Comments on: Bears faced with weighty decision on Henry Melton http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/bears-faced-with-weighty-decision-on-henry-melton/ ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Wed, 22 May 2013 00:57:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: tone360 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/bears-faced-with-weighty-decision-on-henry-melton/#comment-2342096 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 02:21:20 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737381#comment-2342096 Well offense isn’t Detroit’s issue so how is it Fairley is so damn good and the Lions are about to occupy the basement for the next 5 years?

]]> By: chi01town http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/bears-faced-with-weighty-decision-on-henry-melton/#comment-2341391 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 06:30:17 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737381#comment-2341391 I would like to keep Melton but this
off season is about the O-LINE.. and a TE. Chicago needs to give CUTLER a new contract. start spending money on the offense.

]]> By: voiceofsweetness http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/bears-faced-with-weighty-decision-on-henry-melton/#comment-2341153 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 00:36:13 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737381#comment-2341153 Emery has had a whole season to analyze this Melton situation. I have faith he has a strong plan to keep Melton in the fold.

]]> By: gobears84 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/bears-faced-with-weighty-decision-on-henry-melton/#comment-2340333 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 05:58:20 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737381#comment-2340333 Metrics are for people that don’t watch enough football because they don’t have the acumen for grading players from what they see. I’ve watched Melton every snap since he’s been on the Bears, so go ahead and put your GM cap on Lion fan.

I’ll take my eyeball test over your metric system any day. You want to play this money ball game by using metrics to score players, spend some time and try to figure out how the metrics of your 2 DT’s effected the overall landscape of your season and divide that by the cap hit you take versus your total cap. Seems to me you could spend more time speculating how to find players with better metrics in your secondary. Oh, thats right, that would require cap room. Enjoy having overpaid two quality defensive tackles and not being able to re-sign a guy like Avril. I hope your metrics have millimeters, cause its gonna get worse before it gets better in Detriot.

]]> By: funktron2x http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/bears-faced-with-weighty-decision-on-henry-melton/#comment-2340197 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 02:16:49 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737381#comment-2340197 Such vitriol! Melton is a darn fine player, but just about every metric you could find, Suh and Fairley were better this year.

]]> By: ppc50 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/bears-faced-with-weighty-decision-on-henry-melton/#comment-2340113 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:52:36 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737381#comment-2340113 Dallas wants him, but he will too pricey, unless Spencer is gone

]]> By: larryboodry http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/bears-faced-with-weighty-decision-on-henry-melton/#comment-2340109 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:48:59 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737381#comment-2340109 The Bears cannot afford to let Melton get away…Regardless of what PFF says, Melton’s potential ceiling is much higher than Suh or Fairley, and Suh especially may have already reached the end of his ascent.

]]> By: boogerhut http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/bears-faced-with-weighty-decision-on-henry-melton/#comment-2340044 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:03:22 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737381#comment-2340044 asublimeday says: Feb 15, 2013 3:57 PM

Why is it that bears stories always conjure up idiot “wouldn’t mind seeing him play for my team” comments.

Ugh, shut up.
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Riiiiight, only the Bears stories have someone commenting to the fact that they would like this or that player on their team. Uh Huuuuh. How long HAVE you had these delusions of grandeur Oh Center of The Universe?

]]> By: gosuhgo http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/bears-faced-with-weighty-decision-on-henry-melton/#comment-2339933 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:50:22 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737381#comment-2339933 Really? That’s your story? Last I checked he made the Pro Bowl this year and he hasnt even reached his peak yet as he is still learning the nuances of the DT position. He started out as a RB at Texas. Do us a favor and stick to critiquing your own team that finished last in the NFC North. Thanks for stopping by.
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I get what you’re saying but please don’t use the pro bowl as an example of how good a player is. It literally has nothing to do with player skill. Fairley and Suh were graded at PFF and other football sites as the 2 best DTs in the NFCNorth. Lions sucked this year, can’t argue that, but it wasn’t because of those 2.

