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Well state legislative closes right after that.

Who's gonna take him without giving up a better asset with him? Just cut him and eat it.

Well hopefully that means Donovan isn't back (and not that they don't rebuild)

Yes. That was explicitly the desire of all this from Fritz Pollard Alliance - to consider these President of Football roles to be considered as PFE and subject to Rooney. This was a fairly obvious and slow running train. There wasn't some deception that occurred. And for any of the "spirit of the Rooney Rule" criticisms, FPA never wanted comp picks. So arguably it was never in the spirit of the rule to have comp picks.

They need a clean break from everything and everyone IMO.

Yea it was always a flyer for sure... But still, awful

I can't see worse than top 32

Justin Ishbia is buying a site in South Loop for a potential future Sox stadium. Comiskey site would be a perfect redevelopment for a Bears stadium. Of course Bears will have left city by then for either Arlington or Hammond. Cursed.

Yea. Even if the Bears are the vast majority of their wealth, they should be making handsome profits and we're probably talking about if they'll make like 20% or 25% returns

Throughout the George McCaskey era they didn't show real signs of cheapness. That changed when Poles came in 2022. However, that timeline is also when they agreed to purchase Arlington, closing in 2023. So distinguishing between Poles being cap conservative and Bears being cash poor due to the stadium isn't easy, though I think more signs point to Poles being conservative (take Ben Johnson for example of Bears not being cheap).

Yes, restructuring pushes cap hits into the future. But this is a absolutely worthless concern to have without any added context. 1. How much dead money do they have pushed into future? 2. How much guaranteed money do they have in the future? 3. How many roster spots / players under contract do they have into the future? 4. Do they have a full assortment of future draft picks? 5. What is their current CASH outlay? These are all the things you'd have to ask before determining if a restructure money is advisable or not. The median NFL team overspends the cap by around 6% and that level of overspending is very sustainable over longer timelines. Perhaps up to 10% over is as well. Over a 4-5 year timeline a 20% may even be accomplished but carries a bit more risk. Bears were in that 6-10% overage range the past 2 years. But the 3 years before that they were like 10% UNDER. If they make no more significant signings I'd estimate them at like 10% under this year as well, putting them just slightly above a 1:1 cash to cap 3 year cycle (the CBA dictates at least 90% for each team over these 3 year cycles). So very technically speaking they are being cap responsible, but there's a 5% + edge they aren't taking advantage of long term if that's how they spend. Does that matter? The Chiefs would say no, as they are perpetually low spenders. So it's not the only thing that matters, but given Poles track record I'd like that extra 5%+ spending nudge to get more room for error.

2027 2nd with injury related conditions specific to that knee which can become a 1st. That would be my opening offer. If Raiders really want to push for 2026 picks, offer up #25, but with 2027 picks coming back from Raiders to Bears with the same injury conditions (but flipped)

Kentavius Street, DT signed.

1 year 5.1M He's probably WR 3, but Walker and anyone else they grab will probably get looks too. Good Duvernay upgrade.

Yea, I'd prefer something like Decker at 15-17 on a one year deal, so it will be interesting to see what he gets. But it could turn into a birdd in the hand worth two in the bush situation. Decker just got cut. Brax may have other opportunities. There aren't that many replacement level OTs.