Bears FA - Keep or Not

[2MuchChino]

A lot of Bears are free agents after this year. What are your thoughts on keeping (re-signing for market value) or letting go. I'll start with 3.

Dakota Dozier: No.
Khari Blasingame: Keep.
Al-Quadin Muhammad: No

 

[ZenBear34]

Muhammad isn't a free agent. But I have no problem releasing him.

Maybe Morrow for depth...Houston-Carson for special teams...no one I care about one way or the other. A few guys like Reiff would be fine for low money deals as back-ups.

 

[ThatGuyRyan]

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[ThatGuyRyan]

Remind me why we traded for Harry again?

 

[Spitta Andretti]

Remind me why we traded for Harry again?

he has to play more than 5 snaps though which is what he had the last game

 

[pdxbearsfan]

Remind me why we traded for Harry again?

Well just because - he and Claypool are the future.

 

[ZenBear34]

Remind me why we traded for Harry again?

They took a flier on a former 1st round pick. Do you really not remember something that happened like 4 months ago?

 

[ThatGuyRyan]

They took a flier on a former 1st round pick. Do you really not remember something that happened like 4 months ago?

No shit. He’s been inactive and is buried behind shitty receivers. So again, why waste Draft picks on players you’re not going to get targets to, who are also free agents at the end of the year?

 

[Spitta Andretti]

No shit. He’s been inactive and is buried behind shitty receivers. So again, why waste Draft picks on players you’re not going to get targets to, who are also free agents at the end of the year?

it was a 7th though. barely a draft pick

 

[Enasic]

No shit. He’s been inactive and is buried behind shitty receivers. So again, why waste Draft picks on players you’re not going to get targets to, who are also free agents at the end of the year?

That future 7th is really going to come back and bite Poles in the ass

As for the OP question, I’m keeping blaasingame but like someone mentioned, Al isn’t a FA. I would absolutely release him as soon as possible though

 

[msadows]

it was a 7th though. barely a draft pick

Risk is fine for a 7th.

Could also bring him back next year for super cheap, I'm sure. As a bottom end roster WR you could do a lot worse

 

[Chicagosports89]

Well just because - he and Claypool are the future.

Wut?

 

[Novoitus]

keep them all. this is the best roster in the NFL and it's just one solid WR4 from a SB contender

 

[ZenBear34]

No shit. He’s been inactive and is buried behind shitty receivers. So again, why waste Draft picks on players you’re not going to get targets to, who are also free agents at the end of the year?

I mean he got hurt in camp, got sick during the season...it's not like they knew those things were going to happen. Sometimes things don't work out. It was a 7th round pick. They took a low risk gamble. It didn't pay off.

 

[ZenBear34]

keep them all. this is the best roster in the NFL and it's just one solid WR4 from a SB contender

Solid contribution. Thanks for playing.

 

[Enasic]

I mean he got hurt in camp, got sick during the season...it's not like they knew those things were going to happen. Sometimes things don't work out. It was a 7th round pick. They took a low risk gamble. It didn't pay off.

A future 7th at that.

I’d probably prefer him as a 4th/5th WR over ESB. He’s a better blocker (even though ESB is good blocker too), and a bigger red zone target.

Claypool
Mooney
Rookie (1st/2nd round)
Pringle
Harry

 

[rawdawg]

It's really sad, the Bears have no FAs that I would be hurt about losing.

Houston-Carson is the only one I'd make a real effort to retain. Harry, I'd consider if he's cheap. Scales is fine as a longsnapper, but dime-a-dozen. Watts is fine as a DT4. I'd consider him as well.

Blasingame is fine, but he hasn't done anything worthwhile. He's made some nice blocks at time, but nothing no other FB can do. He's a non-factor in the passingame (see what I did there?). 1 target, 0 catches this year.

 

[BBBF]

it was a 7th though. barely a draft pick

Practically a 6th

 

[Enasic]

DHC is a must keep, IMO. If the Bears end up cutting EJ, I’d have no issue w/ DHC taking that spot or competing with a rookie

 

[BaBaBlacksheep]

No shit. He’s been inactive and is buried behind shitty receivers. So again, why waste Draft picks on players you’re not going to get targets to, who are also free agents at the end of the year?

Why are you upset over a 7th round pick? They’re almost always useless and teams use them to take fliers on reclamation “projects” (which usually fail) all the time.

I understand the people upset over the 2nd round pick…. But a 7th? Meh.