Lawrence Holmes

There's a lot of guys who've started games in recent years and several games in recent years who Tyson Beijing can do as much as they end up doing.

But that being said, the value he has to the bears and the fact that they've just re-upped him with his contract is,

To have that security as your number two, Caleb's durability, it's great to have that confidence, but if you move on from Tyson Bajent, then what do you have to do to replace that?

Because now you are in a window where you want to win, and you don't want the potential for Caleb missing a series, missing a game, missing games, plural, to potentially derail the window that you're in right now with this cast.

I know the Bears have invested in Tyson Bajan.

I wouldn't necessarily say I have more faith in him than Case Keenum, but the Bears have invested in him.

And I don't know what Case Keenum's been in the league for a long time.

Even if he's making league minimum, that's still really significant money because of how much of a tenured veteran he is.

He might be making more than the minimum, but if he is, it's still a lot more than what the minimum would be for a guy on his rookie deal because Case Keenum is such a tenured veteran in the league.

He's been in the league for over a decade.

He's well into his mid-30s right now.

So whatever his contract is, it's not taking up a big chunk of the cap.

But third quarterback money, how long do you want to continue to pay Case Keenum whatever he's taken up to essentially be an assistant QB coach?

Yeah, I hadn't even considered it through that lens of it being maybe a drafted guy who would be your number two.

Or you mean if you brought Case Keenum back as your number two and then drafted.

Okay, I see what you're saying with that.

To me, it depends on the return for Bajent.

If you actually get something for Tyson Bajent, I think that's great.

I definitely agree with that.

I don't think you're getting a day one or two draft pick for Tyson Bajent.