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And who are you proposing we trade him for? Its easy to call everything stupid and dumb and oh em gee the worst thing ever but its a lot more difficult to use thought and propose a trade that makes some sense. Show your work.

Life of an aging running back

You have to nail the pick. Also, what second round defensive lineman this season is putting up good sack totals and run stopping numbers? AND you have to hope he signs in free agency. They could be just as likely to not sign him in free agency and miss on the pick. Its the Bears.

We also need to make a call on Horn soon who is our best player on the field when he is out there. Cap can go away quick.

And he is super valuable as a run stopper on the edge. Burns value is tied up 100% in rushing the passer. Sweat this season has been better at it and their run grades aren't even close. We should lock up Burns BEFORE Sweat gets his money.

I don't sub to PFF so I asked for the PFF ranks on Burns compared to Sweat, here is where they are at vs the run. So Sweat has been more productive this season as a pass rusher and he is significantly better in the run game.

Great trade honestly. Bears still have 2 top 5 picks plus I think 2025 year yall have 2 seconds as well.

And I think Burns is going to get more than that. Burns argument just simply needs to be "Nobody through my age in the history of the NFL has as many sacks as me, ever". Or at least that was true last year and he is on pace for another 10+ sack season. Burns is going to beat both the Gary deal and the Sweat deal. Chicago had over 100 million in cap space for next year. They can give this kid 28 per year and still have over 70 million left.

I think I need to update my LinkedIn to include "NFC Player Personnel Executive".

This is a smart move for them at low cost. The Bears have the most cap room in the NFL next year. Money isn't an issue. Sweat in 2023: 8 games played , 32 tackles, 11 solo, 6.5 sacks, 2 forced fumbles, 1 pass defense and 7.5 stuffs. Burns in 2023: 7 games played, 21 total tackles, 14 solo, 5 sacks, 1 forced fumble, no passes defended and 4 stuffs. They are getting a Burns level player this season and he will only cost a second plus he won't get Burns level money in the extension.

Hurst shouldn't have been a first round TE, IMO. I don't believe age is all but a TE who is 24 when entering the draft ( when you grade on pass catching and blocking ) is such a stretch. At 24 he was playing against 18-22 year olds. He should look good when blocking and running routes.

Chicago isnt going to trade for 2 DEs. Lock the threads please mods, @LinvilleGorge

This is sort of my thought process as well. 1 - Get a fair deal for Burns signed. 2 - If you can't get him signed long term now we trade him for picks plus a player and use the money saved to lock up Brown and another player long term and then draft offense or use the picks to move up and draft offense.

Sorry folks, its significantly easier to link reddit posts than tweets so this is what I am doing.

We are 1-0 since the bye. We are on a winning streak! And Bryce is significantly better than Jimmy G. Come here to help us with Adams!

I don't want a trade just because. I haven't made a single trade thread or comment until this thread here. I, too, would like Fitterer gone. It would create a hole on defense but Evero's defense in Denver didn't get home a ton on the QB either. They had an elite corner in the secondary ( and I think Johnson and Horn would give us 2 ) and they blitzed linebackers. And I like Luvu better than what Denver had last year. We could make up for the loss with just a smidge of creativity. But on the Fitt topic, I wish but don't see Tep giving him walking papers.

Burns is absolutely not our best player and I haven't played Madden in like 10 years.

I am pro-Burns. But I do fully believe he is bad in the run game. I would also like to pay Burns and keep him. But if we can't come to a deal then we need to get something of value in return for him rather than let him walk or have all the leverage against us in negotiations.