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Cake day: October 25th, 2023

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  • Rookie contracts for Johnson, Suh, and Stafford were vastly different than what they would have gotten today. I think Stafford’s first contract was $72M? I think the current 1st overall picks get around $40M. And the total salary cap compared to now is so different that the $72M took up a bigger percentage of the total cap than any 1st overall pick would today. The Lions had that like 3 seasons in a row before the rookie salaries changed. I think something like 25-30% of the total cap went to those 3 players.






  • Bears are still one of the worst defenses in the league. 13 sacks, lowest in the league, complete misuse of our biggest FA pick up in Edmunds. I refuse to believe he suddenly just started sucking. He was really solid with the Bills and just seems like Eberflus has no idea how to actually use him properly. Run D is good but the pass D is still mediocre at best and we have the worst pass rush by far.

    We recently played the Panthers and the Raiders, who are two of the most anemic offenses I’ve ever seen and that’s coming from a Bears fan. We’re about to play the Lions twice and the Vikings in the next 3 games. If they can actually stop those teams, then maybe I can give you something. But the Chargers dropped 30, even the Saints scored 24 on us. Not buying that they’re anywhere close to a top 10 D or even a top 15.

    Also run D has been really good because in the last 6 games, we haven’t played a single team ranked above 22 in rush yards per game. The best rushing offense we’ve played so far was the Broncos and they were ranked 20th when we played them. Since then, they’ve become the 12th but their offense has gotten a lot better compared to when they played us.