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I'm probably as spend aggressive as anyone in the world not named Mickey Loomis, but one thing I low key hate is having all in years like that in FA. I hope Johnson teaches Poles about having a set of balls, not fearing the cap, and we see them spend like a team intent on winning... But it shouldnt ALL splurge this year either, IMO. But back up the Brinks truck to Trey Smith and the OL and DL with just bodies of wave 2-3 guys. And a fringe starter Safety (Brisker protection) and moderate WR 3 (also wave 2-3). But that probably doesn't equal like a top 3 spender either. And start structuring contracts like you intend to be a top 7-10ish spender year in and year out.
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Let go of the ****** RB value takes. It's a brave new world with nuance.
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It's a small problem. I'd take it over Jets dumpster fire 10/10.
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The cap number is kind of meaningless though. They do have a legit tough cap situation, and what was an old roster 3 years ago is like ancient now, yea.
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Johnson isn't Saints... But yea I think they're actually a fairly well run org. Certainly not perfect one, but one that I think gets a lot of unwarranted hate often.
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They have more talent on the roster, but Jets are such a dumpster fire org.
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Maybe New Orleans cap situation is scaring him. Or just the ability to start fresh with a GM.
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Hes got a relationship with New Orleans and was reportedly going to meet there yesterday or today.
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I mean, if they had their contingency locked and loaded, not sure what else they needed to do. Today was the absolute earliest they could have been able to have Ben available. And they were ready for it. If they ended up with an extra week of time they probably get a second round with Weaver or Flores or whomever and don't need to do the check the box interview with George.
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That first sentence in the Bears pro list was a very confusing sentence until I figured out what you were trying to get across.
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It's absolutely partially a coaching issue, but it seemed like he had a hand in the continuity of Morgan... And one large investment is still at least one short of what he needed. He's definitely underinvested. No one is good enough to l underinvest long term.
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Daniels probably will have to start running less at some point, but very clearly he has enough talent to buy himself the time to round out the passing game fully. I mean it's only year 1 for him. But yea, he ended up in a great spot. Washington went about things the right way. Just super impressive all around. The Bears failed Caleb and would have failed Daniels, but regrettably I think Daniels has also shown enough where he has a better chance to be the better QB long term, even if Caleb is allowed the time to develop.
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I'm highly cynical about how effective the Rooney Rule has been. But if the Bears are gonna sham up the interview they better leak some glowing reviews out of it, yea. Heck, they could probably easily beat his salary even for a non coordinator assistant role if he wants to make a NFL jump. If it's literally just to check a box, I hope they get all the fake/misplaced outrage that Patriots got.
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No, not really. Rooney Rules have to be in person and currently employed coaches (which is most candidates) can't interview until Monday at soonest.
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I don't think seeing the Tomlin situation and placing a call is throwing horsefeathers at the wall. I wouldn't have been thrilled with a Tomlin hire, let alone a trade, but at the same time I'm not mad they called, either. Steelers really love their stability if they didn't even entertain it though.
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He'd probably do a better job if he was shadow making decisions. We're just signing his ****** clients. That's their own damn fault.
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Hope Monken is in there too. A Johnson-McCarthy shut out is very plausible outcome... What's behind door 3
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Unless you have dreams of Jeanty, probably just bet to put him to best use you can and start succession planning with a mid round pick.
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6.1m of his 2025 8m salary/bonus is guaranteed. Gotta eat that unless he's a trade target.
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It's most fun to be an assistant after you sign a 4-5 year guaranteed Head coach contract and then go back to assistant. Bonus points if your Vic making top coordinator money.
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I'm still Johnson -big gap- Monken-McCarthy, but fully admit *vibes* might be the only reason I have Monken ahead of him. Waddle and Silvy had Gase on to talk Johnson (coached together in Miami) and former Packer Mark Tauscher to talk McCarthy. Both were decent listens (they also had Urlacher on to talk Freeman and I had no interest in listening to that one)
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Chico/Thayer/Peanut as the Sr advisors to Chairman/CEO for the next GM/HC search in 2028 (when we fire Poles and Weaver). 1. Experienced coach and former player, relative non idiot 2. Media personality and former player, relative non idiot 3. General cool legend, non idiot (can run FBI background checks?)
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And yet their VP of Player personnel is one of the most respected talent evaluators in the league. Jerry is an interesting situation in terms of bosses go, but I think if you hit it off there's a lot of loyalty there. And he can be an extremely cheap ass mother horsefeathers, but at the same time will pay up when he feels it's warranted.. He just really doesn't like wasting money - which is why he let McCarthy go through his contract in a lame duck year. It probably runs hot or cold in its attractiveness among the openings.
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I truely think Fox was checked out. I don't know how you protect against that but hopefully since an old McCarthy pal isn't on the search committee that helps? But even still, McCarthy's w% clips Fox's .608 to .572. Even Dallas era McCarthy clips that at .583. And it's offense instead of defense so automatically better.
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Put him in that Ditka sweater vest and make him grow a mustache. I promise he'll be a cult hero the first double digit win season
