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  1. bukie
    The mock drafts have started coming through, here's one from CBS Sports from today: https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/2023-nfl-mock-draft-panthers-trade-up-to-no-1-overall-for-qb-commanders-select-anthony-richardson/ Has the Bears trading down from 1 to 9, missing out on Carter and Anderson but taking the 2nd DL on the board, but also picking up both of Carolina's 2nd round picks, plus 1st and 3rd round picks in 2024, a 2nd round pick in 2025 and WR Laviska Shenault, who is a year younger than DJ Moore (and much less productive). I feel like that would be quite the haul, though I'd prefer Moore if the Bears are getting a WR from Carolina.
  2. bukie
    January roster announced. Some exciting names here...and Arriola and Acosta. [tweet] [/tweet]
  3. bukie

    NFL Playoffs

    bukie replied to raw's topic in Other Sports

    The Vikings are 11-1 in one possession games this season.
  4. bukie

    NFL Playoffs

    bukie replied to raw's topic in Other Sports

    Seems like the takeaway the Bills had from last night's game was that they key is turning the ball over 5 times.
  5. bukie
    Bizarre statline for Terrence Shannon tonight: scored 17 of the first 19 points for Illinois, and then never scored again in the game.
  6. bukie
    Day 1 is only the 1st round. They aren't getting 4-5 1st round picks That's my mistake, I'm not used to the Bears having first day picks. First two days, I mean, then. 4-5 picks over the first couple rounds, or at worst first two rounds and high third.
  7. bukie
    Here's what I want to see the Bears doing with their draft and cap space capital: 1. Use their enormous cap space to take on some high price cap casualties from other teams that are still extremely productive, particularly on the OL and DL. Set the market, they have double the cap space of any other team. 2. Use the #1 pick to net 4-5 day 1 picks, either using all picks to shore up the lines and add a skill player or two, or trade one of the picks for a high end #1 WR. Would feel much better if the WR corps next year is a top 10 WR at WR1, Claypool at WR2 with Mooney at WR3 with a draft pick or two filling in the gaps. Maybe the team could run a 4 WR set, who knows? 3. Use the high back round picks to turn into more quantity, draft a bunch of back end depth for the lines, defensive backs, and an additional couple skill positions (RB, TE, WR). 4. After the draft, fill in the gaps with the remaining cap space.
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  9. bukie
    Does that mean he's joining the team and playing this year? He's planning to join for the spring semester, which would have him join the team right away. As for playing, who knows?
  10. bukie
    He wasn't passing, wasn't putting in effort on defense, and was losing playing time as a result. The season has become a nightmare as there's no cohesiveness and eventually a shoe was going to drop. Illinois had a team manager suited up for last night's game they're effectively so thin on ball handlers. I was concerned what they'd do to last the year, but apparently this is a thing that can be done now: [tweet] [/tweet]
  11. bukie
    "pending physical"...so it's just like the other contracts at this time.
  12. bukie
    You mean the players mocked to be drafted, or which teams own which picks for 2023? I meant the order that teams pick. The top 18 have been set (the rest are determined by playoff order in the 1st round): 1 Chicago Bears 2 Houston Texans 3 Arizona Cardinals 4 Indianapolis Colts 5 Denver Broncos (traded to Seattle Seahawks) 6 Los Angeles Rams (traded to Detroit Lions) 7 Las Vegas Raiders 8 Atlanta Falcons 9 Carolina Panthers 10 New Orleans Saints (traded to Philadelphia Eagles) 11 Tennessee Titans 12 Cleveland Browns (traded to Houston Texans) 13 New York Jets 14 New England Patriots 15 Green Bay Packers 16 Washington Commanders 17 Pittsburgh Steelers 18 Detroit Lions
  13. bukie
    You mean the players mocked to be drafted, or which teams own which picks for 2023?
  14. bukie
    I'd be pretty disappointed if that was all they got for the #1 overall pick. Effectively, in that trade, DJ Moore would have to be worth the equivalence of another 1st round pick. The gap in value between 1 and 9 is immense.
  15. bukie
    Just as a baseline, here are the Bears current draft picks: Round 1 (1) Round 2 (56) - from Ravens for Roquan Smith Round 3 (65) Round 4 (103) Round 4 (134) - from Eagles for Robert Quinn Round 5 (136) Round 5 (149) - from Ravens for Roquan Smith Round 7 (220) The Bears did trade their own 2nd round pick for Chase Claypool, and they traded their own 6th round pick a year ago to acquire Hakeem Grant from the Dolphins.
  16. bukie
    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.
  17. bukie
    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.
  18. bukie
    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.
  19. bukie
    It would seem that Houston ownership was not thrilled with today's win.
  20. bukie
    Regarding RB... I'm not a fan of paying a RB big money in FA, and that a team's rushing attack has more to do with their offensive line than the back. Herbert's not a terrible option if you don't need him to block, ever. That's going to take a lot of line improvement. I think RB overall should be about 10th on the list of concerns to upgrade after about 6 total line spots, a #1 WR, and an LB or two. They've got a ton to spend, and I'd rather see them address those positions with the money they have before they start worrying about resigning Monty.
  21. bukie
    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).
  22. bukie

    NFL Week 18

    bukie replied to soccer10k's topic in Other Sports

    Seattle misses a game winning FG at the end of regulation, going to OT. If Seattle does tie, I think they are still not eliminated, as they would get in if Detroit and Green Bay also tie. EDIT: I'm wrong, if Washington also wins, the tiebreaker becomes conference record and not head to head, so Detroit would get in with a tie and Seattle tie, as long as Washington holds on.
  23. bukie
    The Chicago Bears are on the clock.
  24. bukie
    Nice to see Claypool get 5 yards of separation on a deep route, even if it was against the Vikings backups. Of course, the pass was 5 yards underthrown and intercepted, but the separation was nice
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