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What are the latest updates on the Bears' free agency negotiations?
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I can't believe you guys got Colby White's name wrong or Deshawn Wright. Those were two today. Good times. Thanks to everybody who listened and joined us on this really pretty day. Thanks to all of our guests, Matt Chatham, Jen Mueller, Dan Wiederer. That's not even a real whisper. We've disrespected the Take the North podcast. Thanks to Marshall Harris. Thanks to Mark Grody. Thanks to Ray Diaz, Tyler Buterbaugh, Braden Fryer, Jacob Stutz, Max Curtis, Connor O'Donnell, and Cody Westerlund. And hello, Lawrence N. Holmes and Matt N. Spiegel. How are all of you doing?
We're doing great. How are you? All four of us are here.
We're good. They're good.
They're good.
Divide and conquer on this NFL negotiating day.
A day that I have called, I have referred to as pretty good. I'm going to say pretty good to get people up to date. DeMarco Jackson is back with the Bears, the linebacker. Daniel Hardy is here for two years and $6 million. Devin Bush, the linebacker from Cleveland, 27 years old, just signed with the Bears. Oh. cornerback, or excuse me, safety. Kobe Bryant, who has played strong safety and free safety in his life, is a bear. Neville Gallimore, the nose tackle, is a bear as well. All that to say, pretty good so far. I wouldn't say a stand-alone good, but a pretty good. And Neville Chamberlain.
Yes, congratulations. We've got a statesman on the defensive line. That's great.
Would you look at that? Tyler Linderbaum signs with the Raiders. Three years, $81 million deal.
27 per.
And Mike Evans is going to the 49ers. I never thought he'd leave Tampa, but he is. For a damn good place. It is all happening. And Malik Willis just got... $67 million, $45 million guarantee.
He's one of the 32 now.
He is one of the 32.
So the Dolphins are signing Malik Willis.
Bridge contract. We must protect the agents.
And the Dolphins are eating $99 million in dead salary cap money for Tua Tonga-Vailoa. It is the most that anyone has ever done. It breaks the Russell Wilson record when Denver moved on before Bo Nix. And look what happened to them. That worked out quite nicely.
Is that because Deshaun Watson is still on the Browns?
Nasty man.
I don't know. Because that would be the most, I think, if he were... If the Browns did that?
I think they're going to restructure, right?
Who are the new players signed by the Bears this offseason?
I think they did. Yeah, they had to for yet another time.
But when you think about Tua and look at the years and his numbers, the fact that they gave him all of that after like one kind of breakout year under McDaniel... It's just the way you've got to do business in the NFL, the way things are structured. But, man, is that crazy. All right, Devin Bush was news to me, having walked in here.
Yeah, so Speaks, three picks for 104 yards worth last year. He had 125 tackles. He's 27 years old, and they also have a hyper-talented rookie, now second-year linebacker. Shrek. And Schlesinger, so that probably made him expendable. But that's a good linebacker to go along with, as it looks right now, with DeMarco Jackson and T.J. Edwards, assuming he is back to being 100% healthy and a little dash of Reuben Hippolyte, hopefully, and eventually Nick Sewell again. Noah Sewell.
Eventually, but who knows when. And frankly, who knows what kind of T.J. Edwards you're getting back.
Exactly.
I think Ryan Poles referred to that. At the Combine. So DeMarco Jackson and a vet in Devin Bush. That's your new linebacker crew. And it's more in line with what you're willing to pay certain veterans as opposed to the big money that Tremaine was about to get.
Yeah, it makes sense that you would end up going fairly inexpensive on that position because that position has been... devalued over the last five to seven years in the NFL. And so if you've got guys you feel like that are solid players, you can make a move like that.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What are the latest updates on the Bears' free agency negotiations?
0:01–2:50
2
Who are the new players signed by the Bears this offseason?
2:50–8:42
3
What impact does Devin Bush have on the Bears' linebacker crew?
8:42–13:13
4
How does Dominique Robinson's move to Houston affect the Bears?
13:13–18:58
5
What are the implications of Mike Evans signing with the 49ers?
18:58–20:36
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