Mark Grote
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Mm.
And when it comes to, I think a lot of people think the upside's higher with Waddell because of what he was dealing with in Miami, and maybe that's what netted it.
But I think you're right.
I think it has a lot to do with the fact that, oh, these two teams are also in competition with each other in the Bills and the Broncos.
And they're very much expecting, I'm sure, to see each other somehow in the playoffs or understanding that that is absolutely a foe that they're going to have to face down the line.
And I do wonder if DJ Moore going to New England or to Buffalo rather set the price differently for them.
And I say New England knowing they could have used DJ Moore services too.
But I think I wonder if that did set the price differently for Denver because the market became more scarce and they had to do something different.
Well, I think it feels light because we know what DJ meant to this team.
I think that they're betting a lot on themselves and their choices as a team, the Bears are, when it comes to betting that the improvement of Caleb Williams is going to
outpace the roster replacements that we've seen so far.
I think they're betting that the improvement of Luther Byrne and Colston Loveland may help swallow some of the yards that DJ Moore had.
I'm assuming they think that Roma Dunze is going to catch more than 50% of his targets next year.
And I say that understanding that is very much, I feel like, a two-person stat that
You know, Caleb Williams' completion percentage is a two-person stat.
It's just not on him.
It's also on those he was throwing the ball to and how good the ball was.
Like, we look at it as individual plays.
It adds up to these totals.
So I think they're betting on the idea that all of that improvement โ