I like it A LOT!!!
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Stupid IMO, but not like we were using him correctly. The compensation is fine.
You can't pass up a 2nd rounder. GREAT move, although I do like Chase.
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One 2nd round pick? That's it?!? We all knew he'd be traded but it seems like the Bears got te better end of this deal.
Based on what data?Originally Posted by that1guy
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Data? This is an opinion not a political debate.
Fair enough, but I was just interested in hearing your take as to why the Bears got the better of the deal. Yes, I get the whole bird-in-hand theory, but with the quality of the Steelers product so far, I prefer to see what's in the bush.
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Well at least the Bears pick will be high (like ours). It's not like this team is going anywhere this year, let's just hope Omar can draft WR's like his predecessor.
EDIT: I just read they got the Ravens 2nd round pick that was part of the R. Smith deal. Oh well.
Don’t like it at all. If it had to be done, compensation is good. Not a fan of it though…
I wish they threw Canada in as part of the deal
Guess Boykin gets work in the offense now...
With Gunner and Sims probably getting more snaps, Canada probably sees this as an opportunity to call more jet sweeps and reverses.
But can they throw a left-handed pass on a jet sweep like Claypool?Guess Boykin gets work in the offense now...
With Gunner and Sims probably getting more snaps, Canada probably sees this as an opportunity to call more jet sweeps and reverses.
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That would have downgraded it to a 7th rounder for compensation. But still worth it!
Same.
This makes me have other super angry thoughts about WRs though. Almost certainly means either the mighty midget or Sims (please let it be Sims) is the new slot WR. If that is the case, why wasn't Sims playing before this season? Like that period last season where they didn't have enough capable WRs...why not try him then? It would seem (giant leap on my part) that he's your new starting slot WR now. Did he get all that much better in one off-season?
Be interesting to see what Claypool does as a Bear. If he ever puts it together, he could be a monster with like zero competition for targets in that offense.
What scares me most is there seems like there’s an arrogant feeling like any receiver can be replaced because “the Steelers know how to draft receivers”. Eventually there’s garbage that is selected and that actually happens way more frequently than people realize with this team…it’s gonna bite them in the ass…
James Washington
Demarcus Ayers
Sammie Coates
Dri Archer
Markus Wheaton
Justin Brown
Toney Clemons
There’s more misses than hits since 2010…
Antonio Brown
Martavis Bryant
JuJu Smith-Schuster
Diontae Johnson
Chase Claypool
Not to mention the free agents that don’t really workout…
This doesnt get talked about enough. But i think we can let some of these late round picks like Demarcus Ayers off the hook. All that being said, we still got a kings ransom for Claypool showing zip this season outside of the Bucs game and STILL getting back likely a superior 2nd round pick than what was used on him. Ill take that any day
I remember a certain someone saying they couldn't even get a 4th for Claypool.2nd round pick for Claypool is a good move. No ifs, ands, or buts about it.
I did say that and I don't have a problem with saying it.I remember a certain someone saying they couldn't even get a 4th for Claypool.
The Bears over-paid. There is a version of Claypool based on physical traits that is super worth a second round pick. The guy currently running routes in his jersey is not.
Maybe the Bears move him back outside and he flourishes?
Claypool is a freak, but he can't run routes and he never developed chemistry with any of the QBs because they couldn't trust him to be where he needed to be. If he ever figures that part of the game out he could be a good WR.
I don't view him as an outside WR. Usually those guys are the ones who create separation. He can't do that.
They definitely overpaid and I love it.
the fact that the elephant is still in the room is the reason I don’t like it. Wasn’t Claypool one of the guys who just publicly dissed the playcalling?
A self proclaimed 3rd bed WR in the league for a 2nd rounder?!
I will be rooting hard against the bears now !
Nope. It is the bears original pick. Just corrected it on TV.
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"We want volunteers... ah, forget it.
Also...initially this seems like the kind of trade a rebuilding team makes. Fine. Great. That is what the Steelers are. So asset accumulation is never a bad thing.
But if 8 weeks into the season you are ready to push the "rebuild" button...why did they fart around all off-season with the "we're not rebuilding...we are competing" stuff?
This is starting to feel scarily like the lurching decision making of a "bad" franchise.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I know. Claypool wasn't that good and is likely to never live up to his size and speed measurables. I'm not debating that. It is that they seem to have switched "process" multiple times between Ben R's retirement and the halfway point of the subsequent season. That rarely leads to good results.
I like this, and think it is a good trade for each team. In the short term this degrades the Steelers, but it is not like the team's passing game is setting the league on fire this season anyway.
I like getting a 2nd round pick that should be a high 2nd rounder at that. It also gives Claypool a chance to be at least the WR2 and more likely WR1 for the Bears for the rest of this season. The Bears needs receivers for Justin Fields in the worst way.
He would leave after the 2023 season so I have no problem with this trade....Of course without Canada he will be much better in Chicago.....
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I'll take it. He's gone after next year anyways. Now, we'll be the 1980s Commandos/Foreskins w/one tall receiver and 3 smurfs.
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