James Palmer

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.

And then this past year, with the entire world just talking about Nicky Manwari, has really made the position a little bit more attractive in terms of teams' aggressiveness towards it, specifically in the draft too.

But I do think it's one of those situations, because of the relationship and the age,

that you can continue to probably keep tabs and see if there's a possibility to bring him back.

Because you're right, having both those guys back there, I think Kobe Bryant was a really, really good pick.

It's not a scheme fit entirely for him, but he's just enough of a player and brings that Super Bowl mentality.

And those guys are oftentimes coveted to teams that feel like they're on the cusp.

It happens, certainly.

And that's why we have the comp pick system put in place.

Is that a touchy subject in Chicago?

Compensatory picks?

Yeah, it is interesting that within the bylaws, within the written aspect of it, Layla, yeah, it says, you know, a decision-making role, i.e.

general manager.