Even Twitter will be struggling to accurately relay all the transactions, so this shall be an open thread to follow moves.

roy_OTC@TexansCap
Daniel Hardy signed a two-year contract with the Chicago Bears worth a base value of $4.97 million with $2.45 million guaranteed at signing.

Aaron Leming@AaronLemingNFL
After this move, the #Bears roster sits at 53. Not counting draft class, etc, they’re now at $25.313M in cap space.

Thus far, I’ve been sorta right. “Cheap” C. Maybe a DT/DE. Brisker, DJ, Edmunds, Brisker…via con dios.

You know I’m not exactly a Poles-truther [shoulda been fired with Flus], but he’s not Pace at least. He tends to show discipline while taking chances on Side B players like Dayo, Jarrett, even Sweat with mixed results. One may counter, “Ah, but Thuney was premier, as was Dalman.” Well, Poles only ponied up a 4rth for Thuney and didn’t exactly overpay Dalman who retired anyways. OTOH, Pace likely throws two 1st rounders and DJ for Maxx Crosby or backs up the Brinks’ truck for Trey Hendrickson.

I simply don’t see that in Poles’ DNA. He’s not a rapper at a strip-club making it rain. He’s more like the frugal business man waiting for the 2-for-1 lapdance specials on a Tuesday.
It could happen, but I’ll be surprised.

As such, I don’t exactly believe Poles will land a Peppers-Mack tier player. If the right situation pops, perhaps, but I suspect Poles isn’t going to leverage the future like his predecessors. His job isn’t on the line this year.

Poles will practice due diligence. He monitored the price of Crosby, Linderbaum and McGovern and swiped left.

I’m certain Poles will gauge the market on Hendrickson, Phillips, Carter…or other possible trade partners not on the radar, but my gut tells me he stays the course, keeps his cap and draft picks, then ‘settles’ for more B-sides maximum potential and flexibility. No doubt not splurging will rile up the natives. Doing your taxes cleanly isn’t sexy.

One other major difference between 2024 and 2026 is Ben Johnson; he, not Eberflus, is the fail-safe. Maybe even the boss like Tony Soprano while Poles is merely the puppet-boss Junior, in which case, I have much more hope considering the results of 2024 vs 2025.

So, excuse me while I doom scroll at the Bada Bing between “Cherry Pie” and “Girls Girls Girls”…