Chicago Bears Offseason 2012

[rawaction]

Bears may be interested in trading for Freeney. I am OK with this assuming he would restructure. On the other hand, Pompeii raises a scenario where we may go hard after Mario and if we miss, turn our attention to V-Jax AND Mincey. As much as I like Mario, I think I would prefer option two.

 

I'd rather get Mario Williams and a WR like Robert Meachem. Should be similar price to VJax and Mincey.

[minnesotacubsfan]

Bears may be interested in trading for Freeney. I am OK with this assuming he would restructure. On the other hand, Pompeii raises a scenario where we may go hard after Mario and if we miss, turn our attention to V-Jax AND Mincey. As much as I like Mario, I think I would prefer option two.

 

I'd rather get Mario Williams and a WR like Robert Meachem. Should be similar price to VJax and Mincey.

 

I would agree. Williams would give us the best d-line in the league, and siging a Meacham/Garcon/Manningham wouldn't preclude us from being WR draft heavy.

[Guest]

Bears may be interested in trading for Freeney. I am OK with this assuming he would restructure. On the other hand, Pompeii raises a scenario where we may go hard after Mario and if we miss, turn our attention to V-Jax AND Mincey. As much as I like Mario, I think I would prefer option two.

 

I'd rather get Mario Williams and a WR like Robert Meachem. Should be similar price to VJax and Mincey.

 

That's where I'm at. Your combo will be far more productive.

[Magnetic Curses]

yeah, but vjack and mcneill, + mercilus in the first beats all of that.

[minnesotacubsfan]

Mercilus scares me a bit, he seemed to come out of nowhere.

[Magnetic Curses]

it's called getting a chance and making the most of it.

[minnesotacubsfan]

who was ahead of him the past few years?

[Magnetic Curses]

clay nurse was our starting strong-side DE before mercilus.

[ctcf]

Do most noteworthy FA signings happen soon after the open of free agency in the NFL?

[minnesotacubsfan]

typically. teams get hot after the big FA

[davell]

Yeah, they do. Most of these guys will be signed witin a week from when it starts.

[ctcf]

According to the Union-Tribune San Diego, "it is believed" the Redskins and Bears will be Vincent Jackson's most ardent suitors when free agency opens at 4PM ET on Tuesday.

Per Chargers beat writer Kevin Acee, the Bolts are "seemingly resigned" to the fact that Jackson will sign elsewhere because of his purported contract demands. Both the Redskins and Bears have a more desperate need and appear to be willing to spend more than San Diego. Acee goes so far as to suggests Washington "will do almost whatever it takes to get Jackson." Observed one source monitoring the V-Jax situation closely, "He’s going to get more than you or I could ever imagine he would."

 

Damnable Skins.

[rawaction]

According to the Union-Tribune San Diego, "it is believed" the Redskins and Bears will be Vincent Jackson's most ardent suitors when free agency opens at 4PM ET on Tuesday.

Per Chargers beat writer Kevin Acee, the Bolts are "seemingly resigned" to the fact that Jackson will sign elsewhere because of his purported contract demands. Both the Redskins and Bears have a more desperate need and appear to be willing to spend more than San Diego. Acee goes so far as to suggests Washington "will do almost whatever it takes to get Jackson." Observed one source monitoring the V-Jax situation closely, "He’s going to get more than you or I could ever imagine he would."

 

Damnable Skins.

 

Makes sense. They can't draft anyone anymore. Their defense is already good enough to win a lot of games. If RG3 plays as well as CAM next year, they'll be a playoff team. Getting VJax would go a long way to making sure RG3 is that good right away.

[minnesotacubsfan]

screw it. All in for Mario, trade for Wallace.

[davell]

According to Michael Wright, Bears are interested in Hawthorne. I like him a lot and think he would be a nice successor to Urlacher. That said, l would prefer to after more of a true need, if we spend big on someone.

[minnesotacubsfan]

screw it. All in for Mario, trade for Wallace.

 

actually, could we even afford this?

[ctcf]

I'd love to have Mario, but there's no way in hell Emery gets rid of the first rounder. Edited March 12, 2012 by ctcf

[davell]

If we did nothing else and cut a few guys and restructure a few others, then maybe.

[minnesotacubsfan]

According to Michael Wright, Bears are interested in Hawthorne. I like him a lot and think he would be a nice successor to Urlacher. That said, l would prefer to after more of a true need, if we spend big on someone.

 

hawthorne would be a waste

[UMFan83]

If we were to get Mario Williams, the games against GB next year would be much more competitive than they were this year.

[cubweiser03]

I'd love to have Mario, but there's no way in hell Emery gets rid of the first rounder.

Mario us an UFA he cost nothing. Wallace is the first rounder.

Watch the skins pay as much for vjax as Mario gets. Mario is a freak, even though it's not an immediate need I'm am so in because guys like him don't hit FA often. I'm not going to get my hopes up maybe I will be surprised like the time the bears got cutler.

[ctcf]

I'd love to have Mario, but there's no way in hell Emery gets rid of the first rounder.

Mario us an UFA he cost nothing. Wallace is the first rounder.

Watch the skins pay as much for vjax as Mario gets. Mario is a freak, even though it's not an immediate need I'm am so in because guys like him don't hit FA often. I'm not going to get my hopes up maybe I will be surprised like the time the bears got cutler.

 

Yea whoops. I think I changed my mind on how I was writing that sentence halfway through and forgot to go back and change the first half.

[Soul]

According to the Union-Tribune San Diego, "it is believed" the Redskins and Bears will be Vincent Jackson's most ardent suitors when free agency opens at 4PM ET on Tuesday.

Per Chargers beat writer Kevin Acee, the Bolts are "seemingly resigned" to the fact that Jackson will sign elsewhere because of his purported contract demands. Both the Redskins and Bears have a more desperate need and appear to be willing to spend more than San Diego. Acee goes so far as to suggests Washington "will do almost whatever it takes to get Jackson." Observed one source monitoring the V-Jax situation closely, "He’s going to get more than you or I could ever imagine he would."

 

Damnable Skins.

 

Makes sense. They can't draft anyone anymore. Their defense is already good enough to win a lot of games. If RG3 plays as well as CAM next year, they'll be a playoff team. Getting VJax would go a long way to making sure RG3 is that good right away.

Bears still a better option for him than playing with a rook.

[Magnetic Curses]

we beat the redskins out for peppers a couple of years ago, everyone knows it's a graveyard for free agents. jackson's never been to or won a super bowl, he can either come to chicago for crazy money and compete for a title, or he can go to washington, play with a rookie quarterback, lose a lot of games while the skins have no picks and make super duper crazy money.

 

i doubt he'll want to play in washington.

[Soul]

Me too. If VJax wants to be RG3's learning crutch I would be very surprised, when he could play with one of the hot bona-fide NFL arms around.