What edge rusher not named Maxx Crosby is the most realistic target for Bears?
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What is the main focus of the Bears' offseason strategy?
Layla Rahimi, Marshall Harris, Mark Grody. Middays, 10 a.m. to 2 on Chicago Sports Radio 670. Let's go.
Rahimi Harrison-Grody on The Score. Marshall and I are broadcasting from our Odyssey Performance Studio. Well, the real studio is being fit right now. We're about to get a great fit at The Score. That is an FM signal. It's all going down on Monday. As the drama continues to build, who will be here on Monday? Where will I be today and what will happen? I don't know. But so we are in the performance studio. It is odd to be in here and not seeing faces in the audience because usually we have events in here. We see bands in here. Some cool acts have have come through here. We had an audience for a second in the way of shout out. Shout out to Mike Mulligan. our very own Mully, who has already put his time in today, came into the performance studio to say hi, shook our hands, sat down, and then left.
You know what? I appreciated his presence. I did, too. I forgot that there's a bunch of empty chairs until he sat down and I realized there's a bunch of empty chairs.
Yeah, I felt supported is what I felt by Mully. Now it's just us and Ray Diaz and Connor O'Donnell hanging out. Right, so we're getting into the flow here because we're out of our natural habitat. But, but... Bears defense is it is hugely important that there are substantial is the right word, but certainly shrewd changes need to be made for the Bears on defense. And it starts with and it has started with this position for quite some time now. Edge Rusher, defensive end in this 4-3 defense, has been a bugaboo for the Bears and has not been substantial. Although Montez Sweat did get two 10.5 sacks, but you just don't feel him as that tyrannical presence at the edge on every play like you do with guys like...
Max Crosby, who of course is circled, who of course we have discussed, who of course should be on the Bears' radar. But I think we have to, Marshall, we have to go beyond Max Crosby because everybody wants Max Crosby, and we know that you would have to give up a ton to get Max. That's a jackpot. That's huge. That's winning the lottery if you're able to get that guy, and I don't rule it out. But... We do have to take a look at the list of the rest of the field and some players that may make sense for the Chicago Bears to slide in at that position. We talked about some of them yesterday, but I guess, Marshall, you have to start. The top of the list is, if we're not keeping this name, we know who's at the top of the list.
Well, yeah, when we talk about people who are not under contract currently, who are just out here as free agents. Yeah, that is. You start in Cincinnati. That's right. Trey Hendrickson, who is vacating Cincinnati at last check. And he didn't play that much last year, but it's tantalizing to think of what a guy who has his type of production in years past could do. He's 31 years old, so not over the hill yet. Maybe at the peak right now. You've seen the best of Trey Hendrickson. You're banking on whether or not you think Trey Hendrickson can keep this up for another three to four years.
Yeah.
Yeah, and he did. Look, he was injured last year for most of the season, as it turned out. He had four sacks over seven games. It is those massive numbers in the two previous years that you circle and you say, can he get back to that, the 17.5 sacks in consecutive seasons for the Cincinnati Bengals? And I've... done enough poking around and listening to people that I really respect about Trey Hendrickson. And of course, I always go to dark places. Of course, when I think about 31-year-old defensive ends that joined the Bears towards the end of their careers, I keep bringing up Jared Allen. I have been assured that that is not what this is, that this man has a motor, that you're not going to, I mean, you can't predict injuries, but that it doesn't feel like he is going to be
prone to anything further. So of course, Trey Hendrickson would be a plus in this defense.
I wonder how much he'll cost, though, because we already know that the Bears are in restructure slash mode, like the double slash, the actual symbol, and then, of course, slashing as in cutting prices and cutting what they owe their players.
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