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[wilwhite]

Fields and Wilson will both be free agents next season as things stand, and whoever loses the starting job will lose a LOT of money in their next contract. Should be a pretty interesting competition.

 

[TREFF]

Well, if he does, he is.

Funny how we were comparing Pickett and Fields just a page ago.

Right? I mean, by my reasoning, they were better off with RW/Pickett.

Hearing all the crap about RW the past 2+ years, good and bad, watching him up close numerous times due to the effed up NFL tv blackout stuff.. I'm certainly not high on him, not in the slightest.

He's better than Pickett, and outside of desperation, I can't see them choosing Fields to play over him either (unless they're in the hunt, and need him, why would they? Keep the 4th rounder)

 

[eaglesnut]

Nobody in their right mind thought they would get a future 6th essentially a 7th.

You’re a clown

You haven't been in your right mind about Fields ever.

No team wanted him for a pick this year. He's shit. He sucks.

All you Fields nuthuggers are clueless.

 

[eaglesnut]

Right? I mean, by my reasoning, they were better off with RW/Pickett.

Hearing all the crap about RW the past 2+ years, good and bad, watching him up close numerous times due to the effed up NFL tv blackout stuff.. I'm certainly not high on him, not in the slightest.

He's better than Pickett, and outside of desperation, I can't see them choosing Fields to play over him either (unless they're in the hunt, and need him, why would they? Keep the 4th rounder)

If he was better than Pickett then he would have gone for a higher pick than Pickett.

Pickett is 3 rounds better than Fields. The professionals have spoken on this one.

 

[TREFF]

I mean, we don’t know how the situation played out.

Maybe Chicago waited too long?
Maybe they were offered a 3rd or 4th early in the process and they wanted more?
I could definitely see a scenario where they wanted more, waited and those teams signed another QB. The market fell out.

But we don’t know unless we hear the full story. If we do…

These are types of situations that make you think bad organizations will fuck anything up and I worry about Caleb

Oh fer sure..
It's like I had responded to Joe a few days before the free agency blitz started.

There were like 8 teams, maybe 9, who were likely to make moves at QB. Not counting Chicago
5 of them would be drafting a QB #1
And there were at least 7 viable options to be add in free agency.

The math just didn't work for a strong Fields market, regardless of when they were working hard to trade him.

In the end, I'm just STOKED that he didn't end up in Vegas

 

[averagejoe]

My feelings are a little raw.

I do like Poles as GM. But he does tend to overpay (a 2nd for Claypool) and sells way too low (a 6th for Fields).
As for Fields, i wish him well, but his stats show he wasnt making progress as a QB.

If there is a silver lining to this, i would bet dollars to donuts that Fields will start over Russell Wilson at some point - which bumps it into a 4th round pick. Wilson hasnt played a full season in 3 years.

Let me just add while Caleb Williams is the consensus #1 (and while he has come around 180° warming up to the idea of being on the Bears), his antics scare me that he will fail in yet an ever-growing long list of Bears QB.

 

[wilwhite]

If he was better than Pickett then he would have gone for a higher pick than Pickett.

Pickett is 3 rounds better than Fields. The professionals have spoken on this one.

The contract matters. Pickett has another year before anybody has to decide about his option, so you get at least two pretty low-cost years out of him. Fields’s back is to the wall this year - Steelers won’t pick up the option by May 1, so either he makes Tomlin give him the starting job and never lets go, or his stock will fall even more and his next contract will be bad, if there even is one.

He either learns discipline and it’s a good trade for the Steelers and maybe they extend him, or he doesn’t and they bail. Crucible season for Fields. Hell, crucible PRE-season.

 

[TREFF]

It's as if the Fields trade broke the league...crickets now

 

[Barilko]

 

[eaglesnut]

It's as if the Fields trade broke the league...crickets now

Proves how far apart the media hype and the professionals are.

 

[Shanemansj13]

I already heard one team was offering better compensation. Now hearing 4 teams were interested

 

[Chef99]

I already heard one team was offering better compensation. Now hearing 4 teams were interested

That's such a joke. Why in the world would the Bears acquiesce to his demands and settle for a 6th round pick with a possible upgrade?

 

[TREFF]

I already heard one team was offering better compensation. Now hearing 4 teams were interested

 

[Shanemansj13]

That's such a joke. Why in the world would the Bears acquiesce to his demands and settle for a 6th round pick with a possible upgrade?

It is the Bears but kind of refreshing to hear it. They wanted to put Fields in a situation he thought was best for his career going forward. If it was a bullshit source I would be with you

 

[TREFF]

It is the Bears but kind of refreshing to hear it. They wanted to put Fields in a situation he thought was best for his career going forward. If it was a bullshit source I would be with you

I buy someone telling Rappaport that and him reporting it as such... it's his source I call BS on. Quintessential 'smoke up yer ass' scenario.

Makes the Bears seem altruistic, and saves face for Fields

 

[SmokingMonkey]

I buy someone telling Rappaport that and him reporting it as such... it's his source I call BS on. Quintessential 'smoke up yer ass' scenario.

Makes the Bears seem altruistic, and saves face for Fields

It came from Fields camp

 

[averagejoe]

I dont know what to believe.

In other news, cargo ships fell off the edge of the earth. Magical gods pull the sun across the sky. And sickness is caused by evil spirits invading the body.

 

[TREFF]

To change the subject off Fields and whether the Bears are suddenly a NPO...

Notable free agents still unsigned-
QB-
Tannyhill
Bridgewater
Wentz(?)

RB-
Foreman
D. Harris
R Penny
CEH
Zeke
Dobbins
Hunt
And a whole bunch of dudes who should probably hang it up, or at best are the very minor end of a lopsided committee

WR-
M. Williams
Renfrow
OBJ
Gallup
Boyd
a couple of dudes who should retire, and a whole bunch of dudes who could fill that WR3/4 role

I'm guessing a couple receivers fall this week, but the RB's?? Unless Dallas surprises, I would imagine they'll all remain unsigned until after the draft, possibly well into training camps, possibly longer in some cases, if at all. Zeke may have played his last down

 

[obxyankeefan]

RA does exist. My buddy Tut told me.

 

[SmokingMonkey]

Raiders adding Mattison.....looking more and more likely that they are rolling with White at lead RB