NFL Thread 2022-2023
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That was actually a really nice play call on that TD. Fields likely gets sacked the last couple weeks on that play.
I'm okay with a 20-14 lead at half considering how big the momentum shifts were in that first half.
Bears grabbed the momentum back right before half. Screw the Zappe magic.
Clearly Mac is Bledsoe in this scenario, and Zappe is Brady. Sorry I don't make the rules.
I'd have to imagine that's ballgame right there.
Raise your hand if you predicted the Bears offense to put up 33 points on the road (without the benfit of a defensive or special teams score) against a Bill Belicheck squad.
Going into tonight, 1st and 2nd year QBs were 3-45 against Belichick at Foxboro. Tua and Kaep are the only two to win there and Kaep was the only one to win in primetime.
I also think this may be the first time the Bears have ever won at New England.
Justin Fields is the guy and I can't be told otherwise. Poles has a bunch of cap space and all of his picks (possibly more coming) get him some weapons.
The Velus Jones pick is an utter disaster. 25 years old can't run routes, cant field punts, and hasn't even been back on kick returns.
The Velus Jones pick is an utter disaster. 25 years old can't run routes, cant field punts, and hasn't even been back on kick returns.
It is. Also the Bears first victory over the Patriots since 2000 - the year before Brady. Just needed him to finally leave to make it happen.
Wow. I'm also pretty sure that was Urlacher and Mike Brown's rookie years.
Yeah but we can’t act like the defense didn’t set them up a bunch of times.
They gained 400 yards of offense. It’s not like the defense was routinely setting them up inside the Patriots 10 yard line. They did on their final drive and ended it by taking a knee on 4th down.
Trade news: Robert Quinn traded to the Eagles for a fourth rounder. Think the Bears are eating most of his contract.
Too productive lol
For this year, they are yes.
They probably could have gotten more for Quinn had they traded him in the offseason but it is what it is at this point. And 5th round pick Dominique Robinson has looked pretty good thus far.
With this trade happening now, they'll have roughly $134 million in cap space next offseason.
illini80
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I’ll admit to never fully understanding the salary cap. Obviously they have a lot of money they can spend. But don’t they also have to meet some payroll minimums?
The minimum is basically 89% of the cap.
(It’s more complicated than that. A team can go under for a year, but then has to pay more in later years. But for all practical purposes, it’s 89% of the cap.)
The cap this year is $208mm. The Bears are at $202mm, but are spending a bizarre amount of that cap - almost 40% - on players no longer with the team - Mack, Dalton, Cohen, Graham, and several others. When you add in injured guys, less than 50% of their cap money this year is actually being spent on guys who are actually playing for the Bears.
illini80
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Wow. That is a shocking number. Thanks for the info.
Broncos beat the Jaguars in London 21-17.
Flipping throught Game Pass and see Kirby Joseph lay the wood and force a fumble, then they show his his pregame running backflip, or front flip, I don't know gymnastics. It was impressive regardless.
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