Tony

Getz will be here until Jerry is no longer the owner of the Chicago White Sox

But what does he spend it on? There is a LONG track record of the Sox not acquiring premiere FA's in the market, but instead spending on that "2nd wave" of players. If all this open payroll means more Benintendi's, then it's gonna be more of the same.

What a fucking loser lol

Correct, but for whatever reason, not ready to totally punt on Scott, given what we saw from Mooney last year, not sure how much of the blame goes to Justin/scheme.

Shows you why Day 1 and Day 2 of the draft are so important. If Velus Jones wasn't a total bust as a 3rd rounder, WR issues become a lot easier to solve. But when you totally whiff, it hurts.

But the Bears find themselves in a very unique position. When was the last time a 7 win team had the No. 1 pick? You and I would both agree based on how they both started the season, and how they ended the season..we should see this team improve from last year, no? I would certainly hope the folks up in Lake Forrest aren’t looking at 2024 as a season where they take a step backwards. So with the understanding they were a 7 win team last year, is 9 wins really out of the question?

If they don’t make the playoffs this upcoming season, it was a failed year. I don’t expect them to win the SB, but they won 7 games and blew three losses where they had a +90% win expectancy in the 2nd half of those games. We’ve obviously seen you can win with a rookie QB, so it’s go time now. “Rebuilding” is over

There is also much more to it than that. The package he got from Carolina at that current moment was franchise altering. Not only securing the No. 1 pick, but securing a true No. 1 is not easy, and he accomplished both, and still ended up with a key piece in Wright. Now, with that said, he’s being far too conservative with the cap. He’s shown he’s willing to be aggressive (Claypool comes to mind) but it obviously didn’t work out. It seems like he’s taking the Hoyer approach of “We want this guy but if it becomes a bidding war, we’re sticking to our projections” and sometimes you have to bite the bullet and get your guy. You can always screw with the cap and kick the can down the road if you really need to.

Time for Poles to get off his ass.

NFL has cracked the code on getting basically everything right, and has become a 12 month a year sport.

https://x.com/swiftynetwork/status/1767299969378361524?s=46&t=Nd9oJCYs4TMp8_32NrPiMA What?

That was Mel Kiper

To answer the threads question.. My 2024 Priorities are to watch as little of White Sox Baseball as possible.

Said it before, but if you have made the determination that you are upgrading at QB by selecting Williams, then trading a worse QB within your division shouldn't be a concern to the Bears

Cousins to ATL

Player A (2023 Season):Success Rate: 49% Yards Per Attempt: 4.6 Yard After Contact per: 3.03 Forced Missed Tackles: 33 PFF Rush Grade: 79 Player B (2023 Season):Success Rate: 40% Yards Per Attempt: 3.9 Yards After Contact per: 2.91 Forced Missed Tackles: 31 PFF Rush Grade: 70 Player A is Khalil Herbert, Player B is Saquon. Saquon does other things and has value, but the point is spending significant dollars on the RB position is DUMB

Yeah, this is too much money https://x.com/adamschefter/status/1767222487270461655?s=46&t=Nd9oJCYs4TMp8_32NrPiMA

At this point, while the Bears are...the Bears, Poles has given me very little reason to doubt him. Literally every indicator out there is pointing to Caleb, and I can't see a scenerio where Poles thinks it's a good idea to have Fields and Caleb both at Training Camp. If they are left without a seat when the QB musical chairs stop, someone will take a flyer on him for a 6th, and hopefully Poles has the stones to just eat it and move on.

I still don't like putting money into the RB position, think it's a bad use of resources. But if it doesn't stop them from adding to the OL and DL, fine.

Sort of. There will be a game of musical chairs with QB's, but the market for Fields is thin. Here are the realistic suitors: - Falcons: They are 100% going to make a move at QB, but with the heavy Rams influence on their coaching staff now, not sure Fields is the guy for that system. We'll see - Browns: Browns are kind of interesting, but moving off of Watson would be catastrophic for their cap, so not sure it can even be done - Vikings: If Cousins leaves, they might make the most sense, and if you think Fields isn't the guy, trading him in the division shouldn't matter - Raiders: Interesting fit, and are picking 13 so will be out on the first 3/4 QB's. Could see them taking a swing on Russell Wilson - Steelers: Still think they make the most sense but not sure if they are interested in Fields - Titans: Kind of a wild card but if they are in the market for a QB, they should be able to nab a good one at 7 Cousins is going to one of the teams listed above, so you could cross a team off the list already. Let's say he goes back to the Vikings. Titans and Browns are a stretch, so it leaves you ATL, PIT and the Raiders. Wilson probably goes to one of those three teams. So now you are down to two teams realistically. There just isn't a huge market there.

If the Bears have really targeted, say Odunze, I could def. see them trading up to 7 or 8 to get their guy. Will cost a decent amount, but I could see Poles getting aggressive to get what he considers two absolute difference makers in the 1st round. I still think a stud OL at 9 makes sense if they are there, and I've beaten the drum on teams like the Packers and Texans having mediocre WR rooms and the QB's making the talent around them better, but I can get on board with the argument that putting Caleb in the best position and having DJ-Odunze to throw to in Year 1 is pretty attractive.

Might need to cross him off the list https://x.com/schultz_report/status/1763931709681144088?s=46&t=Nd9oJCYs4TMp8_32NrPiMA

Winning solves all, it's really not a complicated solution. Tickets have gotten to a point where "going on a whim" or just to get out of the house isn't an option for most people, it's a bigger event, because of the cost and people plan for it. Even the historical parks like Wrigley and Fenway were not at capacity last year (Boston was a last place team and were 12th in attendance in 2023.) The White Sox were meanwhile were 24th. In 2006, they were 9th and averaged 36,000+ a game. They averaged 21,000 last year. For the White Sox specifically, it's been proven if you put a good product on the field, people will show up. In any other industry or business, that is the common standard. Make a good product = people use and continue to buy said product. Yet in sports, we're expected to continue to support a franchise that serves up a lackluster product on a very consistent basis. But because we're "fans" it's just what is expected. It's totally backwards, yet you still have some here that like to call Sox fans "impatient"

Interesting thing I heard on the radio earlier, as it relates to Fields. The Bears most likely have not handed over any sort of playbook to Fields and most likely won't because of the upcoming decision at the top of the draft. I'm not super familiar with timelines and when QB's get a playbook, especially with a new OC coming in (and an HC that doesn't really touch the offense) but the longer you wait on your decision, the longer the QB goes without the playbook, which seems troubling.

I think pretty much all the guys at 1000 have been fairly vocal about taking a QB. But I think they've also been pretty measured about their takes, and I mostly agree with them. Fields hasn't been good enough the last three years. If there is a QB you identify in the draft that you believe is/will be better than Fields...take the QB. If there is an insane offer out there for No. 1, you have to look at it, but I think Waddle-Silvy-Carmen have all been fairly strong in the "Upgrade the QB Spot" if your guy is there. I don't think that is being "half-in" or "half-out" IMO.