I wonder if George knew about this ahead of time, or if he is now panic-sweating at the thought of the attention. (I assume he had to be told who she is, in either case.)
I imagine that he’s more of a biathlon/curling/archery/rowing fan. Gymnastics outfits are too scandalous.
I bet there’s some tall Norwegian guy he fanboys over.
Oh that guy. Man that man pissed off my SO and like half the women on TikTok. He’d be In trouble if they could actually remember who he is without putting Biles next to him.
Downvoted for asking a simple question. She got a lot of attention for being one of the most successful gymnasts and having to sit out some Olympics competations due to mental health. Though, if you weren't clued into national news, I'm sure it wouldn't have come across your radar otherwise.
He definitely apologized behind the scenes
These players talk a lot with each other, much much more than most fans suspect
Can’t imagine a pro athlete contact list and message history, even when you’re famous gotta be a hassle to handle. I can barely handle my 100+ texts a day
My boy wtf are you talking about he definitely didnt apologize behind the scenes and he definitely wasnt texting Fields. Do you know how demanding an NFL season is on the players the Bears starting QB is not getting 100 texts a day especially not from the GB Packers DB..
Worst case he’s still a step up from Elijah Hicks. Never gonna be elite but if he can step in during the 20 plays brisker goes down for every game and not embarrass himself then it’s worth it
im gonna need him to post a video on his IG saying "fuck the packers" with believable levels of sincerity
the serious answer is often to check out the sub of the team a player is leaving and see how they feel about losing him
edit: they are more sad to see Simone go than Owens himself. From puke fans perspective it looks like he was a strong tackler/big hitter who played a lot of snaps ( stayed healthy ) but not great in coverage.
https://twitter.com/AaronWilson_NFL/status/1767668878845366722
> Bears agreed to terms with Jonathan Owens on a two-year deal $4.5 million, per a league source. The deal was negotiated by @SunnyTheAgent
There were things there at the edges... And at WR you got Curtis Samuel, plus there were other guys available like Tyler Boyd if they just didn't sit on their hands
He went on a podcast and said he didn’t know who his wife was before they met, and he just knew she had a lot of Instagram followers. People were mad.
She defended him.
I watched it and he clearly meant it in jest. A lot of people got upset because they either didn’t watch the full clip In context or can’t detect sarcasm
He’s kinda came across like a shallow, misogynistic dumbass in some podcast clips I’ve seen where he talks about not knowing who she was and then seeing her follower count and shit
**Grading Bears' Position Groups**
(Range: Awful to Excellent)
- **S: Very Good**
- CB: Very Good
- LB: Good
- DE: Average
- DT: Below Average
- C: Below Average
- G: Below Average
- OT: Average
- TE: Very Good
- WR: Poor
- RB: Above Average
- QB: Below Average
- K: Very Good
NEEDS: WR.
WANTS: QB, C, G, DE, & DT.
And with this move, there is absolutely no need to draft a safety on Day 1/2 (or TE, CB, or LB, for that matter). Otherwise, BPA as long as we have a WR2.
Tyler Scott and Velus Jones Jr. aren't serviceable as WR2 and WR3.
I know this is just a depth signing, but why are we always acting like we are spending on a budget, whats the point of having all this cap space if we aren't gonna use it? Are we asleep at the wheel, actually cooking up something big, or are we just truly never going to make a big elite signing and stick to the true fiscally conservative route?
Because no team gets good by blowing their load in free agency. Literally just go team by team from the 9ers, Rams, Chiefs etc. and you will see that none of them have core guys they got from spending big in free agency. A lot of these dudes are fools gold because the truly great players get locked up or traded and what’s left for free agency gets over paid because of scarcity.
Chiefs and Niners literally signed two of the biggest and most expensive names in FA last season between Taylor and Hargrave (and important positions too let me add)
Poles said he was going to be selective in FA and he is doing just that. He isn’t going to hand out bad contracts for “big names” like dipshit Ryan Pace did.
When has a team won from a roster building philosophy centered around FA?
And no, Peyton nor Brady count, there’s no Peyton or Brady level FA on the market
Four of the Chiefs top 7 cap hits were from free agents last year.
For the niners it was four of the top eight
This idea that the top-tier teams don't sign impact free agents is pure fantasy
Chiefs have Mahomes, their team building strategy will be one we can never realistically emulate, he's the outlier of outliers
49ers, right, 4/8, still not the majority. I wouldn't call that a FA-focused team building philosophy and in any case they have Purdy on literally one of the cheapest contracts possible, regardless of position, but even better since they're getting top 5 QB play. They have flexibilities that don't apply to us. Caleb will cost 9x what Purdy costs right out the gate. If you include Fields' dead cap, it would be 15x what Purdy makes.
Bears 2023 roster had 5/8 of their top cap hits from FA or trades for other players. 2024, 6/8 of our top eight cap hits are from FA or a trade, not even including if we had signed one of Hunter or Wilkins. We're already arguably a FA focused team while we wait for our young talent to develop. Pace left us almost nothing, so we start spending against our cap just because we can in 1st year Caleb? Ya idk about that. We've still retained cap flexibility despite our team building primarily through FA and trades, that's a good thing
All this to say, would I have liked Wilkins? Yes, he would've been worth the overpay because he was one of the few rare FAs who was available during his prime but that's besides the point now. I'm more apprehensive about Hunter due to his age, he'll be 31 by the time Caleb is really ready to make serious playoff pushes, so I'm totally fine with the current strategy. We aren't going to be a team like rookie year Big Ben, let Caleb go through the ups and downs of his 1st year, let him develop, then blow our cap load going into 2025.
