Chris Emma: Trades are on the table for Bears as they contemplate cap casualties
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
This hour is brought to you by Menards. Once more time.
Save big money at Menards. Would it be on the table for you guys to have a tackle with Tooney as a longer-term solution, or was that only something you would do in a pinch?
I would say only in a pinch. We like him. That's where we'd like him to play next year.
Okay, so that is also big from Ryan Bowles.
What insights did Chris Emma share from the NFL Combine?
That was his side session. Joe Tooney is not going to left tackle. How does that conversation go? Hey, Joe, are you going to left tackle?
No.
I can't.
It's not going to happen.
And now for one of our reporters who was there to witness Ben Johnson's emphatic answer about Tyson Pagin in person. Some people like Chris Simmer.
I love Chris Simmer.
We go to Indianapolis and our score hotline, and that is where we find Chris Emma. He is also on twitch.tv slash thescorechicago as I'm absolutely crying laughing. Chris, that has to be the moment of the offseason so far on tape. Ben Johnson talking about Tyson Bajan in such an emphatic manner. Chris is live from our combine on our hotline. And yeah, I see your face, Chris. I know you're still trying to process that.
Well, there's a little bit more coming your way. You're going to hear Ben Johnson from a side session here shortly. I just filed that audio in right before this. He opened with some jokes at the expense of Caleb Williams and his three-point shooting display at the NBA All-Star weekend. So Ben, at the end of the season, was intense and locked in on every single moment of a playoff push. And here he is now a month later, and he's in good spirits and the smile's out, and he's having fun again. So it was a different Ben Johnson from when we last saw him. In playoff mode, you're going to hear more from him later.
Christopher, what do you, so far today, of everything that you have heard, what is the biggest story? I know there's lots of nuggets, there's lots of things that you guys ask, but what's the number one thing so far?
I think my biggest takeaway, Mark, is the fact that they don't know which direction this offseason is going to go just yet because they are still needing to make some cap-clearing decisions, and there's some significant ones looming. In past years, Ryan Poles and he's discussed this, the idea of cutting guys before the combine so their agents can be out here in Indianapolis talking with teams and getting deals in place. The only player they've cut so far is Amen Ogbogbemiga, and that's a guy they plan to cut all along. Tremaine Emmons is still on the roster. DJ Moore is still on the roster. Cole Komet is still on the roster. DeAndre Swift... what brian polls indicated today is he has to consider all scenarios and what he also indicate is that he's getting calls about trades from other teams teams that no the bears need to get under the cap and make some difficult decisions in teams that are willing to salvage the bears instead of cutting a player let's make a deal and rivals is that directly and he might have played by now the idea of
is DJ Moore somebody you're going to have back on this roster? Do you need to consider moving his contract? And he said, we love DJ Moore. This is a guy we think very highly of. But at the same point in time, you've got to consider all scenarios. So that's on the table. I think you could put a bunch of other guys on that table as well in terms of players. They could potentially trade away and salvage cutting a Tremaine Edmonds or
deandre swift which he kind of indicated they want deandre swift back period the contract works i think you might have a trade in the working here in the next couple weeks before the league new year and a deal in place where you can get under the cap naturally that way chris emma is the bears reporter for 104.3 the score joining us here on rahimi harris and grody and chris uh one thing i was so interested in we haven't heard from ben johnson since the hires are made in the staff uh as guys get replaced and we are today and i was curious about the messaging of ryan pole's and Ben Johnson. A year ago, we were saying Ben Johnson's definitely in charge.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–0:30
2
What insights did Chris Emma share from the NFL Combine?
0:30–9:19
3
What are the Bears' plans regarding DJ Moore's future?
9:19–10:07
4
How are the Bears considering their cap situation this offseason?
10:07–12:58
5
What did Ryan Poles say about potential trades for the Bears?
12:58–20:51
Speakers
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