Matt Spiegel
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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.
It's just not a lot of guys hitting the market that are of quality.
So you really have to be a draft and develop team.
And unfortunately, when it comes to pass rush, the Bears have not been a good draft and develop team since...
Ooh, God.
2005?
If I had to guess.
Oh, goodness.
Like, in terms of having a legitimate pass rush?
No, in terms of, like, drafting.
Because, like, 2018, Khalil was brought in for a trade.
Yeah, and Robert Quinn.