We Have Landed Allen Robinson

[richig07]

Bears expected to sign free-agent receiver Allen Robinson

We were also in negotiations with Watkins. Perhaps we still could be... but I doubt it.

Phew. Alrighty then. Let's go. Wilson and Robinson were the two guys I wanted. This is pretty great. Pending the contract deets, of course.

EDIT: I am reading 3 years/42 million

No clue about guaranteed cash yet

 

[richig07]

Aaaaannnddd... With the good news comes a tiny kick in the balls. Not the end of the world if we whiff on Wilson, but I would certainly regard it as a slight setback.

 

[richig07]

25 mil guaranteed

Need to see how this is structured.

 

[richig07]

May I ask why resigning Kendall Wright to play the slot for (perhaps) less than half of what Wilson will get is such a foreign notion?

 

[Beengay fudgepackers]

It’d be pretty awesome if they went out and got Watkins too. That would give them a great 1-2 punch at WR.

 

[NCChiFan]

Nice.

 

[richig07]

It’d be pretty awesome if they went out and got Watkins too. That would give them a great 1-2 punch at WR.

Watkins has signed with Kansas City

3 years/48 mil (30 mil guaranteed)

A little more than what we're giving Robinson.

 

[Payton]

Really like this off-season for us...

I am hoping that the signing of Robinson means that in no way are we now considering a WR with the #8 overall pick... That is the collateral awesomeness of this move.

 

[Ojb81]

Wee-heh-heh-heh-elll alrighty then! Nice one, Bears!

 

[Beengay fudgepackers]

Watkins has signed with Kansas City

3 years/48 mil (30 mil guaranteed)

A little more than what we're giving Robinson.

I definitely like the deal we gave Robinson over that deal. This draft will be a blast now that we aren’t locked into needing to take a WR. It’ll be interesting to see how they address he Oline and CB position.

 

[beardown07]

I think our biggest need right now, may actually be OLB.


Tremaine Edmunds would more than fill that need.

 

[richig07]

I think our biggest need right now, may actually be OLB.


Tremaine Edmunds would more than fill that need.

Yes. Outside of Floyd. All we have is Acho and Howard.

Yeesh...

It is certainly a need.

Although, I thought that Edmunds would be a potential replacement for Freeman at ILB next to Trevathan? Not an OLB. Right?

 

[beardown07]

Yes. Outside of Floyd. All we have is Acho and Howard.

Yeesh...

It is certainly a need.

Although, I thought that Edmunds would be a potential replacement for Freeman at ILB next to Trevathan? Not an OLB. Right?

You are prolly right, I've read he can play both, and have heard a few knocks on his instincts inside, but he is a freakish athlete who is long, and it seems inside is where they are talking the most about him.

I actually like what I've seen from Kwiatkowski fwiw.



All I can say, is I am excited about this team going forward. I can't wait for FA to finish and then on to the Draft. Should be a fun year.

 

[Yo Tee]

I mean this in all seriousness. Watch out for the Chicago Bears this year. I'm predicting playoffs right now.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Well, this morning has been a revelation.

Tongue in cheek, but this waxes over quite a few issues in concert with the Burton signing.

 

[richig07]

I mean this in all seriousness. Watch out for the Chicago Bears this year. I'm predicting playoffs right now.

The problem is that our division just got even tougher with the Kirk signing.

 

[richig07]

You are prolly right, I've read he can play both, and have heard a few knocks on his instincts inside, but he is a freakish athlete who is long, and it seems inside is where they are talking the most about him.

I actually like what I've seen from Kwiatkowski fwiw.



All I can say, is I am excited about this team going forward. I can't wait for FA to finish and then on to the Draft. Should be a fun year.

I like Kwiatkoski, but I'm not sure he's anything more than a serviceable starter and a top-level depth guy.

But maybe I'm just a self-hating white man...