I dunno. I still don't get this. Monty was good and he was familiar with the offense. I think he left on a 6M contract to the Lions? And we bring in Swift who has to learn the system (not really an issue) for 8M and we lose a 5th. I'm calling this a step back. Maybe even. Not sure why we did this.
I figure the Bears were in a completely different place then vs now. Poles was tearing things down to the studs, trying to undo all the damage done by the previous regime, fixing the cap space issues, gaining draft capitol, building a base of talent. Herbert was a cheaper option that they thought could take on the starting duties and while he certainly isn't Montgomery, he was solid enough to take the reins for now. But, now the tear down is complete and we're a year plus into the rebuild so Poles is working on restocking. And this isn't going to be the same offense that we had when Montgomery left so he also would have had to learn the new offense.
All true. But I keep going back to.... Would anyone have traded Monty plus 2M a year plus a 5th to get Swift? I don't think too many takers on that one.
I dunno. I still don't get this. Monty was good and he was familiar with the offense. I think he left on a 6M contract to the Lions? And we bring in Swift who has to learn the system (not really an issue) for 8M and we lose a 5th. I'm calling this a step back. Maybe even. Not sure why we did this.
I figure the Bears were in a completely different place then vs now. Poles was tearing things down to the studs, trying to undo all the damage done by the previous regime, fixing the cap space issues, gaining draft capitol, building a base of talent. Herbert was a cheaper option that they thought could take on the starting duties and while he certainly isn't Montgomery, he was solid enough to take the reins for now. But, now the tear down is complete and we're a year plus into the rebuild so Poles is working on restocking. And this isn't going to be the same offense that we had when Montgomery left so he also would have had to learn the new offense.
He also figured he was good at RB but the committee showed that they had no #1 leader like Montgomery was.
I figure the Bears were in a completely different place then vs now. Poles was tearing things down to the studs, trying to undo all the damage done by the previous regime, fixing the cap space issues, gaining draft capitol, building a base of talent. Herbert was a cheaper option that they thought could take on the starting duties and while he certainly isn't Montgomery, he was solid enough to take the reins for now. But, now the tear down is complete and we're a year plus into the rebuild so Poles is working on restocking. And this isn't going to be the same offense that we had when Montgomery left so he also would have had to learn the new offense.
All true. But I keep going back to.... Would anyone have traded Monty plus 2M a year plus a 5th to get Swift? I don't think too many takers on that one.
Well, no, but I don't think anyone anticipated the salary cap to skyrocket like it did. That definitely helped raise contracts across the board.
So Poles backloaded both Swift and JJ, which is fine for this year, but next year both of their contracts go way up. If you take away draft picks we are still left with 45mil. With FA rolling out, who are we gonna spend it on!? We def need a star DE signing now, and fast!
I would have been happy to go with Herbert and D’Onta Foreman at RB this year, if staying out of the bidding for Barkley/Jacobs.
W/ Josh Jacobs going to the Packers Poles was forced to upgrade the RB position and he managed to do it w/o overpaying. Swift is still very young and is quite strong for his size. It's a good deal.
I wont miss Aaron Jones one bit! He must've been showing some wear n tear because he was MUCH better than AJ Dillon. It wouldnt have been fun going against a Josh Jacobs Aaron Jones backfield.
Damn it. I guess we'll be watching Aaron Jones at least twice a season still. I bet our Viking fan/Bears board member is stoked.
I wont miss Aaron Jones one bit! He must've been showing some wear n tear because he was MUCH better than AJ Dillon. It wouldnt have been fun going against a Josh Jacobs Aaron Jones backfield.
Damn it. I guess we'll be watching Aaron Jones at least twice a season still. I bet our Viking fan/Bears board member is stoked.
Well, eff me sideways, that was the only good Packers news yesterday
I dunno. I still don't get this. Monty was good and he was familiar with the offense. I think he left on a 6M contract to the Lions? And we bring in Swift who has to learn the system (not really an issue) for 8M and we lose a 5th. I'm calling this a step back. Maybe even. Not sure why we did this.
I was disappointed to hear the breakdown on him from the Philly reporter on CHGO the other day. He threw a fair amount of cold water on the signing.
Said Swift had a really good (and healthy) year last season but Eagles saw that as a one-off not likely to be repeated (he was hurt a good part of his first 3 years in the league with Detroit).
Also said he was awful in pass pro which supposedly is something the Bears value highly in their RBs.
He was even harsher on the Byard signing and basically said he doesn't have much gas left in the tank.
