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Realistically, there’s only so many avenues and there’s limited guys who are going to give you what he brings. You’re just not finding that much elsewhere. It could be an overpay, but possibly worth it to help sustain our trajectory. If they could somehow swing adding Hendrickson and let’s say Leo Chenal LB, I’d target that and build the rest through the draft and lower end value signings. Im not jumping up and down for him, but he would change our defense entirely for at least 2-3 seasons

As many issues that I’ve had with Bryce, I’m starting to lean BY9 these days.

As much as we often think what if’s about Beane, I look at how he let that defense slip into what it currently is as a bigger problem. Oh and having a worse WR situation than we had for Cam. New eras starting for orgs that have been consistent players. Crazy offseason incoming.

There could be a savvy pick to make in R2 if we got OT in R1. To stashiest dude in the draft - Jacob Rod out of TTU Day 1 starter type, high ceiling, high end run defender, crazy wicked smaht, quick sideline to sideline.

Stidham isn't a pushover. He ain't that good, but he could surprise with his play if the defense can styme the Pats or Texans enough. He's capable. Broncos can still beat Houston Maybe Stidham vs. Darnold is the SB we deserve lol

I'm not trying to full shade the NYG, their defense wasn't the Bengals so there's that.

Like most, never take a particular stat book for gospel, they're all good to look at and gather an opinion from. Useful but not a definitive line drawing measure.

Dexter Lawrence fell off a cliff this year and they essentially collapsed from him on out. Carter was not as impactful as anticipated (not a bust by any means, just a slower start than expected), so there were a lot of things that went wrong for them. They had a lighter schedule after making the big firing, but that defense has a lot of work to get done. People assumed they were stacked but there's a lot of faults.

I don’t know how ESPN is doing it but the NYG had one of the worst run defenses on record since they started measuring EPA. They allowed .190 EPA per rush and something like 150 rush yards per game. When I caught a few games it was obvious he was still a major problem for him. It was one of his most productive years no doubt, but he was part of arguably the worst defensive line in the league. PFF had him at his lowest rush d mark in his career too.

Burns was atrocious against the run and excellent against the pass. He is a pure liability from a 3-down standpoint. That’s always been his problem, do you want to pay the best SPR in the league that much? Giants had arguably the worst defense in the league this past year, his sack goals only tell so much of the story.

I gotta go Mays but I think he gets lured elsewhere. Yoshi is the one to keep IMO

I’m feeling a bit frisky this year: Bills > Broncos Patriots > Texans Bills over Patriots - Bears > Rams 49ers > Seahawks Bears > 49ers - Bills > Bears

He’s one of the worst QBs under pressure you’ll ever see. He can time a deep ball well, but if he wasn’t on Payton’s squad, he’d be on the Nova Scotia Elephants

Imagine a team that had some of the players on these remaining squads on one all together. Caleb, Darnold, CMC, DJ Moore, Darnell Wright, Tyrique Stevenson, Fiske… could you just imagine if a franchise had all those assets?

Leo Chenal would be my top target for us this offseason. Think he fits the defense really well, he’s tight with Turk, and would be the much needed proven boost at LB that we need. Very underrated player IMO.

Yup When you look at EPA, it really does speak to what we’ve all had to watch. Mad inconsistent and the only consistency has been he’s way low in EPA per drop. It’s technically been trending up, but his career average is -.13 and that’s after this season helped bring it up haha. 24th in EPA/CPOE composite. The eye test and the composite are pretty closely aligned, really need some improvement at a consistent basis. People may be happy how he did in the WC round, but the whole nation saw that 49ers game not long ago (well until they just turned it off haha). Not long ago at all and was of his worst stinkers.

It’s an option when you make a poll to make visible or not

Their DL is crazy bad honestly. DL wise, Lawrence is a problem for them, they have no run defense or real anchor anymore to tilt matchups for their edge rushers. Burns had a good year sack wise, but somehow was worse in run-d than we've ever seen (and that's saying something). Total liability. Pair him as that liability with Carter, who was not as blue-chip as expected, and Thibs who seems above average at best, they've got major issues. Okereke is getting old. Nubin, Adebo, and Philips are about their only players on that side of the ball to call a core. Makes you feel a bit better about us with some of our guys haha.

His lows far outweigh his highs so far volume wise. He's had like 5-7 legit/truly solid games in his career out of 46. His highs have shown some respectable play that would be worthy of a 1st round pick. His lows are UDFA lows. And the bulk of it is very inconsistent below-average play that is difficult to watch. We've seen some slightly elevated play, more consistently as of late, but it's not yet enough to give a full contract to. I totally get giving him the 5th year. But this org absolutely has be patient and see how 2026 rolls out. He's not in position to demand some shiny new contract yet so we can obviously wait and see, watch until guys like CJ get their cut and how Bryce plays a bit more. There is absolutely not enough to go off and rush this process. If Tepper/Morgan are claiming to have learned and are willing to be patient, then they need to exercise patience with a 2nd contract.

So Monken will have Dart, Skat, Nabers, Theo to start working with and a top third OL. Their D is a travesty though. Big rebuild coming-- even with their DL spending, it wasn't smart building w/ this Burns-Thibs-Carter trio oh and Dex dropping off a cliff this year. I can see a respectable floor but if Dart isn't it, it still may take a minute.

I get it honestly. Tepper wants to see this happen and keep trending in the right direction. If not, and there is significant regression, everyone gets wiped out all at once. I’d much prefer tha than having a few pieces holding on through another retool. He has his primary pieces, the only maybe is bringing in a new offensive guy to help refine our approach on that side of the ball.

Caleb, Tyrique, Wright, Moore all majorly helped lead this win. Hard to dispute

Go Bears Da Bears

Even if we move on from Evero, given trends, we’ll still have 2 high looks and it is for sure a need. Ransom is great for 5/6 DB packages, but you need a true compliment to Moehrig. Would love to find a guy with the nickel/S flexibility with coverage skills. A DeJean-esque dude would be huge.

From a pure individual game standpoint, he has the most well rounded single WR performance since Smitty tonight. That’s nothing AT ALL against Tmac, it was just that impressive IMO. Feel great about those two in house.