The Chicago Bears stay on track for a quarterback. And do not discount the depth of their desperation for a moment.
And desperation was the scent of the NFL quarterback deals early this season in 2021, as evidenced by the Carson Wentz trade and the Jared Goff trade and the Ben Roethlisberger revised contract. And fear and desperation are running neck and neck as the prevailing sentiment in the Bears’ front office at the moment, as the criminal mismanagement of the quarterback position has come to a head with some easy way out.
Chicago needs a major upgrade, and options are limited. League sources said that the Bears were in fact quite serious about Carson Wentz, and that they also had internal discussions about Big Ben and that they might be the only landing place for him if he did not agree to a significant remuneration. take to stay in Pittsburgh.
So what does it mean to move forward?
Well, sources said they were prepared to throw a boatload of loads at the Texans – for Deshaun Watson – and Seahawks – for Russell Wilson – in an effort to upgrade the top position in all professional sports. This is extremely serious, and as is usually the case with job security, the future outcome as in 2023 will not have as much value in real time. They do not have the kind of young, cheap talent that some other suitors do, but you can always keep throwing future top picks at the problem.
“There’s a real sense of panic in that building,” as one NFL manager put it. “Do not underestimate how desperate they are.”
Doesn’t sound like Mitch Trubisky is going to be the answer to return there. The Bears want to upgrade in a big way. And there are just so many ways to do it. If the 49ers land someone like Sam Darnold of the Jets – something that is seen in league circles as a very real possibility – then Jimmy Garoppolo is another name to look at, with the indigenous homecoming meaningful to all parties (though they would do it). faced the Patriots, which Jimmy G drafted and developed.
It will not be easy, and the next QB will not be cheap. But that will not stop the Bears from trying.
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Someone has to try to prune Chandler Jones from Arizona.
For the second consecutive year, his franchise made a daring move, starring the Texans and paying him well before he ever played there. A year ago it was DeAndre Hopkins. Well, this is JJ Watt.
All Jones has done is play out his contract – which is now entering its final year – and, unlike almost all other pass-rushers in the NFL, produce. Jones was a model player and adopted Phoenix as his second home, but you have not yet heard how the Cardinals take care of him, and I strongly doubt you will do so soon. And you will not hear a complaint from him either, but that does not mean that he can not see what is going on around him.
Watt, who turns 32 this month, has long been unable to stay healthy in the consecutive seasons and has yet to play a flash for Arizona, but is basically assured that he will earn $ 28 million from them over the next two years. Jones, who has just turned 31, has one year left at the $ 15.5 million mark.
I’ll burn their phone lines. Was it not so long ago that the Cardinals themselves traded for Jones? In this climate of agreement, with a limited number of pass options in free agencies, and with Jones having a unique pedigree, he would be a target if I needed a head start. Jones suffered a season-ending injury in October – he has fully recovered – and the Cardinals unlocked former first-round pick Haason Reddick in his absence. Reddick experienced a career season in his running year, and raising Jones’ salary could make it possible to keep Reddick as a free agent possible.
I would definitely ask.
This is what I know about Jones. Despite missing 11 games with the injury last year, he is here among the NFL players of 2017-20: only Aaron Donald (57.5) has more pockets (50), and Jones is still 10th in passing passes and ninth in total hits. Between 2017 and 19, Jones holds first place in sacks with 49 (Donald is second with 44), 10th place in quarterback and second place in quarterback hits.
This is a rare company for any player, let alone a player his team did not do to keep out of this contract. The Broncos tried to wrap their arms around Von Miller. I’ll find out exactly how the Cardinals feel about their passion rusher of an injury season. Trades are all the rage. Everyone has a prize.
Cowboys crushed in Roof deal
I keep reading how the Cowboys won a share of this Roof Prescott expansion. How there were compromises and compromises.
Really? How?
Their quarter crushed them. Since their season collapsed after his injury, and with a second franchise label absolute certainty, $ 40 million would always be his magic at year value. He got it. And this is just the beginning.
The upfront money is staggering – $ 66 million bonus. The length of the contract – just four years – is ideal, and if he continues to play as he has, Jerry Jones will be back at the negotiating table in a few years – with the hood of the blast – to keep his QB. but without being able to use another franchise label on him. After a deal would cost about $ 33 million a year ago because it would include a no-tag clause, Prescott now has a no-trade and no-trade clause.
Prescott and his camp played it expertly, and the suspicious team that built around him on the roster promoted his case as the 2020 season quickly ripped away, and Dak crushed it. Good for him.
“I’m not getting it at all,” one NFL contract adviser said of the deal from the Cowboys’ point of view. “If you give the APY and the signing bonus and the guarantee and the no label, then the Cowboys should have him sign for at least five or six years. I don’t understand that.”
Me neither.
More insider notes
- How did the Bengal not mark Carl Lawson? Have you had a lot of problems in the defensive line, and somehow they do not notice him a year after giving a $ 17 million subsidy to the broken receiver AJ Green in a non-competitive year? And the top corner of William Jackson is also on its way to the market, never to return, and the corner was a problem, even if you had him. And many teams consider him the best UFA corner out there. Yikes. Joe Burrow has only been a bargain for just two years now and the clock ticking and strength are luring the other players’ free agents to Cincy as if it were a popular destination. Losing my own best young talent in critical positions is no different for me, but it’s not that unusual for how they roll there.
- Urban Meyer is still going to turn his head in the NFL for all the wrong reasons. No one I spoke to could understand why they would pack the franchise label on Cam Robinson. He’s a good player, but with several teams I’ve talked to, he’s considered a pack of $ 10 million a year; he has just been tagged at about $ 15 million. Strange. But oddly enough, that was already the norm in Jacksonville.
- If the Panthers cannot land Watson via trade, you have to see if they will be as aggressive as any team to pick in the top three to pick up one of the top three fullbacks in this draft. Would not be a surprise at all.