GrizzBEARS":305deqcs said:
Hey everyone,
Long time Bears fan here. Not looking for any trouble, just wanted to get a pulse on the current Russell Wilson trade rumors from Seattle fans. How are ya'll feeling? What are you hearing from Seattle media, etc? Is this thing gong to happen or is it a long shot?
Personally, don't think this happens, but as a Bears fan I'm pessimistic on anything the franchise does. They can't get out of their own way. Ryan Pace/Nagy are desperate right now though. They need to figure out something at the QB position or they will be on their way out after next season.
I have a buddy who is in Chicago media and attends pressers at Halas hall regularly and his current pulse of the situation is Bears keep calling, but Seattle hasn't really responded fwiw. Don't know how accurate that is though. Pace has a tight lock and key on Halas Hall and not very often do things get leaked.
Edit: I'd also add that Wilson's supposed reasoning for liking Chicago makes no sense. The Bears do not have an emerging young OL - they are $h!t. Nagy is also not a good young offensive mind. He is a fraud.
Pete is a control freak, anyone who has ever fallen out of line has been removed, coaches or players. Logically, it makes no sense to trade Wilson, but Pete is the Emperor of the Seahawks. No one can tell him "No." I'm leaning towards the unthinkable happening at this point.
Wilson wants to be with an offensive minded head coach that knows QBs. The one common link between all 4 teams he's llsted. Payton-Gruden-McCarthy-Nagy, all QB guys. The Bears need to get an upgrade at LT and they would be the best offensive line unit Wilson has ever played with, the bar is that low. Even with Leno at LT it still is arguably the best O-Line he would have ever played with.
I've seen Nagy make Trubisky look way better than what he is. Making the playoffs twice with him is an achievement. Just like McVay did for Goff, coaches can only mask bad players for so long. You're selling your team way too short. You're a QB and a LT away from being legit contenders. Wilson makes everyone better around him, he elevates a team. He doesn't need things to be perfect to play well, the Seahawks have taken him for granted for far too long and refused to invest in protecting him for YEARS. Instead choosing to blow massive amounts of cap space on JAGs, and trading a QB's ransom for a box safety. They handcuff him in an antiquated offense out of the 1970's, then ask him to bail out the failure in the 4th quarter when they unleash him to go win the game. Wilson is tired of it. He wants off Pete's carousel of crazy.