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The 2023 - ??? Edmunds Report


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Just now, NewEra said:

You think? 16th overall comes with higher expectations imo.   I was disappointed with him.  Considering his god given size and athleticism plus being the son of a solid nfl

player, I was expecting him to create turnovers and have a nose for the ball.  Forcing fumbles, interceptions, tipped passes, strip sacks etc.  He was the complete opposite as he just doesn’t seem to have the instincts or an extra gear.  
 

He played very well in his contract year and did his family good.  The bears FO is 💩 Worthy of an 11-12m contract imo

I could never live with 18 mil

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Replaced by a player who is more mobile and more physical for 17 million a year less. Looking for the downside, maybe "doesn't know the D as well" or "doesn't have the same impact in children's shadow theater". I'm good with the tradeoff.

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What is this obsession with this player?Can’t we just agree that he is the classic example of a MLB that had just enough talent and production to make generational money for his family. To those Edmunds detractors, it wasn’t his fault that we choked away the 13seconds game or got bum rushed by the Bengals, The guy saved his best performance for his walk year and catapulted himself into the highest dollar contract for anyone  at his position. An American feel good story.

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13 minutes ago, Eastport bills said:

What is this obsession with this player?Can’t we just agree that he is the classic example of a MLB that had just enough talent and production to make generational money for his family. To those Edmunds detractors, it wasn’t his fault that we choked away the 13seconds game or got bum rushed by the Bengals, The guy saved his best performance for his walk year and catapulted himself into the highest dollar contract for anyone  at his position. An American feel good story.

No one is obsessed with Edmunds. It’s perfectly natural to wonder if the team made the correct decision in letting a 1st round draft pick who we traded up for walk after being a 5 year starter. I LOVED the Edmunds pick. I thought we had our starting MLB for a decade at least. After a couple years I started to wonder if he would ever develop instincts. During his 5th year, he played better but it still wasn’t instinctual. Still, I was convinced McBean were going to sign him to an extension and I couldn’t have been more wrong. I’m thrilled we didn’t pay him 18 million, he’s not worth that and he’s never going to live up to it. Guys don’t just “get it” after 5 years, they either have it or they don’t. Edmunds is an above average LB because of his elite physical and athletic traits but has horrible instincts. He’s being replaced so far by guy half his size who has already made more splash plays and is getting paid about 16 million less. Now the book hasn’t been written on Bernard yet, and I’d say 80% of this board wrote him off after one game of his rookie year, but so far has anyone noticed a lack of Edmunds? I’d say no. I wish Tremaine the best, I wish he worked out here, but right now it looks like McBeane made the correct call not only by letting him walk but by giving Bernard the opportunity to play MLB. Time will tell.

 

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20 minutes ago, RunTheBall said:

No one is obsessed with Edmunds. It’s perfectly natural to wonder if the team made the correct decision in letting a 1st round draft pick who we traded up for walk after being a 5 year starter. I LOVED the Edmunds pick. I thought we had our starting MLB for a decade at least. After a couple years I started to wonder if he would ever develop instincts. During his 5th year, he played better but it still wasn’t instinctual. Still, I was convinced McBean were going to sign him to an extension and I couldn’t have been more wrong. I’m thrilled we didn’t pay him 18 million, he’s not worth that and he’s never going to live up to it. Guys don’t just “get it” after 5 years, they either have it or they don’t. Edmunds is an above average LB because of his elite physical and athletic traits but has horrible instincts. He’s being replaced so far by guy half his size who has already made more splash plays and is getting paid about 16 million less. Now the book hasn’t been written on Bernard yet, and I’d say 80% of this board wrote him off after one game of his rookie year, but so far has anyone noticed a lack of Edmunds? I’d say no. I wish Tremaine the best, I wish he worked out here, but right now it looks like McBeane made the correct call not only by letting him walk but by giving Bernard the opportunity to play MLB. Time will tell.

 

The fact that Beane didn’t get into a bidding war for Edmunds was a no brainer. With Josh, Diggs, Miller, Morse, Dawkins, White and the safeties  getting healthy % of the cap, that position didn’t warrant the money he was offered by others . You should get used to monster contracts though because players are overpaid routinely depending on whether their QBs are in their 2nd contract. Be careful diminishing Edmunds and anointing Bernard as a better option after one good game. Wait for him to average over 100 tackles a year while being the signal caller and leader of the defense and playing an average of 15 games a season for a  division winner the last 3 years. I know Edmunds haters want to kick the guy in the ass after he takes a huge contract. He had “bad instincts “, didn’t make enough “splash plays”., but the guy was great last year and his teammates loved him.

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1 hour ago, HOUSE said:

I fixed that Crack with duck tape. Sometimes the coffee tastes like glue..

 

I think you may have been scammed. They may have given you duct tape, which lacks the wonderful rich flavor of duck, when properly prepared. 

 

How much did you pay? That could be a clue as to the fairness of your transaction. Or did you buy by the inch? People will try to take advantage of people in need……how sad. 

 

 

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3 hours ago, DrDawkinstein said:

I like the line of thought that the Bears can get out of that contract after the 2024 season, and likely will. And he'll end up back on the Bills at a far more affordable number, and at only 27.

This place would implode and be glorious. Oh so glorious. 

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