Oso planning to go pro
“As for the narrative Love was a wasted a pick, I disagree,” a former GM in the league said Tuesday. “That pick totally refocused and refreshed Rodgers as a player and as a competitor.”
Yep, all the Packers had to do was trade up to draft a bad QB so that the guy they were paying tens of millions of dollars to could be refocused and refreshed enough to choke in the playoffs again.
Haters gonna hate.
https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1502038653366939661?t=E2oRJSJawm2uNPGMxoS9qw&s=19Bears trading Mack.Whoa
2nd and 6th round pick. Like this move for the Bears
They need draft picks bad. Like the move.
They weren’t re-signing him. I’m sure a lot of people think they didn’t get enough but I’m not sure what his market was/is.
Good move for the Bears. Mack was not going to be a key piece to the next good Bears team so better to recoup some assets now. Now could Quinn also be on the move?
He was still under contract through 2024.
I see that. I mis-read something elsewhere. Still think it was the right move long term
Quinn’s contract is very reasonable. I get that he’s 32, but I’d expect if they do move him, they’d get a slightly better return than on Mack.
Here's what would worry me about Quinn:2016 - 4 sacks2017 - 8.5 sacks2018 - 6.5 sacks2019 - 11.5 sacks2020 - 2 sacks2021 - 18.5 sacksHe's had a real hard time putting together back-to-back seasons since 2013-14.Anyhow, while it's far from his fault, hard to look at the Mack trade as anything but a failure for the Bears. They gave up two firsts and handed him $91 million over four years and didn't win a single playoff game.
Yeah, it didn’t work out, but I still don’t mind that Pace made that move at the time.
Anyhow, while it's far from his fault, hard to look at the Mack trade as anything but a failure for the Bears. They gave up two firsts and handed him $91 million over four years and didn't win a single playoff game.
You make a move like that when you think you're one star player away from contending.Easy to say in hindsight, of course, but Pace obviously misjudged how close the Bears were to contending.
Not shocked on the Mack trade, this was going to be his last season in Chicago, Bears got something for him. They’ll carry $24 mil in dead cap on Mack, but it’ll actually create $6 million in cap space.Loved the trade with Oakland when it happened, didn’t pan out, but still think it was a shot worth taking.
Agree on all counts. With the Bears moving to a 4-3, Mack was a not a fit moving forward.