Don't care for this signing, at least not at the price.
KOR are a dying breed. Yeah, Cord is good at that but he pretty much sucks at everything else. He's the classic "good athlete, bad football player" type.
Dude can't run a route (a la Kevin White, another horrifically bad 1st round pick), is dumber than Jason Witten which is hard to do, and has complete butterfingers for hands. He better be a ST terror and make a few gadget plays o/w I think this will be another Pace-bust FA signing like Sims.
Is THIS what we created cap space for with Goldman/Mack bonuses? Sheesh, I wish Pace would have just stayed put and taken the comp picks.
Don't care for this signing, at least not at the price.
KOR are a dying breed. Yeah, Cord is good at that but he pretty much sucks at everything else. He's the classic "good athlete, bad football player" type.
Dude can't run a route (a la Kevin White, another horrifically bad 1st round pick), is dumber than Jason Witten which is hard to do, and has complete butterfingers for hands. He better be a ST terror and make a few gadget plays o/w I think this will be another Pace-bust FA signing like Sims.
Is THIS what we created cap space for with Goldman/Mack bonuses? Sheesh, I wish Pace would have just stayed put and taken the comp picks.
Crazy to think we hurt ourselves long term for a one dimensional player in a dying position.
I rather of paid a bit more and got Earl Thomas, Justin Houston, or even Le'veon Bell. All add more to the table than this dude does.
Don't care for this signing, at least not at the price.
KOR are a dying breed. Yeah, Cord is good at that but he pretty much sucks at everything else. He's the classic "good athlete, bad football player" type.
Dude can't run a route (a la Kevin White, another horrifically bad 1st round pick), is dumber than Jason Witten which is hard to do, and has complete butterfingers for hands. He better be a ST terror and make a few gadget plays o/w I think this will be another Pace-bust FA signing like Sims.
Is THIS what we created cap space for with Goldman/Mack bonuses? Sheesh, I wish Pace would have just stayed put and taken the comp picks.
Crazy to think we hurt ourselves long term for a one dimensional player in a dying position.
I rather of paid a bit more and got Earl Thomas, Justin Houston, or even Le'veon Bell. All add more to the table than this dude does.
NE didn't have him just as a KR, or WR. They were using him as a 1/2 back like we use Cohen and Cunningham. He's not going to be so much as WR as he is a Cohen type gadget player.
I have no want for Bell to be anywhere near the Bears, guys a pot test away from being suspended for a full year; and is going to want more attention as the featured back, which isn't going to happen w/the Bears.
You might not like it, but the Bears like Floyd, so why would they bring in Houston? You might prefer him, but the people in power were not going to pay big money to hamper Floyds field time.
Crazy to think we hurt ourselves long term for a one dimensional player in a dying position.
I rather of paid a bit more and got Earl Thomas, Justin Houston, or even Le'veon Bell. All add more to the table than this dude does.
NE didn't have him just as a KR, or WR. They were using him as a 1/2 back like we use Cohen and Cunningham. He's not going to be so much as WR as he is a Cohen type gadget player.
I have no want for Bell to be anywhere near the Bears, guys a pot test away from being suspended for a full year; and is going to want more attention as the featured back, which isn't going to happen w/the Bears.
You might not like it, but the Bears like Floyd, so why would they bring in Houston? You might prefer him, but the people in power were not going to pay big money to hamper Floyds field time.
I'd like Thomas also.
Not sure I like his fit next to Jackson. Not saying I'm not interested, but I don't know.
Crazy to think we hurt ourselves long term for a one dimensional player in a dying position.
I rather of paid a bit more and got Earl Thomas, Justin Houston, or even Le'veon Bell. All add more to the table than this dude does.
NE didn't have him just as a KR, or WR. They were using him as a 1/2 back like we use Cohen and Cunningham. He's not going to be so much as WR as he is a Cohen type gadget player.
I have no want for Bell to be anywhere near the Bears, guys a pot test away from being suspended for a full year; and is going to want more attention as the featured back, which isn't going to happen w/the Bears.
You might not like it, but the Bears like Floyd, so why would they bring in Houston? You might prefer him, but the people in power were not going to pay big money to hamper Floyds field time.
I'd like Thomas also.
If we were going to add another back why not a guy like Tevin Coleman? He would be far better choice for both the receiving game and the run game.
We freed up all this space to hurt ourselves in the future for Patterson? Just doesn't make sense. Seem more like a big FA coming.
Regardless of what flaws he has had, players can learn to catch better, players can learn to run routes better, and players can be used by coaches better.
