Roquan Smith Ended his hold out!!!

[Beengay fudgepackers]

per ESPN!!!

Great news. Now let’s get him on the practice field!

 

[richig07]

Wow

I had basically resigned to the situation. I mean, I knew it would end eventually... but things had been dead ass quiet for a while.

Good news. Removes a cloud of uncertainty/controversy hanging over Bears training camp.

 

[nebearsfan70]

He better be as good as people claim.

 

[BsGenius]

I wonder which side blinked first. Better not be the Bears side.

 

[averagejoe]

 

[noonthirtyjoe]

I wonder which side blinked first. Better not be the Bears side.

Pace caved is the word.

 

[Beengay fudgepackers]

Pace caved is the word.

Link?

 

[Lake Shore Drive]

Based on the article linked below, it appears that both sides came to a true compromise.

In detail: Roquan Smith and the Bears get their desired contract compromise

 

[BsGenius]

Based on the article linked below, it appears that both sides came to a true compromise.

In detail: Roquan Smith and the Bears get their desired contract compromise

Good compromise I think. Hope this doesn't set a precedent however. Roquan better be damn good, i have no patience with this man anymore.

 

[Lake Shore Drive]

I'm sure in due time we'll all have forgotten this mess, but it will be harder to do so if he's not ready to start by opening night. I think he will be, but that's more of a guess than what should be a foregone conclusion.

 

[richig07]

The issues they were struggling over need to be (and will be) handled in 2020 with new CBA negotiation.

 

[Peter Gozintite]

Wow

I had basically resigned to the situation. I mean, I knew it would end eventually... but things had been dead ass quiet for a while.

Good news. Removes a cloud of uncertainty/controversy hanging over Bears training camp.

You can breathe, relax, and finally take a shit now probably

 

[Ojb81]

You can breathe, relax, and finally take a shit now probably

 

[richig07]

You can breathe, relax, and finally take a shit now probably

It'll be a wet, whiskey shit... because since the holdout started. All I've been doing is drinking and crying. Twas a dark fortnight... even a bit longer than that. (no, not the game).

 

[beardown07]

Aaaand he's tweaked his hammy.

 

[nebearsfan70]

Aaaand he's tweaked his hammy.

Damn...

 

[Lake Shore Drive]

Aaaand he's tweaked his hammy.

Hate to say it gents, but I really see no chance of Roquan opening the season as the starter, and that's even assuming this hammy thing gets cleared up in plenty of time. Depending on how quickly it does heal, his chances of even playing at all against the Chiefs are probably ranging somewhere between slim and none. That leaves him with only the last game to prepare him for the start of the '18 campaign.

 

[nebearsfan70]

Hate to say it gents, but I really see no chance of Roquan opening the season as the starter, and that's even assuming this hammy thing gets cleared up in plenty of time. Depending on how quickly it does heal, his chances of even playing at all against the Chiefs are probably ranging somewhere between slim and none. That leaves him with only the last game to prepare him for the start of the '18 campaign.

Possibly... The dumb ass should have been practicing instead of holding out like a petulant child.

 

[Lake Shore Drive]

Possibly... The dumb ass should have been practicing instead of holding out like a petulant child.

Well no argument from me. But I'm more disappointed than angry. I know contract issues take place all the time with today's NFL. I really was expecting to see him as our starter out of the gate a month or so back. But now the question may be when he even gets onto the field. Even if we assume he's healthy by opening night, I'm still not sure we'll see him in any other capacity than rotational at best. Fortunately, Kwiatkowski is playing some mean football, so that will lessen the pressure a bit.

 

[richig07]

Hate to say it gents, but I really see no chance of Roquan opening the season as the starter, and that's even assuming this hammy thing gets cleared up in plenty of time. Depending on how quickly it does heal, his chances of even playing at all against the Chiefs are probably ranging somewhere between slim and none. That leaves him with only the last game to prepare him for the start of the '18 campaign.

Well, the story out of Hallas Hall today was that Smith and James Daniels were close to breaking into the starting lineup.

We'll see what the hamstring situation really is