DIR Return Create A Forum - Home
---------------------------------------------------------
Bleacher Bums Forum
HTML https://bbf.createaforum.com
---------------------------------------------------------
*****************************************************
DIR Return to: Archives
*****************************************************
#Post#: 271946--------------------------------------------------
Re: 2016 Chicago Bears
By: dallasbear Date: May 27, 2016, 4:02 pm
---------------------------------------------------------
Maybe the oft-injured Jeffery is working hard to get in shape
and remains healthy all season, maybe not. But right now it
looks like Jeffery is working hardest at getting traded.
Report to moderator
Or....he's listening to his agent while the agent negotiates a
long term deal and has suggested that Alshon minimize contact
with his teammates and coaches during the process.
#Post#: 272246--------------------------------------------------
Re: 2016 Chicago Bears
By: BearHit Date: May 31, 2016, 10:21 am
---------------------------------------------------------
He has not been practicing his singing - that is for sure!
#Post#: 272262--------------------------------------------------
Re: 2016 Chicago Bears
By: boogie Date: May 31, 2016, 12:11 pm
---------------------------------------------------------
The July 15 deadline for players with franchise tags to sign
multi-year contracts with their current teams is drawing nearer
and the word out of Chicago isn’t filled with optimism that the
Bears and wide receiver Alshon Jeffery will get a deal done.
Jeffery has already signed the franchise tender, setting himself
up to make $14.6 million during the 2016 season, and has been
working out on his own during the voluntary stages of the team’s
offseason workout program. If that absence is designed to get
him a long-term contract, it doesn’t appear to be having the
desired effect.
While Bears General Manager Ryan Pace has talked about
productive talks about a contract, Dan Wierderer of the Chicago
Tribune reports that it is “a near certainty” that Jeffery plays
out the year on the tag. One of the biggest reasons why things
will likely play out that way is the injury-plagued season that
Jeffery had in 2015.
Wierderer and colleague Rich Campbell both believe Jeffery needs
to show the Bears he can stay healthy before they’ll enter into
a long-term relationship with the wideout. If Jeffery can pull
that off, it should also prove more lucrative for him as he’ll
hit the negotiating table on the back of a more successful
season.
#Post#: 272302--------------------------------------------------
Re: 2016 Chicago Bears
By: dallasbear Date: May 31, 2016, 2:32 pm
---------------------------------------------------------
2013 - 16 games 1400 yards 7 TDs
2014 - 16 games 1100 yards 10 TDs
2015 - 10 games 800 yards 4 TDs
Oh yeah, one injury season after 2 pro-bowl seasons and Jeffery
has to prove he can stay healthy.
Add Jeffery to the ex-Bears club with Bennett, Marshall, and
Forte.
#Post#: 272405--------------------------------------------------
Re: 2016 Chicago Bears
By: navigator Date: June 1, 2016, 7:54 am
---------------------------------------------------------
Didn't Jeffrey miss a lot of his rookie season as well?
#Post#: 272414--------------------------------------------------
Re: 2016 Chicago Bears
By: dallasbear Date: June 1, 2016, 9:44 am
---------------------------------------------------------
Yeah, he had several leg related injuries in 2012 that kept him
out of 2 games and then he did bust his hand on a TD catch and
missed 4 games. He played in 10 games his rookie season.
It sounds like the Bears want to see what he can do this season
before they commit long term as opposed to Jeffery wanting out
of Chicago.
#Post#: 272425--------------------------------------------------
Re: 2016 Chicago Bears
By: WshflThinking Date: June 1, 2016, 11:05 am
---------------------------------------------------------
That's the way it looks to me.
#Post#: 272428--------------------------------------------------
Re: 2016 Chicago Bears
By: chifaninva Date: June 1, 2016, 11:10 am
---------------------------------------------------------
We need to see what a healthy White and a healthy Jeffery can
do while playing on the field at the same time...
#Post#: 272432--------------------------------------------------
Re: 2016 Chicago Bears
By: boogie Date: June 1, 2016, 12:14 pm
---------------------------------------------------------
If Jeffery misses 6 or 10 games this year, he is unreliable
health wise. I don't blame Pace for being careful.
#Post#: 272445--------------------------------------------------
Re: 2016 Chicago Bears
By: dallasbear Date: June 1, 2016, 1:30 pm
---------------------------------------------------------
From the Trib:
Do you see Jonathan Bullard starting over Mitch Unrein? --
@TheRealAnteUp
If Bullard develops into the kind of player the Bears envisioned
when they drafted him, certainly he stands a very good chance of
working his way into the starting lineup. Does that happen by
Week 1? Week 4? Week 10? I don’t know the answer to that. I do
know the Bears had a second-round grade on Bullard and really
deemed him a very good fit for the position in their scheme.
I think the most important thing for Bullard heading into his
rookie season is that he becomes a mainstay in the rotation at
defensive end. Ultimately, that’s what you are looking at up
front. If he can establish that, a spot in the starting lineup
will likely follow. The Bears have some other options, including
Unrein, Will Sutton, Ego Ferguson and Cornelius Washington, but
this was a definite position of need.
If Bullard can't beat out Unrein at some point in the season I'd
think the Bears will have wasted a 3rd rounder on him.
I'm still wondering why they let Gaston go. The only other NTs
on the team are Will Suton, who some may consider undersized,
and the untested Terry Williams. Gaston was just picked up by
the Vikings.
*****************************************************
DIR Previous Page
DIR Next Page