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What recent additions have the Bears made during the legal tampering period?
Bears fans, this is Take the North. What's the reason, Doc? It's here. With your hosts. All these guys.
Dan Wiederer. The whole key to sustaining success in this league is to have a quarterback play that is top tier and can consistently push you down those roads.
And Mark Grody. We're allowed to at this point. Bears fans are allowed to right now dream big and predict what you want out of the season. We're going to take the North and never give it back. Hello again everybody and welcome in to the Take the North podcast along with Dan Wiederer of The Athletic. I am Mark Brody of 104.3 The Score. We are smack dab in the middle of the free agent negotiating period as we record this podcast on a Tuesday at 1016 in the morning is when we are starting this just to let people know because we do like to use the word fluid. on this particular podcast, Take the North End, and that's exactly what it is.
How do the Bears' new signings impact their roster?
You have joined us in mid-thought, in mid-negotiating, with things having already been done, all of which we will discuss on this podcast, but the disclaimer is necessary.
Mr. Weedzy. Things are fluid, and they will remain fluid probably through the remainder of the week. It's really funny, Grody, because once upon a time, the ebb and flow of this period in the NFL was much different. It wasn't until... officially the new league year began that you'd have that happy new year explode the pinatas and then everything would start moving at breakneck speed now we're you know 48 52 hours in advance of that where everything really gets rolling and even beyond beyond that because of the way the league has reacted and sort of made the trade market in march a big deal last week was this series of major moves, which we obviously felt in Chicago with the DJ Moore trade, with the Max Crosby trade to Baltimore.
There were so many things flying around that it feels like when we finally do get to the league year, that it's kind of calm and that everything becomes official, but the activity isn't as chaotic as once upon a time it was.
Let me just run through really quickly for the benefit of our audience what has happened so far on our watch. And again, it's 1018 now on the Tuesday of Free Agent Week. Wednesday is when all of these deals become official. But let me go in no particular order necessarily. But here's what the Bears have done so far. They They have maintained, they have kept some players, including DeMarco Jackson, the linebacker, two years, $77.5 million.
What are the implications of Braxton Jones' one-year deal?
Special teamer and maybe sometimes defender, Daniel Hardy stays with the Bears, two years and $6 million. Braxton Jones is back for a year and $10 million. Case Keenum, the third-string quarterback, is back with the Bears. And then some of the bigger ones from the outside, Kobe Bryant, the safety, three years, $40 million. Devin Bush, the linebacker, gets three years and $30 million with the Bears. Nose tackle, Neville Gallimore, the 28-year-old, he is here with the Bears as well. And as you already know, the Bears do have guys like Garrett Bradbury, the center, who was signed here, of course, whom we talked about. So I think that that's the thumbnail right there dan i i don't know how you characterize the day and we'll get into all of it in the specific players the word that is coming into my mind today yesterday as this was happening on rahimi harrison grody on the score in real time and we were kind of trying to process it and break it down i said pretty good that was the word that i use a pretty good day i couldn't use i needed the qualifier for not quite good but pretty good today dan i am using the word reasonable
It's been a reasonable start to free agency for Chicago Bears, filling some needs, especially with those two players at safety and linebacker and Kobe Bryant and Devin Bush, both pretty good products for the Bears who will not insult anybody's football sensibilities at all in any way, shape, or form. And in fact, I'm pretty excited about the ceiling of what we might see out of the safety Kobe Bryant.
Well, so here's where I'm going to give you a choice here.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What recent additions have the Bears made during the legal tampering period?
0:00–0:59
2
How do the Bears' new signings impact their roster?
0:59–2:35
3
What are the implications of Braxton Jones' one-year deal?
2:35–4:18
4
How does the addition of Garrett Bradbury affect the Bears' offensive line?
4:18–4:59
5
What is Devin Bush's potential impact on the Bears' defense?
4:59–6:15
6
How does the Bears' salary cap situation influence their roster moves?
6:15–8:04
7
What are the Bears' draft strategies following recent trades?
8:04–9:41
8
Why didn't the Bears receive compensatory draft picks for Ian Cunningham?
9:41–43:59
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