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I can't imagine what motivation they would have for accepting less. They need a QB, and he's going to help whoever that is just by being there as a weapon.

If Miami was going with full regime change I could see it happening, but with Ireland staying on as GM I just don't think they will be looking to deal Marshall away so easily after the acquisition. You remember what they gave up for him? Was it a 2nd? 2 2s 4/14/2010: Signed a five-year, $47.3 million contract. The deal contains $12.5 million guaranteed, including a $5.5 million signing bonus and $6 million of Marshall's 2012 salary barring a league suspension in the first three years. 2011: $6.5 million (+ $3 million roster bonus due 4/2), 2012: $9.3 million, 2013-2014: $9.1 million, 2015: Free Agent

If Miami was going with full regime change I could see it happening, but with Ireland staying on as GM I just don't think they will be looking to deal Marshall away so easily after the acquisition.

Recent precedent doesn't determine final price but it's a really strong indication that nobody should be expecting anything resembling a blockbuster. My guess is you might be able to get something like a decent WR and a 2nd or 3rd rounder, but a 1st, or a 1st and more is probably out of the question. i doubt we're going to get a blockbuster, but maybe a swap of first round picks plus a 2nd rounder or something could be a possibility Who would be worth swapping with that would want him? You aren't getting into the top 4. Tampa could be interested in a swap at 5, maybe Washington at 6. Jacksonville, no, Miami, no. Buffalo doubtful, and by then there's very little point in making the swap for the Bears.

I want to see if they can get Santonio Holmes out of NY. He feuded with Sanchez which may make him seem like a jerk, but Sanchez is kind of garbage, and he wouldn't have the need to feud with Cutler.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/chi-ruskell-makes-his-case-for-bears-gm-job-20120119,0,478849.story Today the Bears interviewed Karl Rove for their GM position. http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/photo/2012-01/177016520-19135456.jpg

Recent precedent doesn't determine final price but it's a really strong indication that nobody should be expecting anything resembling a blockbuster. My guess is you might be able to get something like a decent WR and a 2nd or 3rd rounder, but a 1st, or a 1st and more is probably out of the question.

Obviously not the most recent but I'd like to get a Herschel Walker return for Forte :) Edit: I'd settle for a Ricky Williams like trade too Ricky was a decade ago. Marshawn Lynch was recently dealt for very little. Reggie Bush netted next to nothing. The Chargers tried to trade Turner but he left via free agency. I can't think of any meaningful RB trade in recent memory.

I don't really care about the notion that he deserves it. It's a salary cap world and teams pay for the mistakes they make in handing out too much money for past performance. I don't care about the supposed lockerroom talk, that's Lovie's area and he handles it well. The Bears have had Briggs, Urlacher, Forte and others talking about holdouts and contracts for the better part of a decade and it's not the distraction people portray it as. And a franchise tag eats up cap space in one year, a longterm extension can easily eat up a lot more dead space in the 2 years it takes you to realize a guy has lost it and then cut him. Exactly. It sucks for Forte, and I love the guy....but he has every sign of flaming out during his next contract. Franchising him and letting him walk may be the best for the team and maybe for him. He'll earn more money in 1 year than he will in any other 1 year for the rest of his career. And he'll probably get more from another team than he would from the Bears. I hate to say this, but I think we've probably got a 1 or 2 year window to truly take advantage of our defense. To me, the extra 7-8 mill of cap space you have by extending Forte is much more important than his cap number in year 3 or 4 of this deal. Because I expect us to be slightly down at that time. On the other hand, with the cap space we currently have, we could build a true SB contender next year for a 1 or 2 year run, provided we draft halfway decently as well. If not for this, I would agree that franchising him is the best thing to do. That said, I'm not saying give him Chris Johnson money either. Give him a 3-4 year extension. If it's more than that, the only way I'd condone it is if the cap hit isn't much when he's likely cut during year 4 anyway. He wants Chris Johnson money. The Bears offered a hefty extension, but he's not interested in that. Regardless, there's no benefit to giving him a 3-4 year extension at big money. If he signs an extension this will probably be his last contract, and you should make it as long as possible. That said, the goal should be to transform from a team that occasionally contends thanks to a defense that steps up into a team that wins every year thanks to their QB. QBs determine consistent winners. If the defense has a 2 year window then the offense better be top notch before that window closes.

You don't wait. If it doesn't get fixed you bring in the next body, because there is always another body to bring in at the RB position.

what the hell is going on around here?

I don't really care about the notion that he deserves it. It's a salary cap world and teams pay for the mistakes they make in handing out too much money for past performance. I don't care about the supposed lockerroom talk, that's Lovie's area and he handles it well. The Bears have had Briggs, Urlacher, Forte and others talking about holdouts and contracts for the better part of a decade and it's not the distraction people portray it as. And a franchise tag eats up cap space in one year, a longterm extension can easily eat up a lot more dead space in the 2 years it takes you to realize a guy has lost it and then cut him.

It was a not-so-serious sprain, I believe. And whoever signs Forte to a longterm contract is going to regret it. He's got over 2100 touches dating back to college, and he's probably no more than 2 years away from extreme mediocrity.

http://www.bleachernation.com/2012/01/19/multiple-sources-efforts-to-trade-matt-garza-and-the-timing-of-the-theo-epstein-compensation-resolution-are-related/

So it's like the Bulls intro? With the Bulls crashing into the opposing teams bus? I haven't seen a Bulls home game since the late 80's, so no idea.

http://deadspin.com/5877515/why-yes-a-boston-bruins-fan-tackled-the-tampa-bay-mascot-after-it-doused-him-with-silly-string This must be a Florida thing (anything that is a Florida thing is a bad thing). Why the hell is a hosting organization actively creating hostility with away fans? I've never seen this sort of thing in the many away arenas/parks I've been to, except when I was in Miami and saw how much the stadium operators played into the anti-Jets sentiment. Pittsburgh does a stupid into where a Pirate ship blows up a boat with the logo of whatever team is playing there before the game, but it's mostly a one off thing at the beginning. In Miami they spent half the game fellating Jason Taylor and the other half trying to instigate fights with Jets fans.

Doesn't he have about a dozen kids? Maybe he's thinking about all those tuition payments and wedding expenses.

Does Schefter report on baseball signings? Experts tend to stick to their specialty.

I didn't even notice that the first time I watched it-- yeesh. are we going to trust dominican televised pitch speed indicators?

So he's a depressed commie coward?

So he has yet to coach at Pitt? That school's coaching turnover has been entertaining the past 3 years.

this is LITRALLY the craziest thing i have ever heard well done He does know people who would know. http://photos.indystar.com/photos/2010/2/7/352947/immersive.jpg

http://deadspin.com/5877269/peyton-manning-will-retire-today-reports-rob-lowe Rob Lowe is tweeting that his people tell him Peyton Manning is set to retire today.

My guess is that the Red Sox want to be able to say Selig screwed them rather than accept what they deserved on their own.