JJ is everything you want to build around.
A stud player — statistically one of the best corners in the NFL right now. Year-one starter with several years of CB1 experience, yet only 24 years old. Consistent, even though the defense around him and scheme is trash.
Yet Poles wants to let him walk. For what? So we can sign a lesser player for slightly less? We’re not even salary cap strapped right now, so I don’t know why he’s being so cheap.
Idk man, I can’t support this.
Roquan situation all over again, had that turned out good for us we would be like poles knows what he’s doing. But he signed a ok linebacker to big time bucks and let an all pro walk.
I’d keep him around and franchise him. Make the next coach decide whether to keep him or trade him.
Letting Johnson go makes NO sense. You are going to get minimum value for him because a team has to sign him to a big deal. You’d honestly be better off giving him what he wants now, and then trading him next year, if draft value is what you are looking for.
But putting return aside, Johnson is clearly one of your best (if not your best) young, home-grown players. It makes no sense at all to not re-sign him. Two reasons: 1. He’s a foundational piece in the secondary, 2. The rest of the team has already seen you boot guys last year. You kinda need a good faith re-sign that isn’t Kmet -for the sake of morale alone.
If he wants 23 mil a year it makes zero sense for the Bears to pay that
None of you have any idea what JJ is asking for. It could be a wild number that no one in their right mind should pay. If that’s not the case though, yea, fuck this.
JJ is BY FAR my favorite Bear right now. Fuck this.
Poles out immediately please he’s setting this org even further back
Can’t really defend letting JJ walk with over $100M in cap space. Might be a Poles issue, might be another issue with ownership being shitty and not wanting to pay real dollars (shocking I know) or both. Either way, this shit is getting old fast.
The problem is right now idk if Poles knows how to evaluate talent. He might think Johnson is bad but also seems to think Brisker was great so who’s to say what’s going on in his head.
This is where we’re at as his bear fans were so lost they don’t even know how football works. How is this a post? Bro some teams are farms for other teams he just have to accept that The Bears will most likely never be good in your lifetime they haven’t been good for 40 years
What was offered, what is asking?
How soon we forget Terrell Smith…not saying we shouldn’t pay JJ but I could also see Smith and Stevenson as our CBs.
RYAN IS THIS YOU
Sorry but JJ isn’t that kinda red line for me. Would I like to see him stay? Sure. But until we know how much JJ is asking for, you really can’t lay down the law. It’s very possible he just wants out and is making sure it happens.
I only consider Foles making 2 mistakes. The coach and claypool. JJ averages 7 games played a season, and get no turnovers. I like JJ but🤷🏾♂️… Just get me a new coach and pick me a QB and LT in the draft.
Worse than that it shows players they won’t be rewarded here.
We don’t know for sure that it’s poles. JJ is a solid cb but I’m sure he’s asking to be paid like a top 5 cb. Is he a top 5 cb? Is he top 10? Or is he a solid starter?
I like JJ but he’s had injuries and a lack of ball skills so far. Personally, I see him as a top 15 cb.
And if they don’t think fields is the guy, we’re restarting the clock on everyone by drafting a new qb. We won’t be in win mode for a few more years
I don’t even see him as that, as someone else pointed out in the other thread, the crackpot PFF ratings that everyone loves to spoit in here about JJ this year, those same ratings had him outside the top 30 the previous 3 years. He’s a solid starter when healthy but nothing special dude is maybe a top 25 corner and that’s absolutely pushing it. You don’t pay solid starters top of the line money just because your other options are trash.
I’m far closer to this take than the idea that he’s a top 5 cb. And in the end, he was a pace guy. He’d get us back a 2nd or 3rd back in return.
Having a QB on a rookie contract is the definition of “win now” in the NFL. That’s your best possible window to win a Superbowl.
True. True.