Oso planning to go pro
If the Parkey kick goes in, I wonder if Fangio is still here.Really thought once Bowles didn’t sign a contract with Tampa this morning, he was coming to Chicago. Obviously money will be biggest factor, but should be plenty of good candidates for the Bears DC job. Curious to see what happens with Donatell, if he goes to Denver.
I sill think Rex would be a good choice, though a Bears fan friend raised a good point ... Rex is an awfully big personality, perhaps too big for a low-key organization with a low-key head coach.
I think you're right on with the too big a personality aspect (funny as his dad is a Bears legend). I give Bowles credit, from what it sounds like, he had not signed a contract with Tampa, but gave Arians his word that he'd be his DC. Then this morning he was really intrigued by Chicago, thought about it, and went back to keeping his word.
Bears pose an interesting dilemma for whoever their next DC is.Obviously all the pieces are in place to be successful. On the other hand, any regression - and it seems likely given a number of factors, like a tougher schedule - is going to be blamed on the new guy.
Back in '82, Chicos could throw a pigskin a quarter mile
What a god awful week.
Is Kyler Murray a success in the NFL?https://twitter.com/SInow/status/1083205578724438016
I'll be surprised if he goes before the 5th round. Very small (not just short), not a great arm by NFL standards and wants to play two sports.
If he drops much out of the 1st round he'll probably play baseball with the $$$ already guaranteed to him.
Contract in hand. Never has to get beat up by a 280lb end again. So much less risk of CTE. But hey, it is his choice.
If it is about most likely scenario of the most money to earn, historically would suggest going to football. I know that sounds backwards, but it isn't.https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/ask-ba-financially-kyler-murray-would-do-better-in-the-nfl/
But baseball is so boring.
The problem with this analysis is that it supposes that Murray will be a first round pick AND ... something exceptionally unlikely to happen if he plans to try both sports.
Unless he commits 100 percent to football - and why would he? - what team is going to use a first-round pick on him? Who wants a quarterback that's going to potentially be unavailable for OTAs, minicamp, training camp, the entire preseason and the first 4-5 weeks of the regular season?
Kingsbury said in October he would take him the number one pick overall, not just first round pick, but first pick of first round. In a twist of irony, Kingsbury is now the coach of the Arizona Cardinals and they have #1 pick. What will they do? Some articles today suggesting Cardinals will take him, trade Rosen.The analysis I attached is held by a few others. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2019-nfl-draft-heres-why-kyler-murray-should-play-in-the-nfl-and-pass-on-baseball/These jump out of extreme stiffs and how much they made. It's tough to break through in baseball, a long journey....how many stiffs in baseball make this kind of money?Mark Sanchez: $74.2 million- Matt Cassel: $65.5 million- Ryan Fitzpatrick: $58 million- Josh McCown: $49.7 millionA 2nd midround pick in the NFL makes the same as the A's have given to him.There are also some analysis that say baseball is the slam dunk. https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/heres-why-kyler-murray-should-stick-with-baseball-instead-of-declaring-for-the-nfl-draft/It's like 500 economists saying one thing, 500 another....or 5 SCOTUS justices saying one thing while 4 others say the opposite. It's pandemonium.
Hell no to Rex. He's nothing more than a caricature these days.
Apologies if I this is covered in the article, but is that money they actually received or just the sticker price of the contracts? Also, I believe those players were drafted before the capping of contracts for draft picks. First rounders got a lot more up front in the past.
Hell no to Rex. He's nothing more than a caricature these days. In Buffalo, he inherited a defensive that finished 2nd in DVOA in 2014. Two years later, his defense finished 27th. Sean McDermott comes in and the defense immediately bounces back, finishing 15th in 2017.
Mark Sanchez: $74.2 million- Matt Cassel: $65.5 million- Ryan Fitzpatrick: $58 million- Josh McCown: $49.7 million
In Sanchez's case, he got $28M guaranteed.....then three years later got a $40.5M extension, of which $20M was guaranteed. So that's $48M in guarantee money, plus whatever else he took in. Fox Sports and one other site say $72M in total, but I don't know if some of that was sticker price. Let's just go with the guarantee alone, which we know is low because it doesn't include the years he did actually fulfill....$48M. That's a lot of money for a stiff.