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Bear's side of getting Moore

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Bears GM Ryan Poles also inquired about defensive linemen Brian Burns and Derrick Brown, but both being on rookie contracts impeded either being included in the trade.

“In the very beginning I was laughed at because I had [one of] three guys that I wanted in the trade,” Poles said, via The Athletic’s Jim Trotter (subscription required). “I did know and felt like there was more of an opportunity to get D.J. because he had a bigger contract and there would be a bigger benefit in cap space to kick back to Carolina. But it was not easy because they absolutely loved that kid. It was painful to pull him out of their arms. I really think it would have been even harder if he had been on a rookie contract.”

 

https://www.profootballrumors.com/2023/05/d-j-moores-contract-factored-into-bears-trade-effort

 

 

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Water under the bridge, but he's right, having the cap space benefit really helped.  If Mingo can produce something like 700 yards this season, it would be more than worth the trade.  Not to mention, it saved us a 2025 1st rounder. 

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Love DJ, but I think we wont have a whole lot of trouble replacing 1000 yards and 4 TDs every season.  To his credit though, he never had a real QB throwing him the ball.  Maybe Fields can become that?

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43 minutes ago, joemac said:

Love DJ, but I think we wont have a whole lot of trouble replacing 1000 yards and 4 TDs every season.  To his credit though, he never had a real QB throwing him the ball.  Maybe Fields can become that?

Fields has no excuses this year.   We'll see.   As for  DJ, he didn't even cross 1k last year.  He had 888 yards.  Thielen had 716 on fewer attempts with 1/3 the drop rate and more first downs.  I'm not saying Thielen is as good as DJ.  I'm saying the production drop off isn't as extreme as the salary drop off.

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