**Official** Training Camp News & Scheisse [Football Talk Only]

[Bearly]

Yeah if the Bears tag him, then they obviously have no intention of signing him long term and just want a couple productive years out of him while they find his replacement in the draft.

I don't think tagging and signing long term are mutually exclusive. I think Smith should have got something done this year while Poles was still at the table. Taking a bit less than you want is like an insurance policy that guarantees you generational wealth. It puts all the risk on the Bear. As Remi has pointed out numerous times, that has value.

It seems some want to burn both sides of that candle. Insurance policies aren't free.

 

[Bearly]

Bermuda as in they can’t find the grass?

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1561333649747939328

If they sod it too late and it's not firmly established, we'll see guys slipping and sod coming up in clumps... again.

 

[Chicagosports89]

I don't think tagging and signing long term are mutually exclusive. I think Smith should have got something done this year while Poles was still at the table. Taking a bit less than you want is like an insurance policy that guarantees you generational wealth. It puts all the risk on the Bear for the next year or 2. As Remi has pointed out numerous times, that has value.

It seems some want to burn both sides of that candle. Insurance policies aren't free.

I just don't think they would give him the franchise if they want him long term. They'd be paying him likely an equivalent amount to have him for multiple years instead of just one year. It would lead me to believe they like his quality of play but think he is replaceable and just need one more draft to find that guy.

 

[Bearly]

I just don't think they would give him the franchise if they want him long term. They'd be paying him likely an equivalent amount to have him for multiple years instead of just one year. It would lead me to believe they like his quality of play but think he is replaceable and just need one more draft to find that guy.

If they want to keep him they may have to. He's a FA after this season. If you want to continue to negotiate exclusively, you need to tag him. It's not really a choice.

 

[Dejo]

?

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1561154857830170627

 

[BaBaBlacksheep]

Yeah if the Bears tag him, then they obviously have no intention of signing him long term and just want a couple productive years out of him while they find his replacement in the draft.

Not necessarily. Players get tagged and traded. Players play on a tag and get signed the next year. It’s just another method of team control of a valuable player for what won’t be a prohibitive number.

 

[bamainatlanta]

Not necessarily. Players get tagged and traded. Players play on a tag and get signed the next year. It’s just another method of team control of a valuable player for what won’t be a prohibitive number.

This. Especially trying to gauge a player's value in a new system altogether.

 

[BaBaBlacksheep]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1561356246145327105

 

[botfly10]

Swifty saw he had ESB for the 1st down on that 2nd and 4 but Fields was focused on Mooney for the TD the whole time.

Eh, there was a db camping on that route ready to jump it the whole time

Good no throw imo

 

[onebud34]

If they sod it too late and it's not firmly established, we'll see guys slipping and sod coming up in clumps... again.

IDK why they just don't field turf it and call it a day. It's not like the Bears have won any super bowls due to natural grass being on the field.

 

[onebud34]

Eh, there was a db camping on that route ready to jump it the whole time

Good no throw imo

Plus it's preseason, not sure why people were losing their shit on that play

 

[gwharris2254]

Its Borom's to keep if he stays consistent is awesome! LT, RG and RT filled with young capable, essentially newbies with Vets as backups.

Let the pancaking begin

 

[dentfan]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1561356246145327105

They signed another FB? Maybe Blasingam’ll be out for a while.

 

[BaBaBlacksheep]

They signed another FB? Maybe Blasingam’ll be out for a while.

3rd one on roster now.

 

[BaBaBlacksheep]

Its Borom's to keep if he stays consistent is awesome! LT, RG and RT filled with young capable, essentially newbies with Vets as backups.

Let the pancaking begin

Hahaha. The capable part is TBD.

But awesome if they turn out to be.

 

[DrGonzo]

Bermuda as in they can’t find the grass?

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1561333649747939328

It's like dejas vu all over again.

 

[dabears70]

?

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1561165398413828097

Looks good in the return game but not as a WR yet since he can't run the right routes.

 

[dabears70]

Their defense was shit last year. So probably not far. Vic's defenses in Denver were hardly impressive.

Losing Von Miller hurt them but they replaced him with Randy Gregory in the offseason so having him and B.Chubb, who was also hurt for most of the year, will be a huge help with that defensive backfield that's loaded with big names.

 

[BaBaBlacksheep]

Looks good in the return game but not as a WR yet since he can't run the right routes.

You know this after one preseason game that he barely played in?

 

[Chicago4Life]

Looks good in the return game but not as a WR yet since he can't run the right routes.

when did he run the wrong routes?