Bears comfortable not signing FA safety, but are you?

They could get a FS starter in either the 3rd or 4th round… but you thing they’d feel better with a vet

when a guy like OJ Atogwe is still available at this point and a team with a glaring need at safety doesnt sign for that little of money him that is why the whole front office needs to be fired. i understand you dont need a pro bowler at every position but if you have the opportunity to do it then why not?

If the draft falls right and you can get a starting FS you don’t need to go to FA
If you end up having to draft a guard, get Atogwe.

GET HIM NOW!

I think JA is living in his fantasy world. And to me, it can’t be overlooked about the difference in opinion between JA and Lovie regarding the safety position. Kev H quotes JA in this post saying he’s good staying put but then we have Lovie just a month or so ago at the owners meetings saying that it was a glaring need and he wanted it addressed in the draft.

Lovie or JA? Both their jobs are on the line and he says he’s happy? He must know something I figured he and Lovie would back each other.If we don’t address that need then the signing of JP won’t be that great(I think)

If the Rams dont wanna pay Otogwe 6.342 mil Why not offer him the same damn tender right now before the draft? Chances are he’s gonna want that same money as a free-agent and the price might actually go higher than that if/when he hits the market. Signing him to that tender now like today will not only force the Rams to make a decision on whether or not they want to keep him but will also tell us which way we want to go in the draft. Best case scenario- The Rams dont match we get the FS we all want and need then draft O-Line with the 3rd round pick. Worse Case- The Rams match and we go FS with the pick. People criticize Lovie but i bet he would have already made an offer to Otogwe and he would either be a Bear right now or we would know for sure what to do concerning the draft.

I really think they come away with a high draft pick and a veteran afterward. Maybe even two FS, one being a hybrid S/CB.

I wouldn’t put it past Angelo to take a DT or DE with one of our top picks (3rd or 4th round).

Pass Rush!

Teams, specially tampa 2 teams have better secondaries when they have dominant Pass Rush.
Remember how well Vasher and Tillman played when bears had some kind of passrush ? (either for Brown, Ogunleye or Harris)

So i think if Bears Pass Rush works better this season, Zack Bowman, Tillman and Kevin Payne or Manning will have strong performances.

Its up to you, Bears DL.

FS would be a mid to late round selection, but this draft, having some of the best S in recent history, most quality safeties will go before the end of round 2. So unless you want more sub-par safety play like the last 2 seasons, we need to find a way into the first two rounds or pick up someone in FA.

Draft or sign a strong safety prospect and “mold” him into a free safety.
                    You could then go with another option;
Draft or sign a strong safety prospect and unsuccessfully try to “mold” him into a free safety.
                    And yet a 6th option;
Try and pretend the strong safeties on our roster are ACTUAL free safeties.

Atogwe? If we got Atogwe I’m all for a FA, otherwise, hit the draft up. I’m not really interested in anyone else left in the market.