Agreed. He is younger and he has proven to be quite durable, not missing a single game the past three seasons. And if economics were an issue for the Bears, Dayo is costing about 3m less per year and one year less in total than Sweat.
Speaking of adding more, the Bears are reported inking Falcons 31 year old DT Grady Jarrett for 3y/43.5m
He's another one who seems pretty durable. He did miss half a season in '23, but aside from that, including all 17 games last year, he's had a fairly healthy career.
well, at least he makes sense at 286. Only 3 sacks last year though.
Yup. Grady is a beast, and the Bears were never the same defensively once Billings went down. He was the pleasant surprise of last year imo.
Went to the store today and on the drive there I was listening to the NFL channel on SiriusXM, and the hosts were doing a call in. One of the callers was a diehard Falcons fan who was furious that his team let Jarrett walk. He said the exact same thing as you, calling him a beast, but also stating several times that he was the heart and soul of the defense. So Poles did well with this signing.
Not only filling the trenches, i feel like the Bears now have more flexability with this draft. Trade down a bit? Grab best player on their big board! That big time RB? Trade down grab that real good TE? DE? OT? This is solid!
I'm definitely a fan of trading back, but each time I say this, I always follow it up by stating just so long as there's a team willing to trade up with us. Easy to say, but who's that team and why would they want to move up? If we could solve that mystery, I'd be all in.
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?
Well, boiling it all down, I have been laughing a bit at how Poles and the Bears have been widely praised for these offseason acquisitions, when honestly any of us could have done the same thing in the same position. I don't know if I've ever seen a more blatant need get more straightforwardly addressed as our need for line help has been.