I like the pickup...He's a talent that can make opposing defenses pay attention to him on two levels(rusher/receiver). And he has break away speed if given the situation. How do you not like that?
I wanted Pace to improve the offensive "electric talent" so-to-say, and this move does that imo...
NE didn't have him just as a KR, or WR. They were using him as a 1/2 back like we use Cohen and Cunningham. He's not going to be so much as WR as he is a Cohen type gadget player.
I have no want for Bell to be anywhere near the Bears, guys a pot test away from being suspended for a full year; and is going to want more attention as the featured back, which isn't going to happen w/the Bears.
You might not like it, but the Bears like Floyd, so why would they bring in Houston? You might prefer him, but the people in power were not going to pay big money to hamper Floyds field time.
I'd like Thomas also.
If we were going to add another back why not a guy like Tevin Coleman? He would be far better choice for both the receiving game and the run game.
We freed up all this space to hurt ourselves in the future for Patterson? Just doesn't make sense. Seem more like a big FA coming.
Coleman is supposed to be a very high cost RB, they aren't looking to pay that kind of cost. If he's being used as a KR and a 1/2 back (ie not a WR) similar to how NE used him, how is that hurting their future; btw it's 2yr deal that's hardly a future.
They aren't going after big FA's; at least I hope they aren't, they are struggling w/cap this year, if they go after another big FA it's going to continue. They need to re sign their players(Whitehair/Jackson etc) and limit themselves to small contracts or they'll quickly find themsevles moving from small cap, to cap hell.
If we were going to add another back why not a guy like Tevin Coleman? He would be far better choice for both the receiving game and the run game.
We freed up all this space to hurt ourselves in the future for Patterson? Just doesn't make sense. Seem more like a big FA coming.
Coleman is supposed to be a very high cost RB, they aren't looking to pay that kind of cost. If he's being used as a KR and a 1/2 back (ie not a WR) similar to how NE used him, how is that hurting their future; btw it's 2yr deal that's hardly a future.
They aren't going after big FA's; at least I hope they aren't, they are struggling w/cap this year, if they go after another big FA it's going to continue. They need to re sign their players(Whitehair/Jackson etc) and limit themselves to small contracts or they'll quickly find themsevles moving from small cap, to cap hell.
Cap has been increasing every year for the past few years. We have a very small window before we have to sign two big contracts. Those being Jackson and Trubisky. Now is the time to go all in. Why would we restructure Goldman and Mack's contract if we weren't going to get some real impactful players in FA?
The Super Bowl window doesn't stay open for long. We can play conservatively like the Packers did and hope we end up as lucky as their 2010 season or we can build an all in season to get their.
Again that's why going after guys like Bell or Coleman would help our offense even more. Guys like Houston would give us a similar pass rush of the 2015 Broncos or adding Earl Thomas ( If he doesn't get taken by the Browns ) would be a huge upgrade over losing Amos.
Coleman is supposed to be a very high cost RB, they aren't looking to pay that kind of cost. If he's being used as a KR and a 1/2 back (ie not a WR) similar to how NE used him, how is that hurting their future; btw it's 2yr deal that's hardly a future.
They aren't going after big FA's; at least I hope they aren't, they are struggling w/cap this year, if they go after another big FA it's going to continue. They need to re sign their players(Whitehair/Jackson etc) and limit themselves to small contracts or they'll quickly find themsevles moving from small cap, to cap hell.
Cap has been increasing every year for the past few years. We have a very small window before we have to sign two big contracts. Those being Jackson and Trubisky. Now is the time to go all in. Why would we restructure Goldman and Mack's contract if we weren't going to get some real impactful players in FA?
The Super Bowl window doesn't stay open for long. We can play conservatively like the Packers did and hope we end up as lucky as their 2010 season or we can build an all in season to get their.
Again that's why going after guys like Bell or Coleman would help our offense even more. Guys like Houston would give us a similar pass rush of the 2015 Broncos or adding Earl Thomas ( If he doesn't get taken by the Browns ) would be a huge upgrade over losing Amos.
cap increased this year and the team had to restructure to have what it has, which isnt enough for top talent.
sb window is open as long as you have a franchise elite qb and a gm that can draft. teams that get desperate and go all in ruining their ability to keep their key talent, and trade draft picks for top NFL stars suffer.
key is gm+qb+draft pick hits=large window. its why I both liked the mack move but also hated it. they gave away cap flexibility and the one thing that offsets small caps, draft picks.