Matt Spiegel

Wow.

So two of three there.

We're trying to figure out.

If they're going to use those picks, the first rounder and the two second rounders to do that and or fix, I don't know, offensive line.

There's just so many different directions they go.

Let me ask you this.

As we get into the second wave of free agency, is there an area where you feel like the Bears can improve through that avenue before we get to the draft?

There's not really a whole lot else out there at the moment.

This was a very thin free agent class.

You know, general managers have gotten wise over the last four to five years that if you sign guys early, you get a discount because the cap is jumping eight to nine percent per year, which is translating to a 20 to 25 million dollar jump in the cap every single year at this point.

So if you get guys done early, you know, it is.

It'll kind of the off ramp, I guess I would say, is smoother.

Right.

Especially when you're throwing in void years and everything like that.

So you see teams like Buffalo paying guys a slew of guys after their third year.

You know, the Eagles are just throwing like four void years under their contracts to fit everybody in.

So it's just teams are getting better about retaining their own core.

Unless you're the Ravens, they let everybody go.

But.

Because of that, the free agent classes are relatively thin compared to what I would say they were 10 years ago.