The Bears 2025 Free Agency Thread

[wood20ks]

I’m fine with Jarrett, but seeing what the Vikes are paying Allen, I’d have preferred that.

Last thing we needed to see one of the top def lineman coming to the North.....

That Vikes def was very goid last season,niw adding Allen,wow they are gonna be even tougher...

Edit**
Add Javon Hargrave to the mix......damn

 

[BearsWillWin]

Last thing we needed to see one of the top def lineman coming to the North.....

That Vikes def was very goid last season,niw adding Allen,wow they are gonna be even tougher...

Edit**
Add Javon Hargrave to the mix......damn

Yeah but if JJ McCarthy doesn't pan out or they don't find another solution at QB and Sam Darnold plays well in Seattle.....Kwesi is getting fired in two years.

 

[wood20ks]

Yeah but if JJ McCarthy doesn't pan out or they don't find another solution at QB and Sam Darnold plays well in Seattle.....Kwesi is getting fired in two years.

I can see both players stinking actually.......
I was never a believer in DK Metcalf to begin with,but he did have his moments and now he is gone......
Its Jaxons turn to be THAT guy,can he give Darnold that player JJettas is....I doubt it.
Not sure what McCarthy will bring to the table after a college career of handing the ball off.....

But with that Minn def,its gonna keep them in games.....
Kwesi has done a great job so far with that team,Dallas Turner and Addison,and a couple of freeagents to get them to the playoffs last season..

McCarthy is the key.......

 

[Lake Shore Drive]

Am I allowed to be mad and happy at the same time?

Nope, sorry. Sports SportsHoopla bylaws strictly forbid expressing contradicting emotions simultaneously. You must choose one or the other!!!

 

[NCChiFan]

They did not chase after a single tackle, they got the DE and here goes the fixation that we need to keep Kmet off the field more. They already agreed to Miami's TE deal, can we finally let Kmet be a focus for this passing game?

I dont want to see us have a top 10 offensive line and still see Swift running sideways. Doing a great job also means addressing the mistakes that were made. I dont think we should be willing to let the first quarter of games pass before we realize swift is a third down back and we need to have someone for first and second down. Big question right now will be the health of Brisker and Gordon and pretty sure a big part of the Allen style of defense is a big hitter on the back end.

What I'm uncertain about is how much of this was driven by the Head coach. Because, as stated above, Poles had the ability and failed over his tenure to this point, to fix the O line (not that he didn't give it an effort). Now, the cards seem to fall into place to get three really solid veterans on the O line and up in the middle (so Jones needs someone to push him? Kid from 2nd round last year?). And that last pick up from Atlanta, the DT? What was Atlanta thinking? That kid is a disrupter up front for the D (even Montez said, wow). That sort of fell into the Bears lap. Weird. Things rarely fall our way (ok, ok, fleecing the Panthers).

I hope Johnson continues to work with Poles at finding solid help in the draft. Perhaps both together can figure it out, like this FA period this year.

We have all been begging for O line help for years... It takes Johnson's hire to get it done.

 

[Jiddy]

What I'm uncertain about is how much of this was driven by the Head coach. Because, as stated above, Poles had the ability and failed over his tenure to this point, to fix the O line (not that he didn't give it an effort). Now, the cards seem to fall into place to get three really solid veterans on the O line and up in the middle (so Jones needs someone to push him? Kid from 2nd round last year?). And that last pick up from Atlanta, the DT? What was Atlanta thinking? That kid is a disrupter up front for the D (even Montez said, wow). That sort of fell into the Bears lap. Weird. Things rarely fall our way (ok, ok, fleecing the Panthers).

I hope Johnson continues to work with Poles at finding solid help in the draft. Perhaps both together can figure it out, like this FA period this year.

We have all been begging for O line help for years... It takes Johnson's hire to get it done.

I envision free agents going through the list of NFL teams that they can play for and it going something like this:

Shit.
Shit.
Shit.
Shit.
Shit.
Shit.
Shit.
Shit.
Bears? THANK YOU JESUS THAT'S MY F*CKING TEAM. I'LL TAKE HALF OF MARKET JUST SIGN ME UP.

 

[Lake Shore Drive]

BTW, anyone have a particular grade for the Bears offseason moves to date? I know, just like the draft, we really shouldn't give out a grade without having seen how these transactions pan out on the field. But also like the draft, screw that. It's still human nature to give a grade based on how you anticipate it all will play out.

So that being said, I'm giving the Bears a B+ at this point. I think the moves Poles made to do as much as possible in filling positions of need gets an A+, but I drop it a grade overall based on the players acquired.

 

[Beengay fudgepackers]

I’m fine with Jarrett, but seeing what the Vikes are paying Allen, I’d have preferred that.

I’ll take Jarrett at 6 mil less a year. I don’t think Allen is a 20 mil a year player anymore.

 

[Lake Shore Drive]

I’ll take Jarrett at 6 mil less a year. I don’t think Allen is a 20 mil a year player anymore.

Ditto