Susan wrote:lol at the discussion that Mack wasn't worth it.
Changed this franchise for the next DECADE with that trade.
you're aware that the team improvement this season is mainly due to trubisky, right? i said after the mack trade that this season was all about trubisky significantly improving. which has happened to a degree that nobody could have anticipated. presumably it's not a total mirage
the bears defense has been excellent with our without mack. it was good LAST season. it's just been that much better with him. which is to be expected from a guy who just got paid to be one of the best defenders in the league
the bears had a lot of money to spend. they spent it on mack rather than multiple other players. the problem is that in order to spend it on mack they gave up valuable draft picks, which they wouldn't have had to do had they wisely spent the money on other fair value FAs. and this season mack is on a discount. won't be the case starting next season. this combination of factors means that
it will be hard to improve the team going forward. at least personnel-wise. like this year's team? it might be as good as you're gonna see. hard to imagine trubisky being more productive than he has been this season. better hit on those lower draft picks
this was gonna be an encouraging season for bears fans with or without khalil mack. that's pretty apparent at this point
if there's a player that will change the bears for the next decade, it's very clearly trubisky. at least for the next few years assuming this season hasn't been a fluke. at the very least he looks like a legit NFL starter, which makes him a value contract for the length of his rookie deal. after that he'll need to be elite. 'cause elite QBs, unlike elite market value players at other positions, tend to be value contracts
no question mack is an elite player. but because he will be paid to be just that, he will be inconsequential to team success unless he gets injured, in which case his contract will be a liability. that's the reality of a hard salary cap. if every player on your team is paid what they're worth you're a 7-9 team
the bears have been good this season because they have a clutch of players on value deals. including mack and especially trubisky, whose play to date has made him FAR AND AWAY the best value contract on the team and thus far and away the primary factor contributing to team success
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