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Is it too early to just go ahead and say that they will fail that test?

Jack Sanborn offered to go and sort out the war in Ukraine, but the government was afraid that using a weapon of mass destruction would trigger a nuclear holocaust

I agree. I think it's awesome to have found our QB2 for the next 3 years or so from a UDFA. We've been fucking around with backup QBs for such a long time now. Locking that down and having it be super cheap is a win. There is also a lot of room for him to grow. The step up in competition from Shepperd to the NFL is massive. But the step up in coaching and weight training should also be massive. He stepped on the field, having not received the bulk of the primary backup reps in OTAs or camp, not even knowing if he would be on the team until late in camp, and not even being the primary backup week 1. And then he had to play two prime-time games, one of which was completely across the country in LA. Just the difference in the stadiums he had to play in. Imagine the difference from Division II stadiums to SoFi. And then the Superdome is one of the loudest stadiums. They said on the broadcast that he had never even had to do a silent count before. All that coupled with Getsy being horrible, a center that can't even get him the ball correctly half the time, recievers that he has got hardly any reps with and playing against a couple decent defenses. Bagent has done extremely well given the circumstances. Fans should be raising this kid up, not as a starter, but just as a really awesome story and someone who is going to play a valuable role on this team for at least his rookie contract and maybe longer. That money that the Bears aren't pissing away on a Brian Hoyer or a PJ Walker can maybe be used to pay for a Center THAT CAN ACTUALLY SNAP THE FUCKING BALL CORRECTLY. Bagent may not ever be a special player for us but in a way he is filling a special role and it's ok to accept what he is right now, and to be intrigued by what he could grow into with more time at this level.

I think that the Panthers may have been the only team in the league that we could have beat last night. Quite the accomplishment. Seriously, the whole thing was uninspired. Flus, it looks like he is strung out. I understand that losing takes its toll, but he really seems to be losing his composure, and it's taking a physical toll on him. I almost wonder if he wants to be doing this job anymore.

Christ they are still going on about the damn Eagles. Fuck this shit

Seems pretty uninspired so far. Bagent looks like he lost that swagger.

Here's what I'm rooting for. Posted before but I wasted a lot of time on it and it got buried.

We need a 40 - 40 tie. The Bears go down 21-0 before ever touching the ball because Velus muffs and fumbles 3 straight kickoffs. He's literally cut from the team on the sideline after the 3rd turnover. Hightower rips his name off the back of his jersey and kicks him in the ass as he goes to the locker room. The Bears finally get the ball and to everyones surpirse here comes Fields. He looks sharp, making quicker decisions, spreading the ball around. Evans fumbles on the 1 yard line. The Panthers drive 99 yards with ease except for a couple sacks. One from Pickens and one from Sweat. They are down 28-0. It's still the 1st quarter. Fields looks sharp again and drives them down to the 5. Whitehair proceeds to false start on the next 5 plays until they pull him and he too is cut on the sideline. Carter goes in. Then Patrick gets called for holding on the next 5 plays. He gets pulled and is cut. Kramer goes in. The drive stalls because Getsy calls 3 straight runs up the gut. Santos kicks a 55 yard field goal. 28-3. The camera cuts to a suite in the stadium. There are FBI agents putting George and Virgina in handcuffs. The announcers are stunned. Meanwhile the game continues. The Panthers drive down and score again. They miss the extra point. It's 34-3. Fields drives again and looks better than he ever has. Something has changed in him clearly. They get to the 10 when Getsy calls a double reverse that ends up in the hands of the recently re-signed Dainty Penis. He fumbles and the Panthers return it for a touchdown. As they are kicking the extra point, Kevin Warren, Greg Brags, Bearman, Staley, and a mob of Bears fans come out of the tunnel. They sieze Flus and Getsy, string them up to a rail 1920s style, hoist them on their shoulders, and run them out of the stadium. The Panthers miss the extra point again. 40-3. Fields, completely unphased by all this, hits Scott on a bomb that traveled 75 yards in the air but he couldn't get out of bounds and the half ends. Kevin Warren issues a statement for the media at half time. It just says "deal with it." The Bears come out of the tunnel. The only coaches and staff that remain are Hightower and his assistants, Tony Medlin, and the water boy. It's announced that Fields will be calling the offense, and Jack Sanborn will be calling the defense. The Panthers recieve, call a fair catch. The defense sacks Young 3 straight times, all by Pickens, and force a punt. The first play of the drive Fields bombs it to Moore, 80 yards in the air for a TD. 40-10. The Bears sack Young twice, both by Sweat, followed by a pick six for Gordon. 40-17. On the next play the Panthers run to the left for a 8 yard gain but Johnson forces a fumble and recovers a fumble. The next play Fields scrambles for a TD. 40-24. During the kickoff, Warren walks back out of the tunnel carrying one of those giant checks and presents it to Johnson. He's been extended, and it's a great deal for both sides. The next drive, the Panther manages to put together a drive that eats up most of the 4th quarter but ends with Billings blocking a field goal try. Roschon busts off a 50-yard run. Then, Fields hit Mooney in the back corner of the endzone with a 35-yard laser beam. Mooney toe taps while making a one-handed behind the back grab. Fields hits Kmet for the 2-point conversion. 40-32. During the kickoff, Warren comes out of the tunnel with yet another giant check. This time, it's for Mooney, who was extended on a team friendly but fair deal. The Panthers have a long drive but it ends when Stevenson tips the ball and it's picked off by Brisker on the 1 yard line with 1:03 remaining. Fields drives down the field like a man possessed. On the drive, he completes passes to every eligible receiver on the Bears activee roster, on a 15 play drive, using no time outs. It ends with a TD pass to Roschon as time expires. It's 40-38. Per the rules the Bears get to attempt the extra point. A timeout is called and once again here comes Warren from out of tunnel. He's got a player with him in uniform. It's Akeim Hicks! Warren has a chat with the refs. They all nod in agreement. They line up for the two point conversion with Hicks in the backfield. Fields takes the snap, hands it to Hicks, but wait, he pulled it back at the last second. It's a fake. Fields rolls out, Hicks destroys some poor defensive lineman on the Panthers and burst into the end zone, Fields lets it rip, a Panther player gets his hand on it but ball doesn't deflect at all, it just shatters every bone in that poor players hand and hits Hicks who is standing all alone in the back corner of the endzone for a successful 2 point conversion. 40-40.

I would think that they talked with the agent before making the deal, understood the deal Sweat would want, and that deal aligned with what the Bears are willing to pay before making the trade. That seems like it should be a common practice. frankly, if it wasn't done that way, it's gross incompetence on the Bears... which we can't rule out.

But I would imagine the deals of the extension come out later this week. At that point, I believe this becomes a very good trade for the Bears. If this doesn't happen, then the OP is spot on.

Chad Pennington was a guy who seemed to have it between the ears but didn't have the arm. I think he also got hurt a lot. He still had a relatively good career.