Montez Sweat Massive New Contract

[Rc2catch]

It’s kinda unfair to judge them on the sweat and Edmunds contracts. 
They have tons of cap space and are a horribly ran franchise. They have to spend it. 
As bills fans I’d expect some of you to remember that you have to overpay free agents to join or stay in the dumpster fire. But please, don’t let that stop you from the non stop edmunds bashing as he lives rent free in some of y’all’s heads. 

[Captain Hindsight]

47 minutes ago, Dablitzkrieg said:

What about Edmunds? 😳

When he gets out of high school he’s gonna be a beast 

[WhoTom]

Have the Bears ever heard of a position known as quarterback?

 

I've been watching football for fifty years or so, and as far as I can recall during that time, Jay Cutler was the best QB they ever had. That's pathetic.

[QCity]

27 minutes ago, Rc2catch said:

It’s kinda unfair to judge them on the sweat and Edmunds contracts. 
 

 

Unfair to judge Poles on the two biggest contracts of his career? If your GM spends $170M on two players I'd say that's fair game for criticism. 

[mannc]

Not a bad move by Chicago.  Their defense is awful.  Got a very good edge player for a second round pick.  Sweat seems comparable to Greg Rousseau…next year Beane will have to decide whether to offer him a deal like this.

[aristocrat]

They might have the top two picks in the draft and instant great offense

[mannc]

35 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

Sweat is a good player. Paid now like a great player. The Bears are hopeless top to bottom.

Sweat has elite traits…his production has been somewhat disappointing but that Washington team is a joke and Del Rio is an abysmal defensive coordinator.  He is young and has a lot of upside.

[Rc2catch]

3 minutes ago, QCity said:

 

Unfair to judge Poles on the two biggest contracts of his career? If your GM spends $170M on two players I'd say that's fair game for criticism. 

Where else were they gonna spend the money? They still have a ridiculous amount of space and have the ability to sign any free agent they want quarterbacks included. 

[Matt_In_NH]

Damarius Bilbo....he has to be a Bills fan!

[Process]

5 minutes ago, mannc said:

Not a bad move by Chicago.  Their defense is awful.  Got a very good edge player for a second round pick.  Sweat seems comparable to Greg Rousseau…next year Beane will have to decide whether to offer him a deal like this.

Suggesting that Greg Rousseau is worth $25M a year is nuts

[mannc]

2 minutes ago, aristocrat said:

They might have the top two picks in the draft and instant great offense

Yep, the Bears will have two top-five picks in a loaded draft.  Will be interesting to see if they use one on a QB, but they can certainly trade one of those picks for a huge haul.  They will be in a position to rebuild very quickly if they play this right.

[Process]

1 minute ago, Rc2catch said:

Where else were they gonna spend the money? They still have a ridiculous amount of space and have the ability to sign any free agent they want quarterbacks included. 

You just ignoring that they traded a second round pick for a guy they could have signed in 5 months and the #32 pick for Claypool?

[aristocrat]

Just now, mannc said:

Yep, the Bears will have two top-five picks in a loaded draft.  Will be interesting to see if they use one on a QB, but they can certainly trade one of those picks for a huge haul.  They will be in a position to rebuild very quickly if they play this right.

Cards in full tank mode now. Do they trade kyler? They’d have to pay someone to take that contract. Bears take a qb at 2 and trade down for bowers or Keon Coleman unless Harrison is there. 

[mannc]

2 minutes ago, Process said:

Suggesting that Greg Rousseau is worth $25M a year is nuts

What I said is that Rousseau and Sweat are comparable players, both physically and production-wise.  Rousseau is still young and developing and yes, he will probably land a big contract in a year or two…

3 minutes ago, aristocrat said:

Cards in full tank mode now. Do they trade kyler? They’d have to pay someone to take that contract. Bears take a qb at 2 and trade down for bowers or Keon Coleman unless Harrison is there. 

Do you think there is a chance they stick with Fields and use the first of those picks on Harrison?  I think they are in a really good position, thanks to Carolina’s foolishness.

[zow2]

I’ve seen a ton of Washington games living in the area.  Montez is very solid.  He’s definitely been better than Chase Young.  Not sure he deserves that kind of money but he’s good. 

Edited November 4, 2023 by zow2

[BigBadBills]

59 minutes ago, co_springs_billsfan said:

He won't be 20 until next season

He’s been 19 years old for 6 years now!

[Rc2catch]

Just now, Process said:

You just ignoring that they traded a second round pick for a guy they could have signed in 5 months and the #32 pick for Claypool?

I was only discussing the contracts. The trades were silly and desperate moves trying to save their jobs. It was a monster risk sending a pick for him and even riskier when he said he was gonna wait to discuss a contract. I’m not so sure they would have had any shot at him in free agency though. They were not the only team that would have paid him big money imo 

[aristocrat]

2 minutes ago, mannc said:

What I said is that Rousseau and Sweat are comparable players, both physically and production-wise.  Rousseau is still young and developing and yes, he will probably land a big contract in a year or two…

Do you think there is a chance they stick with Fields and use the first of those picks on Harrison?  I think they are in a really good position, thanks to Carolina’s foolishness.

zero chance they stay with fields. They’d have to give him a new contract I think after next year. 

[Fleezoid]

I don't see what the big deal is. I get the feeling there's an endless amount of cash in the NFL. 

[mannc]

Just now, aristocrat said:

zero chance they stay with fields. They’d have to give him a new contract I think after next year. 

You’re probably right, especially with a draft like this…they’ll never have a better chance to get a quarterback.