Free Agency Rolls On: DT Amobi Okoye is a Bear (Open Thread)

At least this give me hope that the Bears arent done on FA. Come on a get us a Guard and a center named Olin.

speaking of Ex Cowboys

Kreutz sucked last year and he wasn’t too much better the year before that. It’s not totally impossible for us to get better at Center and have a better O-line without him. Maybe the Bears feel the same way. Just saying.

very few to no O-linemen have been signed today. Makes me think the players are holding deals up.

Chester Taylor was 31 last year, we knew that was a risky deal.

Obviously Barber runs hard. But he just turned 28, he’s always split carries in the NFL (he only has about 100 more career carries than Chris Johnson), and he even split carries with Maroney in college. I love that the Bears finally got a RB who at least has a short yardage resume.

Yes, he’s our leader, and he’s the veteran on the o-line…but he’s also a lot worse than he used to be. I think overpaying a little for him is fine. And…$4m for one year for him is more than reasonable. I’d hate to lose him, but it’d be worse to massively overpay. Keep in mind, he’s not one of the top centers in the league anymore. Some people even argue he’s closer to the bottom than the top. So…1 year, $4m is fair. It’s more than he got last year. And it’s only slightly less than the average annual amount he was paid on his last contract…which he signed when he was younger.

If Barber can convert a second or third and short…it is well worth it. I wonder who is out the door? Taylor, Bell, or Unga?

But otherwise we are making progress, I am moving us up to B- C+ range on this Free Agency round.

Basically, they are a bunch of flyers on busts, or risky players. But what if any of them work out? They either leave next year or hold the bears for ransom.

What’s the point? You have to have a little confidence in these players Jerry, otherwise why sign them.

I guess people like Toeaina and Adams here, and I think they’re decent starters, but you gotta at least try to place players next to Peppers who have pass rush ability. It was sad late last year seeing Peppers take on two linemen while the DTs or Idonije couldn’t exploit single blockers.

With Gholston, Okoye, Paea, Wooten, Melton now in tow… geez… I gotta think a couple guys will emerge from that group to be impact players… there’s too much physical talent there. And they’re all really young, and mostly healthy, and are known as hard workers, and have some history of being good pass rushers. I’m excited for it.

Leonard davis ftw

Hello? Jerry Braylon Edwards, Malcolm Floyd….o-line!!!!!! How bout this? Trade your newly acquired 3rd rd pick for next yr and a 5th in 2k13 for asanti Samuel. And let’s call it a ring.

is telling players he aint coming back, looks like the reports are correct.

the Kreutz non-signing could be a good thing if they spend some money on a real guard. Garza plus Brian Waters or whatever is better than Kreutz and Garza. If they sign Sean Locklear or Ryan Harris to play RT, then have Webb be developmental/swing, that’s even better.

I think the Barber, Okoye and Gholsten moves are all low-risk, moderate rewards moves. Philly, Houston etc are playing to win, we are playing to hit at least .500. That’s kind of been Angelo’s MO since he got here—don’t take gambles, it’s better for job security to be around .500 all the time than be great one year and have a couple bad years after that.

Edwards wld b by far our best WR. Godspeed Olin you will b missed.