Official, Brand Spanking New, 2020 Chicago Bears Thread - Gotta be better than 2019? (It's NOT)
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I want to see the contract. How much of the $22 mil? will the Bears acquire? IF all of it, Foles will be the starter. You don't have a $22 mil. back up. If half of it, it's more likely a competition.
The one advantage to taking Foles over Dalton or Cam is he knows the Philly system which is similar to what the Bears try to run. Other than that, I would have preferred either of the other two.
Prediction: Cam Newton to N.E.
The one advantage to taking Foles over Dalton or Cam is he knows the Philly system which is similar to what the Bears try to run. Other than that, I would have preferred either of the other two.
Prediction: Cam Newton to N.E.
The trade should tell you everything you need to know, especially being they are taking on the full 50 million per reports
I dont think a guy making around 17 million a year is coming in to ride the bench
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All I know is this is hilarious!!!!!
All I keep thinking of is Mahomes sp? counting to 10 after beating the hell out of the Bears.
This is embarrassing and a slap in the face to the entire personal depart & a double slap in the face to Trubisky!!!!
It shows the Bears just can not pick a QB, never could, and sure and hell haven't in a very very long time!!!
McMahon fit the team we had back then, but he was not a great QB by any accounts.
Sorry to hear he is in such bad shape at such a young age
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All I know is this is hilarious!!!!!
All I keep thinking of is Mahomes sp? counting to 10 after beating the hell out of the Bears.
This is embarrassing and a slap in the face to the entire personal depart & a double slap in the face to Trubisky!!!!
It shows the Bears just can not pick a QB, never could, and sure and hell haven't in a very very long time!!!
McMahon fit the team we had back then, but he was not a great QB by any accounts.
Sorry to hear he is in such bad shape at such a young age
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Ugh....OK
We'll wait to see what the financials are....there is restructuring of his contract to make the trade work, what those are, are going to make or break this deal IMO. The Jags are eating $18M in dead cap. Foles' contract was SO BAD, that most assumed that it would be a Osweiler situation where the Jags would have to send picks with Foles for the new team to be able to take on that bad contract (NBA style). But then here comes Pace, who has proven to be one of the worst GM's in the league, to gives the Jags a decent pick and at least some of the bad contract. I anticipate this situation to turn out very poorly, and cost Nagy and Pace their jobs, which may be a blessing in disguise.
Foles is not awful; however, Foles is not good. He will have to compete with Trubisky for the starting spot. It's not a given that he will be the starter. He is an distinct upgrade over Daniels; however, we don't really know if he's really going to be that much of an upgrade over Trubisky either. Foles has spent a large portion of his career as a backup QB, and will occasionally come in and perform some magic....I think Pace is hoping there's still a spark....that was the Jags mistake, paying him an absurd amount of money. The Jags were able to more or less "fix" their mistake by passing it off to a dumber team.
I have a feeling that we'll see significant playing time from both QB's next season...Neither have a stellar injury history...as both have missed significant time over the past few seasons. I think this is an upgrade to the QB room, but doesn't upgrade the position of QB. Foles and Dalton were my two least favorite options of the names thrown out....
My prediction is that the Bears have a very similar season as last season. One QB will "win" the competition play poorly, get benched for the other guy, and maybe back and forth as Pace and Nagy claw to keep their jobs past this season...which I don't think (hope?) happens. Bears should've gone with Chris Ballard...
We'll wait to see what the financials are....there is restructuring of his contract to make the trade work, what those are, are going to make or break this deal IMO. The Jags are eating $18M in dead cap. Foles' contract was SO BAD, that most assumed that it would be a Osweiler situation where the Jags would have to send picks with Foles for the new team to be able to take on that bad contract (NBA style). But then here comes Pace, who has proven to be one of the worst GM's in the league, to gives the Jags a decent pick and at least some of the bad contract. I anticipate this situation to turn out very poorly, and cost Nagy and Pace their jobs, which may be a blessing in disguise.
Foles is not awful; however, Foles is not good. He will have to compete with Trubisky for the starting spot. It's not a given that he will be the starter. He is an distinct upgrade over Daniels; however, we don't really know if he's really going to be that much of an upgrade over Trubisky either. Foles has spent a large portion of his career as a backup QB, and will occasionally come in and perform some magic....I think Pace is hoping there's still a spark....that was the Jags mistake, paying him an absurd amount of money. The Jags were able to more or less "fix" their mistake by passing it off to a dumber team.
I have a feeling that we'll see significant playing time from both QB's next season...Neither have a stellar injury history...as both have missed significant time over the past few seasons. I think this is an upgrade to the QB room, but doesn't upgrade the position of QB. Foles and Dalton were my two least favorite options of the names thrown out....
My prediction is that the Bears have a very similar season as last season. One QB will "win" the competition play poorly, get benched for the other guy, and maybe back and forth as Pace and Nagy claw to keep their jobs past this season...which I don't think (hope?) happens. Bears should've gone with Chris Ballard...
If the Bears suck again this year, Nagy and Pace's jobs are on the line. They have real incentive to win this year. If they can't, dump them.
Cam Newton was just sitting there. Carolina would have jumped at a 4th round pick. They may end up releasing him.
Cam Newton was just sitting there. Carolina would have jumped at a 4th round pick. They may end up releasing him.
Cam comes with a far more extensive injury history, but also a bad contract (at this point). He wasn't going to be ready for spring workouts either, as he's still getting over his issues from last season
BUT, Cam's ceiling is MUCH MUCH higher than Foles'...but Cam would also have to learn a new offense, whereas Foles has played in this system (or similar system) before.
BUT, Cam's ceiling is MUCH MUCH higher than Foles'...but Cam would also have to learn a new offense, whereas Foles has played in this system (or similar system) before.
You should be a Bears beat reporter, I always enjoy reading your analysis of the moves.
Foles at least guided a team through the playoffs and won a Superbowl as the MVP beating Tom Brady . None of the other available QBs have that in their background. That's what earned him the job in Jax and a big contract.
Hopefully he finds that spark again in Chicago.
Hopefully he finds that spark again in Chicago.
Now we need 1 or 2 O linemen to keep Foles on his feet... So he can throw to dinosaur Jimmy Graham.
Foles also had a REALLY good team around him. The Bears offense has not shown they are capable of being consistent. I don't know if that's all Trubisky, but I'm beginning to believe Nagy has a lot to do with that...
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