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WshflThinking

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Re: 2018 Chicago Bears
« Reply #345 on: March 24, 2018, 09:08:27 am »
While I agree you can never have enough CBs on your roster, why Cooper? Just guessing but that seems to eliminate CB from draft needs, but that can be a smokescreen too. Cooper can still be cut.

I believe the kid from Iowa State who got into a bar fight is likely to be suspended by the league, so maybe we dont have enough CBs.

davebear

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Re: 2018 Chicago Bears
« Reply #346 on: March 24, 2018, 11:03:03 am »
The Cooper signing simply means Fangio thinks there's a fair chance he can work with him to resurrect his career, like he did with Fuller.

I don't think it has any impact on the draft.  You need 5 corners.

WshflThinking

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Re: 2018 Chicago Bears
« Reply #347 on: March 24, 2018, 11:07:17 am »
Uh....By my count they do. Whats your count?

davebear

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Re: 2018 Chicago Bears
« Reply #348 on: March 24, 2018, 11:10:15 am »
You questioned why they signed Cooper.

If they had not they would have 4

WshflThinking

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Re: 2018 Chicago Bears
« Reply #349 on: March 24, 2018, 12:03:51 pm »
Does that include the kid from Iowa State we took last year? His name escapes me right now.

Deiondre Hall
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WshflThinking

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Re: 2018 Chicago Bears
« Reply #350 on: March 24, 2018, 12:19:26 pm »
Just looked at our current roster,  and these names are listed as CB or DB. Callahan, Fuller Ackymura, Dorian Gray, Deiondre Hall, LeBlanc, Johnathon Mincy, and now Marcus Cooper back.

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Re: 2018 Chicago Bears
« Reply #351 on: March 24, 2018, 12:55:13 pm »
When is the draft??

hibernationsuxs

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Re: 2018 Chicago Bears
« Reply #352 on: March 24, 2018, 05:42:09 pm »
I was listening to Pro Football Weekly podcast today.  They mentioned the Bears could have tendered C. Meredith at the higher level for only 1 million more which would have made any team interested in him required to give up 2nd round pick to sign him.  They were saying that no team would have tried to sign him, which would have allowed the Bears to be in drivers seat on the deal.  Now the Colts have big money and may force the Bears to overpay or lose him.  Anyway sounds to me that the Bears made a real dumb decision with Meredith if he gets a big offer from Colts.

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« Reply #353 on: March 24, 2018, 05:55:47 pm »
Anyone giving Meredith a big contract are taking a huge gamble.  The Bears did the right thing.

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« Reply #354 on: March 24, 2018, 06:19:58 pm »
Plus we let other teams set the price for Meridith, instead of us setting a long range price or pay him for only 1 year.  It was a smart move on Pace's part.  I have no problem with this at all. 

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Re: 2018 Chicago Bears
« Reply #355 on: March 25, 2018, 06:23:14 am »
I going to disagree.  For 1 million more we have all the leverage.  He would have had no offers.  So we could have let him play on 1 year deal for 1 million more or he could have signed a deal that the Bears preferred.  Now he probably walks.  We let him walk over 1 million, which is nothing in todays NFL.

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Re: 2018 Chicago Bears
« Reply #356 on: March 25, 2018, 07:57:32 am »
He doesnt walk, his options are to sign the tender we gave him for 1 year, sign a long term deal we come up with and offer him, or sign a long term deal another team offers him, which we will have the option to match.  If we tendered him at the higher amount, he would have gotten an extra 1 Mil, for 1 year, AND no other team would have tried to sign him, because nobody was going to give up a second round pick for him. 

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Re: 2018 Chicago Bears
« Reply #357 on: March 25, 2018, 11:37:06 am »
I think the transition tag is good when you have the cap space. It let's other teams determine his market.

Let's say Meredith thinks he is worth 5m per year but we are only offering 3M, he might feels insulted, play out the year and leave mad. By keeping it.low, other teams can make offers and he can see what his market is.
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dallasbear

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Re: 2018 Chicago Bears
« Reply #358 on: March 25, 2018, 12:59:48 pm »

Retaining Marcus Cooper on his preview 3 year deal would not have been a good move.  Re-signing Cooper on a 1 year deal is not bad.

Bears need depth and he provides it.  However, this does not mean the Bears just check off the box for corner back and ignore it in the draft. 

They still need one, the signing off Akumora and Fuller prevented this from being a desperate round 1 and/or round 2 move.   But now they can look at 4th or 5th rounders possibly.

And Callahan is a slot guy.  Mincy is interesting - he didn't make it in the NFL early in his career but was quite the player in Canada.  May make the team as a backup or may just be camp fodder.

dallasbear

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Re: 2018 Chicago Bears
« Reply #359 on: March 25, 2018, 01:02:45 pm »

As for Meridith.  We signed Robinson to a huge contract with him coming off an ACL injury.  Why do you think teams would have ignored Meridith coming off the same injury?  Granted he's not going to get the same deal but he's worth a deal.

Bears knew what they were doing.  They can now  secure Meridith for a reasonable amount long term now rather than having him walk next year as a FA.

This assumes that teams don't go crazy with their offer AND the Bears have the salary cap room to match.