Post by riczaj01 on Mar 8, 2017 17:26:30 GMT -6
Mar 8, 2017 17:19:38 GMT -6 @bearsinhouston said:
Mar 8, 2017 17:16:11 GMT -6 @soulman said:
OK, all kidding and making fun of his appearance aside I think Peter King sums it up very well here. We should be spending our UFA $$$ on players like Bouye and not on guys like Glennon. It's a panic move borne out of yet another example of how badly John Fox has mismanaged his roster. If we end up overspending for Glennon with a deal that includes anywhere near the kind of guaranteed $$$ ($37 mil) Osweiler got then we are right back where we started from with Cutler three years ago if this doesn't work out. Don't do it!!!!!!
NFL Free Agency: A Love/Hate Relationship
The open market is at its best when it rewards players like A.J. Bouye, and at its worst when players who’ve proved nothing get way overpaid. A look at that dichotomy, plus reader email on Tom Brady, Joe Mixon and more
I love this time of year because of A.J. Bouye.
I hate this time of year because of Mike Glennon.
Allow me to explain. For many football fans, the draft is like opening Christmas presents. It’s a fun process and can help teams get better, though not necessarily right away. For many football fans, the opening of free agency is a huge event too. But too often it becomes a letdown. I fear this year is going to be one of those times.
Glennon is my example of that. I like Mike Glennon. Good guy, really hard worker, might be a good player. Might. But some team, possibly the Bears, is on the verge of paying him like the 20th-best starting quarterback in football. And good for Glennon. He’s been a good soldier in Tampa, just not a very good player. But you can’t begrudge any player for getting real money, and that’s what Glennon is likely to have in his pocket—plus a starting NFL job—by Friday.
Problem is, Glennon hasn’t earned it. It’s not a mirror image, and I do think Glennon has a chance to be good, but I also thought Brock Osweiler had a chance to be good last year at this time … and here’s how Denver Osweiler compared to Tampa Glennon in their respective careers in each spot, with 18 starts by Glennon with the Bucs and seven starts by Osweiler in Denver:
Player W-L Comp. % TD-INT Rating
Glennon (Bucs) 5-13 .594 30-15 84.6
Osweiler (Broncos) 5-2 .613 11-6 86.0
Wasn’t it logical to think Osweiler was going to be the answer in Houston, with a good quarterback mentor in Bill O’Brien? He wasn’t, and the Texans’ cap is so wounded by the signing of Osweiler at $18 million per that it may prevent them from solving the quarterback problem on a team with an extremely good defense. I want to stress this: I do not know if Glennon will be a success or failure at his next team. But why does a team have to pay a player—who has proved nothing—as much as a four-time playoff quarterback? Bengals QB Andy Dalton averages $16 million a season. That’s about where Glennon is likely to end up.
The Osweiler example showed in 2016 that paying a quarterback before he’s proved he deserves it is fool’s gold. I have high regard for Chicago GM Ryan Pace, and the street is filled with reports that it’s Pace who is yearning to sign Glennon. I think Pace is a good long-term builder. But it makes no sense to me to pay Mike Glennon in the neighborhood of players like Alex Smith and Andy Dalton. If you lose Glennon, so be it. Let him go.