Austin Bonta

It's the fact that you look at where he is compared to other linebackers at his specific position.

He's the fourth highest paid one.

And so you have to weigh what you got out of Tremaine Edmonds this season

against the value of what you're paying compared to what other teams are paying that same position.

I know the salaries are going to go up, as you mentioned, because of the salary cap, but you still have to look at what are our priorities as an organization position-wise, because we know what's going on with the secondary, specifically the safety position, and where can we...

Shave some money off.

And I'm sorry, but he's the most obvious candidate just because of where we are in his contract, the timing and the structure of the contract.

So my first question is,

What do you think the conversation is like right now, specifically between Ryan Poles and obviously C.C.

Ben Johnson, but Dennis Allen?

Yeah.

And Dennis Allen getting what he needs.

He's a guy who moved, switched those guys position-wise.

We can talk about Tremaine Edmonds switching his linebacker position from what we had seen with T.J.

Edwards.

And clearly, when they were both healthy and it was limited, they were more effective, right?

in whatever Dennis Allen drew up systematically.

But I want to know, after seeing a season of him and really only a flash, a burst of some of the other guys, like Tyreek, what does he think about the way the Bears' defense looks, especially since Shamar Turner, like the draft guys he even got didn't really contribute much.

Zay Frazier.

Right.