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Denver does have a late first fwiw. From SF by way of Miami (Trey Lance and Bradley Chubb trades) Hopkins is the most intersting of the guys who might be attainable for less than a haul (something less than a 2nd). Higgins probably thr only one who I might go a first for, but they'd need to trade down first then use one of the extra picks for him.

Without getting to pedantic or creating mutually exclusive options, I'll take the Ja'Marr Chase side of the debate over the Penei Sewell side. I would take the unavailable superstar receiver as wellWell yea, basically what I said before, yea. Like no one should ever have a serious convo about parting with a high value pick for a OL in the way that we'll probably have that convo about a WR if they don't draft one. Which isn't also to day they could very well spend 50M on the OL this offseason, but it would be spread out across 3-4 non stars.

Sounds like 1.25M According to Kevin Fishbain, the Bears have signed WR Equanimeous St. Brown to a one-year extension that runs through the 2023 season. Ian Rapoport adds the deal is worth $1.25 million in total, which isn't a huge investment. Is it 1.25M guaranteed?

It’s a 5 man group that takes at least 7 to get through a season, so it’s in constant need of refreshment. But with an emerging qb I’d prefer better protection early in the career if I have a choice. Without getting to pedantic or creating mutually exclusive options, I'll take the Ja'Marr Chase side of the debate over the Penei Sewell side.

It’s a 5 man group that takes at least 7 to get through a season, so it’s in constant need of refreshment. But with an emerging qb I’d prefer better protection early in the career if I have a choice. Without getting to pedantic or creating mutually exclusive options, I'll take the Ja'Marr Chase side of the debate over the Penei Sewell side.

Yea we have elite run blocking WR. Woo Interesting to see if there's any serious guarantee on this ESB extension.

Comments like that are of course reminiscent of this meme: I think the line improvement being easier is definitely true given all the factors for/against Bears going into 2023. But certainly I wouldn't say it's generally, the "easiest" way over getting a playmaker. Nor is it necessarily the more sustainable team-building way.

I think my least favorite thing about it is effectively counting on a 2nd round rookie WR to be your WR1. All the line improvement in the world isn't going to fix the passing offense if none of the WRs can get open or make catches. This is also why I'm in huge favor of either trading some draft capital for a real WR1 (like Adams from the Raiders), or snag any WR1 that ends up a cap casualty on another overburdened roster, since the FA crop is seriously weak (Julio Jones might be the best option and he's not a great option). So, I do disagree with the bolded part. I think OL help would work wonders. The OL was a little bit better in 2021 and for the most part we weren't talking about Mooney not being able to get open. The Bears just played Robinson, who has never been a great separator and a bunch of tiny guys who took a while to get open when teams were physical with them. I think 2023 Claypool will be better than 2021 Robinson at getting open. And Mooney with his speed, will get open if you give Fields time, as he has in the past. I just think the OL he put together isn't to the level where you're good with almost no help to the weapons. If he was adding elite level play at C, LG and RT, then Claypool, Mooney, Rice is probably fine. But on paper that is a middle of the road OL, at best and still a bottom 1/3 group of weapons. Less about time, it may also be the ability to run 3-4 receiver routes more often. The Bears OL+TE+RB+FB I think often gave "enough" time which is partially why ESPNs Pass Rush win rate was being fooled all season. It's the right route tree combo with the right time that has to hit. This is mostly a theory, but I think a reasonable one and that I may dig in with the PFF data later. But hopefully Fields will be on the Jalen Hurts progression. That may be largely possible even without a AJ Brown type add.

Colts beat Texans

Not nearly enough big money signings.

Link? https://es.pn/3fN70AU Huh. Wish it showed individual game odds. But they probably have Bears too low or Texans too high. For example 54% chance Houston wins and a 90% chance Bears lose? That seems way out of line of any other prediction I've seen. 60% / 80%? Theres no number that would make sense. They can't be nearly a coin flip odds at #1.

Link?

Final Elo-based outlook on the Bears draft finish. And I added a Vegas based prediction as well:

Yep those are the scenarios and right now I think the most to least likely is: 2 1 4 3 Basically a better chance of both Arizona and Denver losing than one winning so 4th more likely than 3rd. I'll run full numbers, but I think first place outs still win out over 4th place odds.

Yea I'll be just fine if my son never has interest in tackle football. I played from 4th grade through senior year. I saw two really gruesome injuries, on a broken femur and the other a really serious head trauma that ended a teammates playing days. The latter fortunately I think ended up alright long term, though I don't know for sure as I haven't talked to him in over a decade. Just very casually keep up on social media. But even with those I probably could rationalize the risks pretty easily, but the more I see and read, I'd just prefer he doesn't play at all.

Yea I have a feeling Buffalo and Cincy just have a 16 game schedule. I certainly don't think Buffalo is going to have that be top of mind, and it likely doesn't affect Cincy in the standings anyways. It's honestly hard to imagine what the Buffalo players will have to do to even be ready for week 18. Due to the trauma, anything will probably be a rush job and mentally unhealthy for those players.

There's always minor coach changes, but yea, I'm not expecting anything at the coordinator level, baring some crazy circumstance. The OL coach I don't think has deep ties to Getsy. Wonder if he's a fall guy. Wonder about the WR coach/ passing coordinator too. He was highly touted, but the pass scheme failed to get guys open. Obvious talent discrepancy aside, that's a huge question for the O scheme. The DL and Asst DL coach also weren't Flus guys that came over with him. Easy fall guys there for their worst unit.

I've had a similar thought, my guess is at a certain point the NFL starts dinging you for doing so given how they tend to evaluate players, maybe excepting for players a true cut above the rest. I also think this will probably have some tension with NIL stuff going forward too. Boosters paying big sponsorship bucks probably aren't going to be too jazzed about recipients skipping games that matter. That's a good point. Are there restrictions on how NIL can be structured? Can NIL be a per game basis or contingent on something like participation in bowl games?

Not meant as a critique of players, but if the playoff is fine to skip, what's even the point of playing the last few games? At a certain point the top picks have enough tape. What's the difference of even playing into November?

Apparently this is his agent/rep I don't really know what they means. I assume that's still critical condition?

They aren't going to modify the playoff schedule and, outside of that, there simply isn't enough time to work with. Both teams are already in the playoffs, so this is a pretty easy decision. Cancel the game and wherever the teams fall in terms of winning percentage is where they are seeded. While acknowledging that this is the least important part of this situation, curious to see how fantasy leagues handle this as I'm sure there are a ton of championship games that are resting on this game given how many fantasy relevant players are on the 2 teams. As a commish, I'd personally just call it however it stands. The two guys in my championship both have guys tonight, with one heavily favored. But oh well. Sure it's a freak absolutely unplannable thing, and any losers are welcome to cry about it. JMO

Yea, even given the extreme lack of investment in this team, that's... Really bad.

Not that it matters now, but my first seed team had its lowest score of the season last week round one of playoffs. Not to be outdone, it's setting a new low water mark again this week (in meaningless 3rd place game)

I threw a bet at Dallas-KC Super Bowl Pairing at +1850 Am I 1) idiot 2) smart 3) just vibing ?