Jared Allen to Panthers

[Guiness]

Is this officially the earliest a team has given up on the season? Do they draft Cook or Goff?

[mraynrand]

Is this officially the earliest a team has given up on the season? Do they draft Cook or Goff?

I don't understand why the Panthers are giving up

[Guiness]

I don't understand why the Panthers are giving up

I assume that's tongue in cheek, but regardless

Allen's base salary is reportedly $1m this year, so if he doesn't work out the Panthers can cut him with no real repercussions. He may not have been playing well (I don't know) but Chicago switched to a 3-4 this year and tried to move him to OLB. He'll be back at DE, replacing Charles Johnson with the Panthers. He had 11.5 sacks a couple of years ago. Pretty high reward potential/low risk for them IMO.

Chicago tossed quite a lot of money at this guy...

[KYPack]

I don't understand why the Panthers are giving up

Funny.

I almost feel sorry for Foxy.

At those pressers, he looks like a guy who's late for work and can't find his keys.

[Harlan Huckleby]

I admire both teams for making a bold move that helps both teams. Allen is a misfit in Chicago D, they need draft pick more. PErfect for panthers

[Harlan Huckleby]

Chicago tossed quite a lot of money at this guy...

Sure, but water over dam. They made best of situation.

[MadScientist]

Well they only got a sixth round pick for him, so the Bears that shouldn't help the Bears in the future.

Nor will it help with Fox's stated goal of scoring more than 0 points.

[red]

yeah, that 6th rounder doesn't help them much

i'm guessing allen wanted off the sinking ship, and the bears were happy to get anything in return

[pbmax]

Ian Rapoport @RapSheet 2h2 hours ago
Spoke with Ken Harris, Jared Allen’s agent. Trade began with Allen sitting with #Bears GM Ryan Pace & discussing mutually beneficial option

Ian Rapoport @RapSheet 2h2 hours ago
Allen knew he wasn’t a fit for the 3-4. #Bears knew it, too. Pace & Allen agreed another place was better. Allen came up with a 4-3 list

[smuggler]

I'm surprised anyone anted up a 6th. He looked pretty pedestrian last year, granted he had some injury issues, but tbh his healthiest days are most likely behind him anyway...

[Harlan Huckleby]

Well they only got a sixth round pick for him, so the Bears that shouldn't help the Bears in the future.

A 6th rounder counts for something. Undrafted players sometimes contribute. Getting a 6th for him (and we don't know what conditional pick they'll get) was smart.

[KYPack]

Lets let these fellows run out the clock for us.

[pbmax]

Bears sent Jon Bostic to the Patriots.

[Bossman641]

Is this the earliest a team has ever thrown in the towel? I wish I still lived in the Chicagoland area and could rub in how much the Bears suck.

[pbmax]

Is this the earliest a team has ever thrown in the towel? I wish I still lived in the Chicagoland area and could rub in how much the Bears suck.

Well, suck for Luck was already running in the offseason prior to his last college year. But its earlier than usual.

Mostly though, I think the Bears realize they need to rebuild their defense to run Fangio's stuff. Its quite a level of trust the GM has in the coaches to do this mid year. Seems odd they didn't consider it in the offseason.