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Wow. I didn't see any possible way we'd be able to retain an, at least, adequate young CB for under 2.13 million. Beane never ceases to surprise me.

Gotcha. Though I don't think even in the days of poison pills that would have been okay.

... but then why would New England match it? We'd be stuck with the guy on that contract we signed and then *we'd* have to pay 40 million if he played more than 2 games.

Trading for Khalil Mack definitely doesn't fall in line with Beane saying we won't be players in the off-season bc we don't have the space and that we'd be lucky to be able to keep our big FA's (which we did). Also, if this was a possibility - we'd have outright released Addison to save money. Not restructure him to stay. Probably would have been in on Yannick Ngakoue, Carl Lawson, and/or Matt Judon because it wouldn't cost us multiple firsts. Mack would be a bigger trade than Diggs.

Waiting to hear they released or traded Ertz before the deadline and that we've agreed to terms.

Everybody talking about Khalil Mack

Forgot to mention - he lists his website as d-cktowel.com 😆

Follows 1,380 has 623 followers. Bio reads Amateur Movie Reviewer and Master of Bird Law. Seems legit 😆

Except: a.) https://bearswire.usatoday.com/2021/03/15/bears-khalil-mack-contract-restructure-2021/ They massively restructured him yesterday to create cap space. If they were to trade him - they'd have let us do that legwork. Can't remember a time someone restructured someone one day and then traded them the next. b.) Both Mack and Fuller would take trading a 1st, which I can't see Beane doing two years in a row. And a stupid amount of cuts and restructures. Even with Mack's restructure - we'd have to find 14 million in cap space for this season. And his hit goes up to *30.3* next season.

It might not to you. And in a vacuum - Ertz alone might not inspire a team change. But adding him to what we already have could be the tipping point for her. Especially since she said she's in the market for a new team anyways. He is a popular player. Maybe she really likes him. I think if you're hoping for something bigger than Zach Ertz - you're really setting yourself up for disappointment.

I really don't believe the Pegula jet means anything. Pretty sure nothing's changed on COVID protocols and everything needs to be done virtually. Could be Sabres related. Or business related. Or personal. Either way, the jet meant nothing last season and I don't think it does this year either. I'm pretty convinced it's signing Ertz after the Eagles release him bc no one's willing to trade for a guy they know is going to get cut anyways. This falls in line with: - Emmanuel Sanders is Part 1: Part 1 as in Ertz will be acquired the same way. We have a deal in place but are waiting on the release at 4 PM. - 4 PM is not the deadline: Because 4 PM is the deadline for the Eagles. Our move will come after.

Not necessarily. She could be saying that the Eagles will be releasing Ertz by 4 PM and then the Bills will be signing him after - much like we did with Emmanuel Sanders. Always hard to trade players that teams know you're probably just going to release anyways.

This https://bearswire.usatoday.com/2021/03/15/bears-khalil-mack-contract-restructure-2021/ It doesn't make any sense for them to massively restructure his deal to create cap space for them - just to trade him. Also, much like last season - I don't think the league is cool with flying and meeting players face to face when you can zoom and do things electronically. Other years the Pegula jet watch meant something. Last season, not so much. And I don't think protocols have changed.

It happens. But only when the offer from the division rival is far and away better than anyone else's. And I doubt Beane's offering a pick high enough to be far and away better than anyone else. Pats traded us Bledsoe - but we were the only one offering a 1st.

He had that this season. Ertz should get him to 5k.

From what I've been reading, Samuel's gonna come in out of our price range.

Imagine your QB room being Nick Foles and Andy Dalton in 2021. Yikes.

That's totally fine. I feel I should specify that I wasn't saying a trade for him is a total impossibility and shouldn't be talked about. Just that the Twitter nobody's being taken as credible was getting out of hand. But I'll leave this thread and others like it alone going forward. Thank you for the work you do.

Here? Yes. And I was. Then you took a personal shot. But we can take that to the DM's if you'd like to continue going forward.

This is less credible than the Ertz thread that just got locked. If you like believing in fiction, may I suggest Tolkien?

This makes a lot of sense. I think Beane's moves will be mainly released players or trades.

I was hoping so too. But when he didn't make any other cuts or restructures (outside of the Matakevitch deal that make have saved 1.5 or so) - I kinda saw this coming. I think we're probably sitting at 8 mil total under the cap. Can't do much with that when you have to sign draft picks. To be fair - he did tell everyone that we wouldn't be players in Free Agency and we'd be lucky to get our own back. He was able to pull that off, at least.

Possibly. But if it is, it's just lucky timing. When someone posts something as a nobody and he's the only one saying it (especially if it's someone who covers the Giants from the UK) - 99.999% it's just something that makes sense to someone and he's hoping to be the one to "break" a story and be legitimized. You see it literally every year at this time. And it's always wrong. Literally the only time I've seen a nobody break a story was when Sal Capaccio found out about T.O. And it did legitimize him! Which is why there's so much fake news around this time.

If it said the Eagles had given him permission to negotiate with teams. Maybe I'd buy it. If it were a verified account and not a NY Giants "beat reporter" from England with a third of the followers of the Buffalo Fanatics. Maybe. Keep in mind that EVERY year, people on Twitter hypothesize moves that make sense and post fake information hoping that they get lucky and can say they "broke" the story in hopes of being legitimized as a "source". Don't fall for it. Unless it comes from a verified reporter, it's meaningless.

Vet minimum for the years he's accrued is just over a million. Would cost more than that but I doubt anyone's paying him 6 or 7 coming off of last season. Maybe a 2-yr deal with a bonus this year, a higher number next season, and an out.