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because Foles did the Bears a favor by restructuring his contract to help facilitate the trade during a pandemic
Bears tried to trade quarterback Nick Foles to the Eagles & other teams but nobody wants him
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because Foles did the Bears a favor by restructuring his contract to help facilitate the trade during a pandemic
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I think he would be in the league making a couple million as a backup. No one is giving him a chance to start ever again.
I do not blame Foles for being anything other than bad and horrendously over paid.
The line was bad and when you combined that with him being a statue it was really bad. You couldn't make the changes sooner because Foles can't go under center and he cannot roll out. They made the changes because they made the change back to Mitch.
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Foles' cap hit is 6.66m...if he is cut pre June 1 the dead cap is 14.3m, post June 1 it is 11.6m....then subtract the cap hit....that is what it will cost the Bears..
Dalton's cap hit is 5.5m...if he is cut pre June 1 the dead cap is 10.5m, post June 1 it is 5.5m....then subtract the cap hit
Signing bonuses are sunk cost for both players 2.6m and 2.5m respectively. And The Bears have used up both Pre-June 1 exceptions. So any physical June 1 cuts have to be after June 1.
It would be cheaper to cut Dalton than Foles post June 1...
Dalton's cap hit is 5.5m...if he is cut pre June 1 the dead cap is 10.5m, post June 1 it is 5.5m....then subtract the cap hit
Signing bonuses are sunk cost for both players 2.6m and 2.5m respectively. And The Bears have used up both Pre-June 1 exceptions. So any physical June 1 cuts have to be after June 1.
It would be cheaper to cut Dalton than Foles post June 1...
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The Bears tried all those changes on the fly with Foles the problem is they had little practice time together until the bye week while facing the top 10 defenses . The difference post bye in the Oline was that they could actually figured out a better run blocking group after some time together if the Bears could've ran the ball at all under Foles the offense would've done better.
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Hmmm, interesting. Probably won't play out but everyone knows Foles is best as a backup, while I'm not exactly sure what Dalton is best at. But it's highly doubtful they can get Fields ready to go that fast.
Although........he appears to be highly intelligent and that can't hurt.
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You can say this is a bad look for the Bears, but realistically it's your GM doing his job.
Just to use another team as an example, how many times did we hear a Wentz or Ertz trade was about to go down? If a GM is doing his job he's on the phones talking to teams and/or planting stories. If they aren't doing those two does that mean they are just sitting back and waiting for someone to ask them for a specific player? Is that why you are paying the GM the big bucks? To sit back and answer his phone like a receptionist?
Let Pace do his thing. He realizes Foles isn't a part of the future and he's trying to get max value for him. Sure some teams will communicate they aren't interested, but we have to remember each team has an agenda. For the Eagles let's remember they are coming off the year where they drafted Wentz' backup and it created a locker room problem. For them to communicate they weren't interested it's more them saying they aren't doing the same mistake twice.
Just to use another team as an example, how many times did we hear a Wentz or Ertz trade was about to go down? If a GM is doing his job he's on the phones talking to teams and/or planting stories. If they aren't doing those two does that mean they are just sitting back and waiting for someone to ask them for a specific player? Is that why you are paying the GM the big bucks? To sit back and answer his phone like a receptionist?
Let Pace do his thing. He realizes Foles isn't a part of the future and he's trying to get max value for him. Sure some teams will communicate they aren't interested, but we have to remember each team has an agenda. For the Eagles let's remember they are coming off the year where they drafted Wentz' backup and it created a locker room problem. For them to communicate they weren't interested it's more them saying they aren't doing the same mistake twice.
