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Let them compete.
There are plenty of TE targets to go around and we have no idea what Shaheen is. They will end up playing very different positions and filling very different roles.
Let them compete.
There are plenty of TE targets to go around and we have no idea what Shaheen is. They will end up playing very different positions and filling very different roles.
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Dion Simms got 3 years and 18 million. My point is that you are not bringing in a TE for 6 million a year with the expectation that he is the No 2 TE. Sims stats were just as pedestrian and he still got 6 million and was handed the No 1 TE spot essentially.
I agree. I just responded because of your No 2 comment. I think Burton is going to be paid like an average No 1 TE is all. Somewhere in the neighborhood of what Simms got if not a little more.
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You can recover from bad contracts and money that was wasted, the Bears are going to quickly move on from a turd of a free agent period last season and no one lost their jobs.
You lose you job because the on field product sucks. You lose your job because the QB you picked 2nd overall doesn't look good throwing to scrap heap WRs.
The Bears have money and they can take some risks to improve the on field talent.
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I am not sure who is #1 and #2 matters as much if they are on the field at the same time.
I would expect Burton to play the flex TE position at the same time that Shaheen is on the field playing the inline spot.
The Bears have the luxury of paying Burton because Shaheen is cheap for another 3 years. There total investment at TE would be like 8.5 million which is 1 starter on other teams.
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We may not..... but Pace better know.
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I think this was one of the lasting screw jobs of the Fox regime was not knowing what Shaheen is. He should have played a ton down the stretch.
If they follow the KC model of 170 targets to the TEs, or even reduce it to 140-150 then there is easily room for both Burton and Shaheen to have significant roles on offense.
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I agree I expect he will be in the 7 million dollar range.
I expect he will have a healthy market because flex TEs allow you to do so much hurry up and move them around without letting the defense sub.
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Fuck them moving on.
Restructure Suh again so we can all watch that contract explode like a nuke.
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My point is moreso I wouldn't just assume or hand Shaheen the No 1 TE role while paying Burton 6 million +. Teams are in 2 TE sets like 20-30% of the time so what happens the other 70-80% when the Bears go 3 or 4 wide with a single TE?
I am not sure Shaheen is the best option as the lone TE so the point about No 1 and No 2 is I don't think you give a guy 6 million+ to sit on the bench 70-80% of the time even if you can afford to do so.
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Very entertaining how #Dolphins Bots (aka Personnel Staffers & PR types) working overtime to tell anyone that’ll listen Jarvis Landry will be back in 2018.
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I suppose, but it does reduce Miami's hunger for WRs.
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What about your guy Crosby?? I could dig the Ridley at 8 and Best OL at 39 depending on how many QB’s get picked in the top 7.
I could also go Nelson and then Best WR at 39.
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I kind of wish no one will trade with the Dolphins just to see their roster implode.......
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It is a mess.
I cannot see how they have him play for 16 million. They need his cap hit under 10 million just to be functional in free agency.
I hope they eat it as well.
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The way I see it Landry is on board with this move, and if a trade is not made Fins will rescind the tag.
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Get your popcorn ready i believe they are going to tack the tag off at the last min
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unless he signs it.
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