I am really curious what they could get for Quinn.

Rodon? Yeah - I love Rodon. But they missed the market on him this off-season. And let’s be honest - it was cheap…

I’ll just say everything I have heard tell me this front office is trash and has no clue what the real world dynamics are like. They are in make believe land and completely failed consistently throughout the off-season. The team is still really good - but that doesn’t mean the process and front office get any grace from me. They have sucked period going back the past 12 months (basically post Lynn trade).

So Sox are still a really good team - but this front office is still trash too. Period - end of story.

Lavine injury is hurting them and Vuc has to get upgraded. I think they can win one round but that is it. That said - arrow is still pointing up.

Missed all of last year with Raiders but went from undrafted to a pretty solid depth guy (at a minimum). Presume cheap so can't complain with the signing and still young. Presume cost very low resources so again, no arguments here.

Is he any good? Seems like a good use of money (2 Yr 8M with 1st year fully guaranteed). He plays center & guard and started 28 games over past 2 seasons for Packers. If nothing else - very good depth move that can help if they miss on some of the bigger targets they chase or if Borom doesn't pan out at guard like they hope.

I think they will spend - just not day 1. Poles literally said he likes B/C and that means waiting for the market to set itself and than trusting your scouting of those remaining targets. With that said - Browns cut a vet center who could be a nice fit and obviously Armstead is still out there (he's real good - but can Bears actually keep him healthy). JuJu is still out there - who I would love, especially if you could get him on the shorter term (i.e., 3 year dealing). Myles Jack is also interesting - pair him next to Roquan and presume you probably can get him for a reasonable price (given he's cut as teams cap spaced is already dissapearing).

James Daniels went for 3YR 8M per with Steelers. Reasonable price but I presume Poles is setting the bar that I'm not going to just run the same guys or something close to the same out there and/or must have had a different view of Daniels. Chark signing for a reasonable 1YR deal with Lions is interesting. I am presuming Bears are going to sit around and see who they can get on shorter-term deals while they obviously target the draft. I am curious who the Bears are in-on / what we will see happen here. I have a feeling we'll see a ton of moves from Bears, especially as we pivot into next week.

Ok - That isn't actually as bad as I thought, because a bunch of money was spent today so available cap space is shrinking so maybe they can get someone for not as bad as I though (knowing they to also address in draft).

So are Juju, Valdez, Landry and Arob the main wideouts still out there at this point? Am I missing anyone? Is Armstead the main olineman out there (some rumors bears are in on him)?

Golladay was awful with Giants last year (injured), but if Giants structured it right, I would have interest in acquiring him if I were Bears (and i presume Giants have good reasons to move away now). He's from Chicago.

Its what the Jaguars do. They have the cap space though and I can't argue with how they have focused things around building around their young QB. Kirk was too much money but given where they were, I don't know what else I would have done (other than acquire Cooper...i mean who didn't see this coming).

4th highest paid wideout in the league I believe. Crazy money. Sounds like Robinson might be headed to Chiefs on a 3yr deal. I liked Kirk a lot - but not $18M a year good. That said - they need a wideout. Landry to me (if you can get him for less guarantee / less years) isn't such a bad play. Curious to see what Bears do here.

Yeah - I was bummed when I saw a bunch of guards / Rams tackle sign right before free agency. I thought Bears were going to be able to make some big splashes there. I also wanted Cooper (cause I figured a 6th rounder would have been worth it to lock him in on a very LT flexible/cap friendly deal that keeps you out of the bidding wars of FA). I don't think Cooper is worth his contract (from a pure $ perspective) but relative to what you'd pay in free agency and given fact I would prioritize this whole off-season around Fields...it would have just made everything else easier.

Yeah - I have started to come around on this. Reality was if they didn't address in FA, they would have to address in draft and relatively early so this frees up resources to better target best available within draft. And 3 years is nice, not too long, and therefor doesn't do a lot for long-term flexibility. Would like if they structured this to be creative and take biggest burden a year from now when they have MASSIVE cap space so that they can be more opportunistic this year and in '24 (knowing they will have more than enough in '23 regardless).

I like it.

A total head scratcher from me. I have to read more but I don't like where they are spending the money (not necessarily knocking the player). I also was less excited after I saw some good oline options sign pretty quickly. That said - if I frame it another way - this is kind of them replacing Goldman with someone they find as a much better fit in a key role for the defense.

Legal tampering window is now open. By the way - I think Bears now have 4th or 5th most cap space of all NFL teams.

Yep - Pods issue was his arm - not the range and his ability to make plays in left. Same with Pierre - arm was weak but rest of him was above average defensively in left.

I don’t like TLR as a manager but I do think he is the one person who will get JR to empty his wallet.