The Bears 2025 Free Agency Thread

[BearsWillWin]

Well, its not really theory when you saw the playoff games. There is an answer for most of it. When KC was shown with a guard and center with nobody to block and Mahomes on his back, they change to more of a zone blocking scheme, right? You are responsible for this area, whoever enters it Its still a scheme thing. Lining up the tight end(s) close to the line where its clear a linebacker is covering them, he needs to be aware enough if that guy comes, that is where I am throwing the ball. Otherwise, its the QB or RB with a clear path for a positive gain since nobody was there to block, that meant nobody was there to tackle. Positive plays change play calls on defense. Quick throws frustrate the d line who cannot get home.

The play that mostly comes to mind was late in the season when DJ was shadowing CAlebs roll to the sidelines when there was plenty of time to throw the ball for a 5 yard gain but DJ got slammed for giving up and running out of bounds. Gotta throw that ball where DJ has a chance to make a move upfield for YAK. That is the part that Caleb can fix. Otherwise, its going to be a long season full of sacks because a QB cannot be sacked if he does not have the ball in his hand.

Jiddy's point was that talent is what wins.

Yes you need a good scheme. You need good coaching. You need a plan. You need to be able to execute that plan.

But at the end of the day the teams that win do so because they have talent.

 

[wood20ks]

Trey Smith got franchise tagged.

Rumor is KC will tag Smith.

That puts this story to rest then:

https://athlonsports.com/nfl/chicago-bears/bears-trey-smith-chiefs-nfl-free-agency

By that story KC has only 3 mill under the cap to spend....thats not much.....but these teams seem to be able to cut fat in places and restructure deals to keep someone.

Not sure if its 3 or 5 mill according to NFL Salary Cap Space | Over The Cap

But as bad as that oline looked vs Phi,they need to keep him......
But if that means giving up two firsts for him,then no way....

 

[Lake Shore Drive]

That puts this story to rest then:

https://athlonsports.com/nfl/chicago-bears/bears-trey-smith-chiefs-nfl-free-agency

By that story KC has only 3 mill under the cap to spend....thats not much.....but these teams seem to be able to cut fat in places and restructure deals to keep someone.

Not sure if its 3 or 5 mill according to NFL Salary Cap Space | Over The Cap

But as bad as that oline looked vs Phi,they need to keep him......
But if that means giving up two firsts for him,then no way....

I really hope and trust that Poles is dead set against trading picks for veteran help. At least not the four picks from our first 3 rounds. Of course trading our back end picks for any vet help won't get us much more than back up help. What I do like is from the last line of the article you linked:

There is plenty of interior talent on the draft board as well as in free agency, but Smith is the league's unquestioned prize this offseason.

No doubt the IOL potential from both free agency and the draft is relatively loaded this year, which matters a lot being the IOL is without question our greatest area of need. And if I'm gonna spin some kind of positive out of losing Smith, it's that Poles can now ink two talented players, hopefully both on the IOL, for the price of what it would have taken to sign Smith. I just said the easy part, the hard part is now taking such actions.