James Palmer

And it's going to take the league in general to more or less tell him the number is going to go down.

Because what often happens in free agency, as we were just talking about with Tyrell Linderbaum, is it takes just one team to go, hell, I'll pay it.

You know what I mean?

That's all it takes, and that's what he's waiting for.

The league might collectively need to tell Trey Hendrickson that he's not going to be worth that.

And in free agency, when teams panic, sometimes that doesn't work.

He's been a very fascinating player for the course of his career, in all honesty.

I think he's been undervalued in terms of dollars his entire career.

He's never been put in that Derwin James and Kyle Hamilton and top safeties in the league group really at any point in his career.

And I don't know why, because I think we saw plenty of playmaking ability even at the age he was at this past season.

And I know Chicago loves him.

And I know Ryan Poles loves him, and he admitted at the combine it might be a challenge to bring him back.

But oftentimes with players of this age, Marshall, you're kind of right where you're always keeping a tab.

Like Bill Belichick used to do this all the time to where there were certain players that he had a strong affinity for, but he knew that they could possibly get paid elsewhere.

But he also was like, if you get anything, just come back to me.

and tell me what it was, because obviously we'd love to have you, but I'm in some cap constraints here, and this is kind of a similar conversation I think Ryan Poles could probably have with Kevin Beyer.

Just make sure you keep checking in with us and have the ability possibly for us to match that.

Because of the reputation has been what it is, and again, I don't know why, because he's an outstanding player, might be beneficial to where things stand with Chicago right now.

TBD in a sense, but I do think the position as a whole

has an increased value over the last two seasons, I would say.