Chris Emma

You do have to keep your eye on DJ.

You also know that he is a possibility for a restructure of a contract because he's got so many years to work with.

So, you know, that's part of it, too.

The Bears don't have a ton of long-term deals where they could rework and help get some room under the salary cap.

um old joe tooney jonah jackson 14 million dollar for for potential contract restructure we haven't talked about that much yet so i'm glad you brought that up well because joe tooney was a restructure right it was like an extension and then they worked with the existing years to be able to oh when they brought him in correct initially yes he had he was traded for then he had existing years on his deal then they decided to extend him to help kick that out i think

I'm glad you brought up Tremaine Edmonds as well because I want to get to that.

So Ryan Poles was asked a question about the linebacker situation.

And that is a very injured group right now.

And you consider Noah Sewell out with the Achilles.

TJ Edwards had to be carted off the field.

He had the broken leg, my goodness sake.

And I thought there was a really good comment that Ryan Polson made when he said, you know, we're trying to figure out timelines.

And then also, when they return, are they going to be the same player?

When you heard that, who did you think of?

My initial thought was Sewell because of the Achilles, because Achilles can't hurt people.

Did you guys both think of TJ?

Because TJ had not just one, but two debilitating injuries throughout the season.

And it wasn't even just the broken leg.

You know, he was dealing with multiple injuries.

And he wasn't a player known for injuries until this past year.