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Bears fans rejoice... The Chicago Bears just traded their #1 overall draft pick for a nice haul of draft picks and a terrific young wide receiver, which they really needed.
Story- https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...nds-d-j-moore/
The key thing with D.J. Moore is that he is only 25 years old and has several prime years ahead of him, barring injury. Bears fans have grown tired of the Bears usually signing or trading for older, veteran players on the downside of their careers.
Having a wide receiver squad with Moore, Chase Claypool, and Darnell Mooney is a huge upgrade over what Justin Fields has had to work with the last 2 seasons. Now they can use the draft picks to upgrade the offensive line and defense.
Here is an interesting statistic for Bears fans.... D.J. Moore, who the Bears acquired in this trade, already has more career receiving yardage in the NFL than any Bears receiver in the history of their franchise. And he is only 25 years old and signed for 3 more seasons (through 2025) at well below the current market value for a #1 receiver of his caliber.
Unbelievable how bad da Bears have been in passing the ball in the history of the NFL, especially in the last 10-20 years. 4 of the top 5 played in the 80's and before, 3 of them in the 60's, 2 of them in the 50's. da Bears are the only team who hasn't had a QB throw for over 4,000. Hopefully that will change in the next year or two. Step 2 is hitting the free agency period, starting on Monday, running.
Unbelievable how bad da Bears have been in passing the ball in the history of the NFL, especially in the last 10-20 years. 4 of the top 5 played in the 80's and before, 3 of them in the 60's, 2 of them in the 50's. da Bears are the only team who hasn't had a QB throw for over 4,000. Hopefully that will change in the next year or two. Step 2 is hitting the free agency period, starting on Monday, running.
It is almost hard to believe how bad it has been, especially when passing in the NFL has become much easier over the past 2 decades. Glad to see the Bears making some moves at least.
Thinking is the hardest work, that is why so few people do it. -Henry Ford
Yeah...I've been in college for a while now and I'm pretty sure that awesomest is not a word. -Andrew E.
And the Bears still have a lot of cap space left, so expect more free agent signings. And then the NFL Draft, Thursday-Saturday, April 27-29, should also be exciting for Bears fans. With the trades they have made, the Bears now have 10 picks in the 7 rounds of this year's draft, as well as two 1st round picks in 2024, and extra picks in 2025 as well.-
Chicago Bears 2023 Draft Picks
No. 9 (1st round from Carolina)
No. 53 (2nd round from Baltimore)
No. 61 (2nd round from Carolina)
No. 64 (3rd round)
No. 103 (4th round)
No. 133 (4th from Philadelphia)
No. 136 (5th round)
No. 148 (5th round from New England/Baltimore)
No. 218 (7th round)
No. 258 (7th round compensatory pick)
The Bears day-one free agent haul includes-
DeMarcus Walker DE/DT from the Tennessee Titans
T.J. Edwards LB from the Philadelphia Eagles
Tremaine Edmunds LB from the Buffalo Bills
Nate Davis OG from the Tennessee Titans
That's quite a day! Not sure how excited I should be about DeMarcus Walker, though. Would love to hear someone's opinion on him from someone who watched the Titans regularly.
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I've got a theory that if you give 100 percent all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.
That's quite a day! Not sure how excited I should be about DeMarcus Walker, though. Would love to hear someone's opinion on him from someone who watched the Titans regularly.
I am not too familiar with DeMarcus Walker, but here are a few things about him from his Pro-Football-Reference page. He is a Defensive End from Florida State U. and was drafted in the 2nd round (51st overall) in 2017 by the Denver Broncos. Like all the new acquisitions by the Bears, he is relatively young (28 years old) and in the prime years of his career, not on the downside like most Bears free agents in the past all seem to have been. He didn't play a lot in his first 4 seasons with Denver, just 5 starts in those 4 seasons. Last season with Tennessee, he played in 17 games but started only 6. In a part-time role, he had 32 tackles, 23 solo, and 7 sacks.
Nobody on the Bears last season had more than 4 sacks, and only 1 defensive line player had more than 23 solo tackles. That was Justin Jones, who had 28 solos and 3 sacks, but he started all 17 games, and played a lot more snaps than Walker. He still has to prove he can be an every down player, but most football media people agree he is a big upgrade at DE.
Bears head coach Matt Eberfluss thinks he will flourish in his defensive system.
Bears' running back David Montgomery, who was a free agent, just signed with the Detroit Lions.
The Bears then signed running back Travis Homer from the Seattle Seahawks.
Travis Homer is 24 years old, Montgomery is 25. Montgomery signed for $18 million over 3 years. Homer signed for $4.5 million over 2 years, so the Bears save a bunch of money. Homer has been a backup for his 4 years in Seattle, so it's hard to know how effective he'll be if he gets more time at running back. He was a valuable special teams guy at Seattle, and is a very good blocking back and receiver.
The Bears also have Khalil Herbert (731 yards in 13 games/129 attempts), who actually had a better season than Montgomery (801 yards in 16 games/201 attempts), though his season was cut short by injury. So they should be OK with their run game, and they are expected to rely more on the passing game than they have in Justin Fields' first 2 seasons.
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