NGT--Bears=Packers--Claypool

[Dumpster Dan]

Yesterday when I heard that the Bears had traded for Claypool it didnt make any sense to me since the Bears had been sellers--already having traded away one of their best players,

Then I read that the Packers were also involved in the Claypool discussions with the Steelers.  The Packers had offered a second round pick---the Bears jumped in, offered a second and landed Claypool  since the Steelers figured the Bears second will be higher next draft than the Packers.

Evidently the Bears-Packers rivalry extends to the trading market

So the Bears got Claypool and a 6th for Saquon Smith????  Talk about overpaying


Dumpster Dan

[Rambo89]

It's why the Bears are the Bears going no where anytime soon

[DaveBrown74]

Pretty scary considering Poles was high on our list of possible GMs.

[Dumpster Dan]

If I'm a Bears player today  I might be asking myself 'What is our GM doing"??

Dumpster Dan

[DaveBrown74]

If I'm a Bears player today  I might be asking myself 'What is our GM doing"??

Dumpster Dan

The only thing I can think here is that Poles had a very high opinion of Claypool coming into the league and is just high on him in general. I mean Claypool is only 24, so presumably he has at least 4-5 good years left. The problem I have with it is that Claypool only has one year left on his rookie deal after this year, and the Bears look to be at least 2-3 years away from being relevant. Fields may be a bust - in fact that is how it looks at the moment (although he probably deserves another year before drawing that conclusion). So getting a receiver that, if he's as good as you think he is, you'll have to pay after next year seems questionable. And that's if he's even good, which is hardly a given.

It also feels like the Bears could have done better here. Giving away their second rounder instead of the one they got from the Ravens seems foolish. I mean I would Pooles should have at least drew the line there and walked away if the Steelers wouldn't do that. Claypool isn't the second coming.

[Jclayton92]

He dumped his entire defense on the trade market but added a wr... great gm