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  1. WrigleyField 22
    Sheesh, forget any hedging I did the past 24 hours lol
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    Flush the Flus
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    As a recent benchmark: Chubb was traded From Denver to Miami last year on Nov 1 and the extension was reported Nov 3. So I would think within next day there's a good shot of a deal announced. If not within a week, definitely legit to start getting concerned.
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    Lol what? Is it another Alan Willians situation? Edit - HR was involved in decision. Yeesh. What's the pre employment screening process like for Poles/Flus?
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    At the same time they have a decent chunk of money in their front 4 with Payne and Allen and clearly need help elsewhere and have a couple extra picks to help with that. Is Payne living up to his extension? Because that was probably the choice.
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    I'd guess rough figures were exchanged enough to get comfortable.
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    I can't discount Poles being the only GM in on it and still getting swindled unfortunately. Hopefully there were some other bidders involved in that price. Common sense and logic along with reports pointed to Washington clearing their DL glut rather than lose one for nothing. I do think other teams were in on it and would have swooped him up, if a Bears weren't highest bidder.
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    I think it's pretty obvious that he wasn't gonna hit FA. He was being shopped and was gonna get locked up to an extension, almost certainly.
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    Yuck, if so.
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    Well you are inserting a different question altogether then about whether you're allowed to buy in a lost year or not, But its usually a pretty slippery slope to the "we're not x player away" arguments. You do have to add good players. The remaining games still do have value. All the said, I think Sweat's value to a high second IS highly suspect. I just don't think the broad sentiment against trading picks to get very good players. To compound that and say, "well Moore was a good example and this isn't" ehhh. They're probably a lot closer than you're giving credit to.
  11. WrigleyField 22
    The trade was made when we knew he wouldn't play ball for 6 more months so I'm not sure exactly how relevant pedanting over "age at time of trade" vs "age now" really matters. Age at first snap for team: 26.42 v 27.19
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    So a year?
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    Wait, I messed it up, 6 months in age difference, not 18 lol Decision tree for each: 2025 1st Round Pick (CAR) 2024 2nd Round Pick (CHI) or or 26.5 year WR 27.0 year DE 4 Y / $52M 4 Y / $96M
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    He had a big(ish) contract. That's still paying a guy twice yea?
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    18 months in age, and you're still doing the "paying them twice" on an existing deal as much as you are on a hypothetical new deal. Obviously not exactly the same, but obviously these decisions exist on a spectrum, and they're two shades of same color and not black/white here like you're treating it.
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    Why don't you like good players though?
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    You'll miss out on lots of talent upgrade opportunities then. Unfortunately I don't know that Sweat is high second + contract worthy, although he is very good. But to get elite "FA talent", it's normally getting done with a pick and extension and not true FA.
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    Oh an extension is almost certainly gonna follow. So I don't think it's a playoff or bust move. Sweat is a high quality edge and you often do need to trade capital to not let a guy hit FA. But that's still a steep price. Like, at least should be balanced with a pick swap if you're giving up a possible 33-38 range pick.
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    Pick 33 tracking time. 😑 Poles panic buying at the trade deadline for non playoff teams two straight years because FA spending scares him is certainly a choice.
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    Not enough emphasis on dumb imo
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    Probably Sweat
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    Yea, they did reinstate that rule after initially being waived during covid years and still kept last year. But I'm not sure that's a justification really either.
  24. WrigleyField 22
    I went to that Clausen start! (in my Cutler jersey)
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    I'm pretty sure it's specifically barred by CBA. Was it the NBA or NFL players union that talked about wanting to get pathways to ownership in next CBA? I think it was NBA. But NFL union should fight for that too, absolutely. So yea isn't happening.
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