]]> By: deltszp http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/bears-faced-with-weighty-decision-on-henry-melton/#comment-2339842 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:18:21 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737381#comment-2339842 Football is won in the trenches and this guy needs to stay. At the same time the lb core played average at best and horribly at the end of the season with Mr Briggs missing tackles left and right.

]]> By: thevza http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/bears-faced-with-weighty-decision-on-henry-melton/#comment-2339744 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:50:52 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737381#comment-2339744 I love me some Julius Peppers, but $16 mil? That’s about one seventh of the team salary cap paid to one guy. If he is really serious about wanting to win a championship in Chicago, you’d think he would be down to do a little contract restructuring. I mean, he’ll probably be pulling in what, almost $100 mil over his career?
Just sayin….

]]> By: tremoluxman http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/bears-faced-with-weighty-decision-on-henry-melton/#comment-2339642 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:13:09 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737381#comment-2339642 The Vikings could use him since Kevin Williams is getting up in age and is on the backside of his career. No disrespect to KW, but he’s going to need replacing soon.

]]> By: freebird2011 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/bears-faced-with-weighty-decision-on-henry-melton/#comment-2339616 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:06:41 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737381#comment-2339616 Lance Briggs will turn 33 during the season.

Although Briggs is still playing at a high level, how much is there really left in the tank?

Seems to me it would make more sense to keep the 26 year old Melton than Briggs.

]]> By: punkyqb http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/bears-faced-with-weighty-decision-on-henry-melton/#comment-2339591 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:00:37 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737381#comment-2339591 @funktron2x says: Feb 15, 2013 3:37 PM

Not even the best in your own division behind Suh and Fairley, lol.
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Is that the same Suh and Fairley that led the Lions to yet another last place finish and have lost at least 5 out of the last 6 games against the Bears. LOL

]]> By: asublimeday http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/bears-faced-with-weighty-decision-on-henry-melton/#comment-2339578 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:57:12 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737381#comment-2339578 Why is it that bears stories always conjure up idiot “wouldn’t mind seeing him play for my team” comments.

Ugh, shut up.

]]> By: asublimeday http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/bears-faced-with-weighty-decision-on-henry-melton/#comment-2339574 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:56:27 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737381#comment-2339574 Not even the best in your own division behind Suh and Fairley, lol.
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You’re high. The lions D-line is the most overrated thing in sports

]]> By: gobears84 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/bears-faced-with-weighty-decision-on-henry-melton/#comment-2339541 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:50:02 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737381#comment-2339541 funktron2x says:

Not even the best in your own division behind Suh and Fairley, lol.

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Really? That’s your story? Last I checked he made the Pro Bowl this year and he hasnt even reached his peak yet as he is still learning the nuances of the DT position. He started out as a RB at Texas. Do us a favor and stick to critiquing your own team that finished last in the NFC North. Thanks for stopping by.

]]> By: crazycane http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/bears-faced-with-weighty-decision-on-henry-melton/#comment-2339535 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:46:25 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737381#comment-2339535 Ugh, that Peppers contract is killer.

]]> By: mikeheruki http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/bears-faced-with-weighty-decision-on-henry-melton/#comment-2339511 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:39:15 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737381#comment-2339511 Bears can’t afford to chip away at depth on D-line. Already need youth at LB and better back ups at CB in addition to OL…AGAIN.

]]> By: maxbelmont http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/bears-faced-with-weighty-decision-on-henry-melton/#comment-2339509 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:38:45 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737381#comment-2339509 Bears need to sign Melton to a long term deal, but fans might have skepticism with what happened after the Bears signed Tommie Harris to a long term deal.

]]> By: funktron2x http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/bears-faced-with-weighty-decision-on-henry-melton/#comment-2339503 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:37:15 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737381#comment-2339503 Not even the best in your own division behind Suh and Fairley, lol.

]]> By: tannethrill http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/15/bears-faced-with-weighty-decision-on-henry-melton/#comment-2339480 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:30:13 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1737381#comment-2339480 Wouldn’t mind seeing the Fins pay Melton instead of Starks.

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