Bears looking to trade Alshon???

[Growl]

We spent a 1st round pick on a WR and then the following year traded up to get another WR in the 2nd round. 

And yet still everyone wants to trade for more WR's? Is this position that glamorous to everybody?

Y'all would have absolutely LOVED Matt Millen as a GM. 

i'd say that you seeing the Wide Receiver position as glamorous is part of the underlying fallacy with your understanding of people's hopes. It's the same line of dialogue that the nonsensical "dis aint madden brah hah!" crowd toss out to have to avoid a realistic discussion.

 

people see that the team is now going all out to win this year-as they should-and are discussing what has been a position of weakness on the team. Benjamin isnt playing and Funchess isnt contributing. Why would those players be relevant at all to the discussion at hand?

[Montsta]

Or Ryan Grigson

The colts line up Andrew Luck with ten WR's on offense and are still 0-3. 

If only the NFL allowed guys on the other side of the ball to stop offenses from scoring, that would be awesome. 

 

Edit: Growl pointed out to me that they are not 0-3. My apologies. 

[Manos]

I doubt the bears would do it but I'd offer a conditional third round pick that can become a second if we sign him long term. He would help us a lot, and with our bye coming up it should be just enough time to get him and Cam somewhat on the same page.

[PhillyB]

bad call logistically but boy would it be fun

[Growl]

The colts line up Andrew Luck with ten WR's on offense and are still 0-3. 

If only the NFL allowed guys on the other side of the ball to stop offenses from scoring, that would be awesome. 

the Colts are not 0-3.

[Montsta]

i'd say that you seei the Wide Receiver position as glamorous is part of the underlying fallacy your understanding of people's hopes. It's the same line of dialogue that the nonsensical "dis aint madden brah hah!" crowd toss out to have to avoid a realistic discussion.

 

people see that the team is now going all out to win this year-as they should-and are discussing what has been a position of weakness on the team. Benjamin isnt playing and Funchess isnt contributing. Why would those players be relevant at all to the discussion at hand?

Because playing year-to-year GM is how Marty Hurney fuged this team and still no one has learned from it. 

[Montsta]

the Colts are not 0-3.

sorry your right I stopped watching the game and forgot they came back. I apologize. 1-2. 

[Peppers90 NC]

first off, this isn't true and is purely speculation and overreaction by this so-called writer. he is young they will build around Alshon. secondly, if we did, doesnt it take a WR to learn the complicated playbooks here? so he wouldnt see the field til next year.

[ed bell]

Why is this going over people's heads? A trade for Alshon in a contract year using a draft pick is silly. No leverage on a guy who will want more than Josh Norman. Don't get me wrong, I'd love him on the roster, but Gettleman isn't going to sacrifice with such little reward. 

[Leeroy Jenkins PhD]

DA for Jeffrey straight up!

[Growl]

Because playing year-to-year GM is how Marty Hurney fuged this team and still no one has learned from it. 

This is an enormos hindsight fallacy. In many regards he had a similar approach to management that Gettleman does, which I'd say you could argue trickles down from the top.  

The difference between them is Gettleman's ability to scout talent and manage the financial situation. 

I wonder how many championshipless seasons will go by before fans start to realize that building a team for 4-5 years down the road isnt always worth sacrificing being elite now (because, logically, if youre always preparing for the future then the future never comes) The team has realized this and is making moves accordingly, how long will it take do you think for the fans to readjust their mindset?

 

it's a very simple, very popular rule in the NFL-if youre one or two players away from being a contender now-you make that move.

[heelsnum1]

It would have to be like a 5th rounder that turned into a 3rd if we resign him.  Maybe Chicago would think he is as likely to sign with us long term as any team, especially if we can get a slight hometown discount (one can only hope).

 

I don't see this happening though.  IMO, it is pretty clear that DG is in the middle of executing a very detailed and well thought out long term plan with the cap.  He would never make a move that foiled this plan, since by most accounts it is working really well so far and appears to be a formula for sustained success.

[tiger7_88]

Before this gets any traction: Alshon is in a contract year. Therefore it's a terrible idea to give up a good pick for him for less than a full season and probably wouldn't even be able to afford him.

Wait wut?

You mean you actually WANT to re-sign Norman, KK, and Star?

[jasonluckydog]

He should already be a Panther we passed him up cause he was fat and lazy because of some photo shopped picture