This is the end: Vikings @ Bears 1/8 Noon Fox

[Bertz]

Curious to hear thoughts on what the Bears should do at RB this offseason. Certainly not even a top 10 priority this offseason but with Monty's FA, the amount of resources the Bears have, and the number of high profile RBs available, its worth discussing.

 

Among the FA's are Saquan Barkley, Josh Jacobs, Tony Pollard and Miles Sanders. Are any of them enough of an upgrade over Monty to spend a little more resources to acquire? Barkley seemed to wear down this year as time went on and Jacobs got a ton of usage this year so that concerns me a bit. Tony Pollard though.... 25 years old, has never been a primary back for a full season so his legs have relatively limited miles, and has shown the ability to step up and actually outplay Zeke for the Cowboys.

 

Or do you just resign Montgomery or make Herbert the primary back and draft a 1a to go with him?

 

Go full bore and get Josh Jacobs. There's an embarrassment of riches available, so if there's a time to overspend for a RB it's right now. Ideally there'd be a WR worth giving stupid money to, but there's not so add a playmaker where you can.

[UK]

I would not allocate FA money towards HB with the depth of this draft. If Z. Charbonnet is there at 64, I'd grab him.

[raw]

I would not allocate FA money towards HB with the depth of this draft. If Z. Charbonnet is there at 64, I'd grab him.

 

Charbonnet is slow like Montgomery.

[WrigleyField 22]

Never a bad time to dunk at Gabriel

 

https://twitter.com/ggabefootball/status/1574136114323279872?t=4pw3wEdAyALE5zTluOkpxg&s=19

[UMFan83]

Never a bad time to dunk at Gabriel

 

https://twitter.com/ggabefootball/status/1574136114323279872?t=4pw3wEdAyALE5zTluOkpxg&s=19

 

I replied to that back in Sept and said that while they will likely be underdogs in every remaining game they would probably cobble together a couple of wins and go 5-12. Over the last couple hours random people have replying to dunk on me for suggesting that they may only be 5-12 bad instead of 3-14 bad. It shouldn't take much googling to find Bears fans with much worse takes.

[WrigleyField 22]

Dbl post Edited January 9, 2023 by WrigleyField 22

[minnesotacubsfan]

Curious to hear thoughts on what the Bears should do at RB this offseason. Certainly not even a top 10 priority this offseason but with Monty's FA, the amount of resources the Bears have, and the number of high profile RBs available, its worth discussing.

 

Among the FA's are Saquan Barkley, Josh Jacobs, Tony Pollard and Miles Sanders. Are any of them enough of an upgrade over Monty to spend a little more resources to acquire? Barkley seemed to wear down this year as time went on and Jacobs got a ton of usage this year so that concerns me a bit. Tony Pollard though.... 25 years old, has never been a primary back for a full season so his legs have relatively limited miles, and has shown the ability to step up and actually outplay Zeke for the Cowboys.

 

Or do you just resign Montgomery or make Herbert the primary back and draft a 1a to go with him?

 

Go full bore and get Josh Jacobs. There's an embarrassment of riches available, so if there's a time to overspend for a RB it's right now. Ideally there'd be a WR worth giving stupid money to, but there's not so add a playmaker where you can.

 

 

My thoughts too. Improve what you can, every position is up for scrutiny

[bukie]

Cardinals lose, Broncos win so I think that makes the Colts 4th overall. Good spot if you want trade down to if you are ok with getting whichever of Anderson or Carter is not taken already

Let the bidding war begin between the Colts, Raiders, Falcons and Panthers (the Broncos and Rams do not have top 10 picks thanks to the win now deals they made).

I'd also be curious if Houston was willing to pull a Trubisky with the Bears and trade a bunch of draft assets to make sure they get their guy at 1, and then trade down again from 2 to 4/7/8/9 to pull additional draft capital.

 

Ending up with something like the 4 pick, and then 33 and 35, and two additional third round picks, and a couple of high 2024 picks, would be quite the haul.

[UK]

I would not allocate FA money towards HB with the depth of this draft. If Z. Charbonnet is there at 64, I'd grab him.

 

Charbonnet is slow like Montgomery.

