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Glad he's doing this. It's almost as if he *didn't* tell everyone at the year end presser that we wouldn't be players in Free Agency. That it would be difficult to re-sign our own guys and we'd be lucky to do it 😑 I get people hoping that was lip service. But after a bunch of releases, re-structures, extensions, signings, and re-signs bringing us close to broke - on top of him STRAIGHT UP TELLING US - I felt like I was taking crazy pills listening to people go "he can find more cap space" and "we're getting Khalil Mack!"

See: Whaley, Doug (and the mess that Brandon Beane inherited and spent years to dig himself out of)

I get what you're saying. But when someone says "how do you want to spend the money" - that would imply we have it to spend. And the fact remains until he does free up more, which there's no guarantee he will, we just don't atm. Keep in mind, Beane himself said he wasn't going to be a player in FA bc of the cap and that he'd be focused on re-signing our own. That doesn't jive with doing more restructures to go on a spending spree. Especially since he hasn't yet while everyone's being scooped up.

You have to pay the piper at some point. Keep in mind we have to re-up Josh and Edmunds soon too. Logic would also dictate that if Beane wanted to free up money to go ham - he would have by now while everyone's being gobbled up. It's possible we make *a* move or two and work some stuff around. Ertz being the most likely IMO. We've spent a fair amount of money already. It's just mostly been our own guys. Not every offseason is going to be crazy exciting. And when you have the type of winning team we have, it usually isn't. That's a good thing btw. But to say "where are we spending the money" - the fact is it's not there atm.

What money? Buscaglia tweeted last night Sanders took us close to zero. We moved Smith for a couple mil. Then we tendered Ike Boettger and re-signed Levi Wallace.

Have you clicked on that link of the Pegula jet or looked at it's flight history? Even if you believed that it was to visit someone from the Bears (which given COVID protocols, our cap space, and a million other reasons, doesn't make sense in the first place) - there's nothing about a flight to Chicago anywhere anymore. Even if you believe it's a trade and it's not Zach Ertz - I just don't get why you're completely focused on Khalil Mack and Kyle Fuller when it could be a move for literally anyone in the league.

Tbh - I'm not convinced we'll be trading for him. I think Beane's waiting it out knowing that they'll probably end up releasing him. He turned 30 just over 4 months ago. He's not that old. Especially for a Tight End where guys like Gronk, Olsen, Witten, and others go until they're truly ancient. I'd rather have Ertz than Rudolph or Cook.

Dude.... He had injury issues and bad QB play on a bad team last season. Even taking last year into account, we're talking about a guy who just turned 30, was a Pro Bowler from 2017-2019, a First Team All Pro in 2018, and averages 760 yards and 8 TD's a season. You might not be a fan and he might not be Travis Kelce. But saying he "blows" is *way* off.

Wow. I didn't see any possible way we'd be able to retain an, at least, adequate young CB for under 2.13 million. Beane never ceases to surprise me.

Gotcha. Though I don't think even in the days of poison pills that would have been okay.

... but then why would New England match it? We'd be stuck with the guy on that contract we signed and then *we'd* have to pay 40 million if he played more than 2 games.

Trading for Khalil Mack definitely doesn't fall in line with Beane saying we won't be players in the off-season bc we don't have the space and that we'd be lucky to be able to keep our big FA's (which we did). Also, if this was a possibility - we'd have outright released Addison to save money. Not restructure him to stay. Probably would have been in on Yannick Ngakoue, Carl Lawson, and/or Matt Judon because it wouldn't cost us multiple firsts. Mack would be a bigger trade than Diggs.

Waiting to hear they released or traded Ertz before the deadline and that we've agreed to terms.

Everybody talking about Khalil Mack

Forgot to mention - he lists his website as d-cktowel.com 😆

Follows 1,380 has 623 followers. Bio reads Amateur Movie Reviewer and Master of Bird Law. Seems legit 😆

Except: a.) https://bearswire.usatoday.com/2021/03/15/bears-khalil-mack-contract-restructure-2021/ They massively restructured him yesterday to create cap space. If they were to trade him - they'd have let us do that legwork. Can't remember a time someone restructured someone one day and then traded them the next. b.) Both Mack and Fuller would take trading a 1st, which I can't see Beane doing two years in a row. And a stupid amount of cuts and restructures. Even with Mack's restructure - we'd have to find 14 million in cap space for this season. And his hit goes up to *30.3* next season.

It might not to you. And in a vacuum - Ertz alone might not inspire a team change. But adding him to what we already have could be the tipping point for her. Especially since she said she's in the market for a new team anyways. He is a popular player. Maybe she really likes him. I think if you're hoping for something bigger than Zach Ertz - you're really setting yourself up for disappointment.

I really don't believe the Pegula jet means anything. Pretty sure nothing's changed on COVID protocols and everything needs to be done virtually. Could be Sabres related. Or business related. Or personal. Either way, the jet meant nothing last season and I don't think it does this year either. I'm pretty convinced it's signing Ertz after the Eagles release him bc no one's willing to trade for a guy they know is going to get cut anyways. This falls in line with: - Emmanuel Sanders is Part 1: Part 1 as in Ertz will be acquired the same way. We have a deal in place but are waiting on the release at 4 PM. - 4 PM is not the deadline: Because 4 PM is the deadline for the Eagles. Our move will come after.

Not necessarily. She could be saying that the Eagles will be releasing Ertz by 4 PM and then the Bills will be signing him after - much like we did with Emmanuel Sanders. Always hard to trade players that teams know you're probably just going to release anyways.

This https://bearswire.usatoday.com/2021/03/15/bears-khalil-mack-contract-restructure-2021/ It doesn't make any sense for them to massively restructure his deal to create cap space for them - just to trade him. Also, much like last season - I don't think the league is cool with flying and meeting players face to face when you can zoom and do things electronically. Other years the Pegula jet watch meant something. Last season, not so much. And I don't think protocols have changed.

It happens. But only when the offer from the division rival is far and away better than anyone else's. And I doubt Beane's offering a pick high enough to be far and away better than anyone else. Pats traded us Bledsoe - but we were the only one offering a 1st.

He had that this season. Ertz should get him to 5k.

From what I've been reading, Samuel's gonna come in out of our price range.

Imagine your QB room being Nick Foles and Andy Dalton in 2021. Yikes.