It has some similarities. JJ really had not done anything until this year so he might face the FT next year.
At some point you pay the $$$ to keep your best players. It is just the "cost of doing business" in the modern NFL. The Bears, rightfully so, did a massive teardown (in 2022), and began a major rebuild of the roster in this draft/FA (2023). That was then. This is now. Now we need to keep our best players moving forward. JJ is one. You can't turn this thing around if you continue the bleeding of your talent. It will be expensive to keep him. Sign him anyway.
It has some similarities. JJ really had not done anything until this year so he might face the FT next year.
He is, he's playing at top 5 level. Could of got him for way less but king poles thought he was the smarter man in the room.
Not really, he said they didn't get to exchanging numbers & it takes 2 to negotiate. But like I said up until this year JJ has had a few injury concerns and 1 int in 3 seasons. Not top 5 DB money worth but maybe top 15. Now it is a different story but I think top 3 money gets it done, something like 4/80M with 45-50M guaranteed.
Could of locked him down way cheaper at the start of the year.
Just another example of Poles shooting himself in the foot.
Takes 3 to get a deal done. Poles, JJ, and his agent . Who's to say what was talked about and who said what. Poles shot himself in the foot? Maybe it was JJ or his agent that did the shooting. Can't blame poles. The final decision is JJ's.
Nit-picking side note: please look up the usage of "have" vs "of".
Hindsight is 20/20 and there were some real questions about JJ's performance up until then. Can't fault Poles for that.
A GM job is to project where their starters are playing at and where they can be projected to become.
You can 100% fault poles on that. Its his job... Unlike rookies and college hires. The man has year of experience and tape to back him up.
You know how people project things? They use their past performance and extrapolate from there. JJ's past performance had some serious blemishes. He had very few INTs up until now. You're also making the mistake of recency bias. He's some good games recently. That doesn't mean he's going to continue having them. JJ has 5 INTs in 4 years. It's nice to see him get some more lately but that doesn't mean that's going to just continue indefinitely. Letting him play out the year before making any rash decisions is the best course of action here.