 

But he can catch, block, and slightly faster than Montgomery.

[UMFan83]

Cardinals lose, Broncos win so I think that makes the Colts 4th overall. Good spot if you want trade down to if you are ok with getting whichever of Anderson or Carter is not taken already

Let the bidding war begin between the Colts, Raiders, Falcons and Panthers (the Broncos and Rams do not have top 10 picks thanks to the win now deals they made).

I'd also be curious if Houston was willing to pull a Trubisky with the Bears and trade a bunch of draft assets to make sure they get their guy at 1, and then trade down again from 2 to 4/7/8/9 to pull additional draft capital.

 

Ending up with something like the 4 pick, and then 33 and 35, and two additional third round picks, and a couple of high 2024 picks, would be quite the haul.

 

I've seen that proposed a lot and it seems almost too good to be true. The Texans seem like a stupid organization and I bet they will not want to trade with the Bears due to the sting of losing the pick in the last moment. They'll be satisfied with Stroud/Levis. But I'm completely open to everything, whatever gets us the most capital while still getting us a high impact player in the 1st round.

[UMFan83]

Hilarious

 

[David]

Never a bad time to dunk at Gabriel

 

https://twitter.com/ggabefootball/status/1574136114323279872?t=4pw3wEdAyALE5zTluOkpxg&s=19

 

I replied to that back in Sept and said that while they will likely be underdogs in every remaining game they would probably cobble together a couple of wins and go 5-12. Over the last couple hours random people have replying to dunk on me for suggesting that they may only be 5-12 bad instead of 3-14 bad. It shouldn't take much googling to find Bears fans with much worse takes.

 

even crazier is that fields took that huge leap since then and they still lost all those games lol

[WrigleyField 22]

This year's schedule looked easy at one time before being hardest SoS in league.

 

https://twitter.com/DaveKluge/status/1612311385815371779?t=Ogveklo4ZpUKKjjPOuyheQ&s=19

[bukie]

Never a bad time to dunk at Gabriel

 

https://twitter.com/ggabefootball/status/1574136114323279872?t=4pw3wEdAyALE5zTluOkpxg&s=19

 

I replied to that back in Sept and said that while they will likely be underdogs in every remaining game they would probably cobble together a couple of wins and go 5-12. Over the last couple hours random people have replying to dunk on me for suggesting that they may only be 5-12 bad instead of 3-14 bad. It shouldn't take much googling to find Bears fans with much worse takes.

 

even crazier is that fields took that huge leap since then and they still lost all those games lol

The defense was also pretty okay for the first handful of games until Johnson got injured and Quinn/Smith got traded and Vildor/Gordon got torched for about 10 straight weeks.

[bukie]

This year's schedule looked easy at one time before being hardest SoS in league.

 

https://twitter.com/DaveKluge/status/1612311385815371779?t=Ogveklo4ZpUKKjjPOuyheQ&s=19

Despite the winning percentage (skewed heavily by the Vikings percentage, aka the worst 13-4 team in history). The only teams with a positive point differential the Bears will play next season are KC, LAC, and Detroit (granted, all on the road). The NFC South was terrible and the NFC North wasn't much better. The AFC West had KC, but Denver and the Raiders are two of the teams in the worst shape right now going forward, it would seem. Cleveland as the crossover game is is reasonable game, and the Cardinals were nearly as bad as the Bears this season, and they should have beat the Commanders this season.

 

Still, a lot can happen between now and then, but hopefully the Bears will make good use of all their capital and could turn around the record in a hurry.

[Old Style]

Odds of the Bears getting #1 pick on December 13: about 5%

 

Odds of the Bears getting #1 pick on January 8, heading into the Texans final drive: about 5%

 

Crazy

After the MNF win over the Patriots it was at 1.5%.

[WrigleyField 22]

Odds of the Bears getting #1 pick on December 13: about 5%

 

Odds of the Bears getting #1 pick on January 8, heading into the Texans final drive: about 5%

 

Crazy

After the MNF win over the Patriots it was at 1.5%.

Yea, around Dec 13 was when I started tracking the odds myself and the symmetry to the final drive it what struck my interest (the about is doing some lifting there, but you can argue different models to shift the % anyways)