topwop1 1,352 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 13 minutes ago, blkwdw13 said: I can’t believe they just straight up cut him, like I said hopefully he goes to a good team and continues his play. I think this might have been the straw that broke the defense, especially since it has came out that Hicks wants a trade. This team is going to be a nightmare this upcoming season. I really don't want understand what Pace & Nagy are thinking It's as if their jobs are not in jeopardy as much as we were led to believe There just doesn't seem to be a direction to improve my the team for this coming season. Unless I'm missing something here that's part of a grander plan? These moves are just odd I mean why cut Fuller for nothing in return but keep Jimmy Graham who's pretty much just a red zone target? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blkwdw13 475 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 9 minutes ago, topwop1 said: I really don't want understand what Pace & Nagy are thinking It's as if their jobs are not in jeopardy as much as we were led to believe There just doesn't seem to be a direction to improve my the team for this coming season. Unless I'm missing something here that's part of a grander plan? These moves are just odd I mean why cut Fuller for nothing in return but keep Jimmy Graham who's pretty much just a red zone target? I don’t understand it at all. I guess there is next offseason to look forward to, that is until Pace and Nagy are still with the team. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sugashane 3,042 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 4 hours ago, beardown3231 said: I'm starting to think Pace and maybe even Nagy have a lot more job security than we believe, because these last few days have left me awfully confused on the direction of the team. Sign Dalton to perhaps sneak back into January but then cut your best corner Hicks is next I'm starting to wonder if Pace and Nagy are trying to get out of Chicago. Overall Pace is just throwing me for a loop. You can't tell me there was zero trade interest. That's total bs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blkwdw13 475 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 3 minutes ago, Sugashane said: I'm starting to wonder if Pace and Nagy are trying to get out of Chicago. Overall Pace is just throwing me for a loop. You can't tell me there was zero trade interest. That's total bs. Why wouldn’t they just quit then, a season like I’m thinking is going to happen is going to be a huge black mark on them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CBears019 640 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Have the Bears officially announced this move? Is it possible this is a situation where we hear he’s being released, but then they get a trade done at the last second with a team not wanting to compete with others on the open market? That’s what I’m hoping for. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blkwdw13 475 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 6 minutes ago, CBears019 said: Have the Bears officially announced this move? Is it possible this is a situation where we hear he’s being released, but then they get a trade done at the last second with a team not wanting to compete with others on the open market? That’s what I’m hoping for. That is what a few tweets posted have mentioned, that it was announced after the transaction line had closed for the day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CBears019 640 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 12 minutes ago, blkwdw13 said: That is what a few tweets posted have mentioned, that it was announced after the transaction line had closed for the day. That’s all i can hope for at this point. You can’t not get anything for a guy like fuller. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sugashane 3,042 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 1 hour ago, blkwdw13 said: Why wouldn’t they just quit then, a season like I’m thinking is going to happen is going to be a huge black mark on them. It was more tongue in cheek than anything. You quit your have to give back money that was going to be earned that season. We've seen a bunch of players that had to give back money when they retired early into their big deals, and Pace and Nagy aren't getting QB money so that's a significant drop. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TransientTexan 264 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 (edited) If they needed cap space, Graham should have been the first to go. At the same time I think this reveals that the league in general doesn’t value Fuller as highly as fans do, based on his declining 2020 performance, high-salary, and age. I’m sure the FO was putting out feelers to other teams even while including him in Wilson trade-package offers. But, the other team would have to pay him a top-5 CB cap hit. For a guy that graded #38 overall last year and #22 in coverage, despite being on a team with a top-5 pass rush. And who is about to turn 30 in at the end of the season. I’m sure some team will take a chance on him rebounding. Just at a lesser cap hit. Edited March 19 by TransientTexan 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dll2000 2,941 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 We are going a little overboard. You can disagree with the cut and I do, but if Pace could have traded him he would have. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
topwop1 1,352 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 7 hours ago, TransientTexan said: If they needed cap space, Graham should have been the first to go. At the same time I think this reveals that the league in general doesn’t value Fuller as highly as fans do, based on his declining 2020 performance, high-salary, and age. I’m sure the FO was putting out feelers to other teams even while including him in Wilson trade-package offers. But, the other team would have to pay him a top-5 CB cap hit. For a guy that graded #38 overall last year and #22 in coverage, despite being on a team with a top-5 pass rush. And who is about to turn 30 in at the end of the season. I’m sure some team will take a chance on him rebounding. Just at a lesser cap hit. Pretty much this. I've had the time to think about it and given that any team trading for Fuller would have had to either accept his high cap hit for 2021 (which was close to $20M) or be willing to re-negotiate his deal to a long term extension, that would surely have made finding a trade partner difficult. I guess Bears didn't want to commit to Fuller any longer than this year and when he refused to take a pay cut that was the last straw. Still sucks they couldn't have tried to make it work for this one last year and then let him walk next year in 2022 FA to try and recoup a comp pick in 2023. That would have been a much better plan I think. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chisoxguy7 248 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 2 hours ago, dll2000 said: We are going a little overboard. You can disagree with the cut and I do, but if Pace could have traded him he would have. You are giving Ryan Pace a lot of credit he has not earned. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Heinz D. 1,607 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 3 hours ago, dll2000 said: We are going a little overboard. You can disagree with the cut and I do, but if Pace could have traded him he would have. I bet no one wanted to trade for him unless he signed an extension. He refused because he wanted to become a free agent. Which may end up costing him a lot of money in the end, but at least he'll be able to choose his own landing spot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Madmike90 882 Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Fuller lands with Fango in Denver...great fit for him obviously...hope he gets paid a bucket load. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blkwdw13 475 Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Not that it matters much but though they were all reporting he wasn’t on the transaction wire as released yet. Either way good for him getting back with Fangio, hope he continues to do good and Denver has a good season. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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