Bates traded to Bears

[TacklingDummy]

Re: Bates traded to Bears

Dawkins 29
Brown 26
McGovern 26
Cyrus 24
Anderson 24
Edwards 26
Van Demark 24
Morse 31

I don't consider this a old bunch.

[Woodman]

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10 draft picks. A ton of capital to move up.

Soon to be 11

Right now our picks are the following .... before comp pick.

• Round 1, Pick 28
• Round 2, Pick 60
• Round 4, Pick 129
• Round 5, Pick 142 (from CHI)
• Round 5, Pick 159 (from GB)
• Round 5, Pick 162
• Round 6, Pick 198 (from LAR)
• Round 6, Pick 202 (from HOU)
• Round 6, Pick 206
• Round 7, Pick 246

[Bill Cody]

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Is there a "kick God" we can draft in the 6th round? Yardrat is already calling him a wasted pick

[Novacane]

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Guess that pretty much assures Morse is not going to be a cap casualty.

[OpIv37]

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Imagine either using the #1 overall pick on Caleb Williams, or giving Justin Fields $40 million a year, only to have Ryan Bates protecting him. Good luck with that one

[Mad Max]

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Anti-OL Posters here will need to stay calm because the Bills are drafting 2 OL this year in their first 3 picks -- Centre and OT (NOT necessarily in that order).

I’ll bet you a big plate of lobster fra diavolo and a bottle of your favorite massetto that we don’t paisan.

OL are getting drafted, but two in the first 3 rounds is not going to happen.

[Mad Max]

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Imagine either using the #1 overall pick on Caleb Williams, or giving Justin Fields $40 million a year, only to have Ryan Bates protecting him. Good luck with that one

The Bears, you had to get me started!

They have an opportunity to set themselves up for massive success but are going to blow it by taking Caleb Williams. That guy smells very pungently of bust.

Ryan Bates effectiveness or lack thereof won’t change that.

[OpIv37]

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The Bears, you had to get me started!

They have an opportunity to set themselves up for massive success but are going to blow it by taking Caleb Williams. That guy smells very pungently of bust.

Ryan Bates effectiveness or lack thereof won’t change that.

I have a childhood friend who’s a Bears fan (not sure why because his family’s from Alabama and he moved to Rochester in 8th grade, but I digress….).

He stopped watching football maybe 8 years ago or so. He said he got tired of the greed and commercialism of the NFL. I think he just got sick of the Bears organization being a steaming pile of garbage.

[Typ0]

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I'm glad I got to see the 85 Bears they are totally an anomaly!

[Mad Max]

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I have a childhood friend who’s a Bears fan (not sure why because his family’s from Alabama and he moved to Rochester in 8th grade, but I digress….).

He stopped watching football maybe 8 years ago or so. He said he got tired of the greed and commercialism of the NFL. I think he just got sick of the Bears organization being a steaming pile of garbage.

They are terrible. They just somehow escape the criticism that other bad teams get probably because of the “NFL founding team” legacy.

[sahlensguy]

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Bears and win now mode?

[notacon]

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The Bears really wanted him. Tried to sign him two years ago, and the Bills matched their offer and retained him because he was a restricted FA at that time.

He will be missed for depth purposes. Those celebrating him leaving are short sighted as he was a capable back-up all across the O-line and is extremely capable of being a starting center. He is the leading candidate to be just that for Chicago....and he will probably perform quite well.

With Mitch Morse the stalwart at C, the $5.439M cap hit for the next two years are too rich for the Bills for a backup.

This is a cap causality. Good that Beane was able to get a 5th round pick. Two years ago, they would have gotten nothing for him.

[Mace]

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Never saw anything wrong with Bates...he played great at lg...so they promptly moved him to rg and signed overpriced vet guy who flopped, he gave up 2 sacks next to the struggling Brown and went back into the glass case. Should have left him at lg and signed a vet rg at the time. He clearly wasn't going to replace Morse...but he did fine at center when he played there. Had he continued to succeed at lg, they'd not have needed McGovern and would still have gotten Torrence, and wouldn't have needed Saffold besides.

My best to him and hope Morse stays healthy.

[Bill Cody]

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They are terrible. They just somehow escape the criticism that other bad teams get probably because of the “NFL founding team” legacy.

Their issue has always been the same since I've been alive- no QB. I'm a little too young for Sid Luckman and Bobby Layne lol. The only time the Bears had a decent QB (decent not great) Jim McMahon they won the SB. They're going to draft Caleb Williams. Only makes sense to do what they can to keep him safe.

[Woodman]

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I'm glad I got to see the 85 Bears they are totally an anomaly!

true monsters of the midway .... as it was meant to be when your talking Dah Bears.