17. "RE: Chicago Bears Offseason Thread" In response to In response to 8
>Okay...nothing to really disagree with their except the >premise that good players don't hit free agency.
Which is why I wrote "Typically". Brady. Rodgers, and Urlacher are great players that teams build around and teams will do whatever they can that is within their power to not let that player slip through their fingers. Yes there are great players that do hit FA (Ndamukong Suh), I not saying that it doesn't happen.
Perhaps you >mean, like Julius Peppers last year? Who the much-lauded Ted >Thompson picked up and is now retaining. While we jettisoned >him to add Jared Allen who sucked.
^I have already pointed out previously as to why Emery cut Peppers. Peppers was not worth the 18 mil cap hit at that time. The Packers did not think so either which is why they signed him for less. Peppers had a great season last yr. but his on the field play the previous season pointed to a decline and it worked out great for the Packers. The got great play from someone on a deal that did not have an 18 mil cap hit. The Bears don't have a crystal ball and did not foresee Peppers having the kind of year that he had. It's football. It's a business. It's a gamble. It sucks. The Bears lost and that's the reality.
Now Pace and Fox need to fix it. They didn't break it, they just got here. Now it's on them to make it work. It remains to be seen if they can. It's just the beginning. More work needs to be done.
While we may not agree on the process, we both want the same thing. The Bears winning the Super Bowl. Not just one, but many Super Bowls.