This preseason has lacked a lot of chatter about the HITS principle…. If Davis hasn’t bought in (I’m thinking he hasn’t) I believe they’re accommodating him and I wouldn’t be surprised to see him traded later in the season or off-season.
If he doesn’t show up for practice and play decently in games, no GM would trade a ham sandwich for him.
Based on the footage from practice the other day it seems Eberflus is cool with Nate...so I'm thinking they understand whatever he's going through. I'm not all that concerned about his level of play...he's proven himself in the league.
This preseason has lacked a lot of chatter about the HITS principle…. If Davis hasn’t bought in (I’m thinking he hasn’t) I believe they’re accommodating him and I wouldn’t be surprised to see him traded later in the season or off-season.
If he is hit and miss as far as practicing like this, I wonder if he'd have any trade value? He missed a ton of practice and preseason here.
Based on the footage from practice the other day it seems Eberflus is cool with Nate...so I'm thinking they understand whatever he's going through. I'm not all that concerned about his level of play...he's proven himself in the league.
But the Bears have invested significant guarantee money into him, and that may (just may, not saying it is) be affecting how they treat this situation. I'd guess they are doing everything they can to accommodate him so they don't lose significant cap money here. He signed a $30-million dollar contract and if cut this year has a post-June dead cap hit of $13.5-million dollars. Not to mention, the Bears NEED him to help the OL this year.
Based on the footage from practice the other day it seems Eberflus is cool with Nate...so I'm thinking they understand whatever he's going through. I'm not all that concerned about his level of play...he's proven himself in the league.
But the Bears have invested significant guarantee money into him, and that may (just may, not saying it is) be affecting how they treat this situation. I'd guess they are doing everything they can to accommodate him so they don't lose significant cap money here. He signed a $30-million dollar contract and if cut this year has a post-June dead cap hit of $13.5-million dollars. Not to mention, the Bears NEED him to help the OL this year.
True...but we also don't know the specifics of his contract and if the Bears could recoup any of that for failure to live up to the terms of the contract. They could also feel like me...that he's proven himself in the league, and if he doesn't practice every day its not really a big deal.
But the Bears have invested significant guarantee money into him, and that may (just may, not saying it is) be affecting how they treat this situation. I'd guess they are doing everything they can to accommodate him so they don't lose significant cap money here. He signed a $30-million dollar contract and if cut this year has a post-June dead cap hit of $13.5-million dollars. Not to mention, the Bears NEED him to help the OL this year.
True...but we also don't know the specifics of his contract and if the Bears could recoup any of that for failure to live up to the terms of the contract. They could also feel like me...that he's proven himself in the league, and if he doesn't practice every day its not really a big deal.
That very well could be the case and obviously we have no clue what's going on.