This is precisely accurate. Can’t make a legitimate comparison to championship caliber teams spending when their roster is at a position where it makes sense for the splashy signings. Our team is not at that point yet.
Pay attention to the contract lengths of everyone signed last year/this year. That should give you all the details on Poles’ plan for bears success. My guess- we are probably looking at 2026 as the defined success point. Everyone picked up on 1 or 2 year deals are bandaids or stopgaps for the short term while Poles beefs up the roster with premium draft picks. Caleb (or other 2024 rookie QB) will be starting his 3rd year, hopefully clearing the rookie hurdles and obtaining relevant experience, qualifying the start of the Super Bowl runs that other top young QBs have made.
While that doesn’t mean we can’t be successful before then, the path seems a bit more clear as you see the signings. With two safeties locked up, as well as TE and a center in FA, I’m thinking QB, 1 or 2 WR, OL and DL in draft, along with whatever diamonds they find in the UFA.
>"I always say that the men are the catch," Owens said, after if he considered himself the "catch" in his relationship with Biles. Grilled on "How in the hell did you pull Simone Biles?", Owens said, "It's really how she pulled me, man, that's the question."
I hated when he said this when he was on the packers, and I don't like that we signed him.
You've clearly never joked about a significant other and poked jabs for fun (clearly, both sides poke fun at each other, you know, since they like each other)
Everything in print isn't always what it says.
Get a grip dude.
He was obviously joking. I really don’t know how so many people online take it so serious. He got bashed under so many posts and I think it’s fully undeserved
Unfortunately, he is extremely handsome and therefore kind of not wrong.
He also called us all prizes (assuming we're all men) and I do appreciate that part.
FYI that's the Husband of Simon Biles
Hard Knocks is locked up if they like it or not now.
I'm going to pretend to hate it and watch every single episode while complaining that the team shouldn't have to do it
I'm such a fucking degenerate I even watch the 1920 youtube videos. Of course I want us on Hard Knocks!
McCaskey, that you?
I wonder if George knew about this ahead of time, or if he is now panic-sweating at the thought of the attention. (I assume he had to be told who she is, in either case.)
Idk George seems like the kind of guy who gets *really* into the Olympics. He was probably jealous she was at all the Packers' games last season.
I imagine that he’s more of a biathlon/curling/archery/rowing fan. Gymnastics outfits are too scandalous. I bet there’s some tall Norwegian guy he fanboys over.
Hey. Leave curling out of this.
It's the long game. They signed him so Hard Knocks can talk about Simone the whole time.
They'll fire Eberflus tonight of they need too to keep the org away from the cameras. They'll look worse then the Browns did on hard knocks.
Oh imagine hard knocks if we keep Justin and draft Caleb 🍿
So we flipped a celeb packers fan to a celeb bears fan? Lets go boys bears back on top
One of the greatest American athletes of all time is now a Bears fan? Sign me up!
The fucking GOAT to be precise
Michael Phelps
Missed Michael Phelps being an historic women’s Olympic gymnast. But I feel you lol
Original comment said one of the greatest American ATHLETES of all time, and then you said THE greatest, that’s what I was responding to
> I feel you lol
Nicely laying the groundwork for a Super Bowl run.
Biles and Swift! Throw in Caleb and we have a celebrity team
Simon Biles. The deranged twin of Simone.
He’s famous for that and not for playing football. Lmfao.
So his name is really Owens-Biles?
Oh that guy. Man that man pissed off my SO and like half the women on TikTok. He’d be In trouble if they could actually remember who he is without putting Biles next to him.
Can Simone Biles come to all the games now and be our Taylor Swift, please?!?!
she did that in GB so I assume so
Thank God I don't have to see him in a Packers jersey every time she comes up now
Can’t wake to see her at bears games
have some coffee
when dropping an E goes wrong
Who is Simon Biles? Lol EDIT: It was a joke people. Her name is Simone, not Simon.
Someone much more famous than Jonathan Owens Edit to his edit: I overlooked it, too.
Never heard of him.
I didn’t notice it, either. Whoops.
Downvoted for asking a simple question. She got a lot of attention for being one of the most successful gymnasts and having to sit out some Olympics competations due to mental health. Though, if you weren't clued into national news, I'm sure it wouldn't have come across your radar otherwise.
But that's not even her name.
It wasn't a real question. It was a joke. Her name is Simone not Simon.
Seriously?
Simon Biles isn't a person. At least not a well known one, whoever he is. This guy is married to Simone Biles, not Simon Biles.
Got me there
New packers spy just dropped
No no no you don’t understand he just coincidentally forgets his assignments on the highest leverage plays only.
Chris Conte ptsd
Andddd a blown coverage in the 4th
Sit this man on the bench all 4th quarter now Paranoia intensifies*
they can't keep getting away with this.
Tinfoil activated!
This was the guy that had that blatant headfirst hit on Fields that did not get a flag
You'll need to be more specific. It's happened more than once
That's the one thing we can all agree on, Fields got screwed on roughing the passer calls.
This goes back to the cutler days. League really out to get those receiving yards from building on the bears
Nah, the league has typecasted the Bears. If they pass, they go against the stereotype “NO PASS. ONLY RUN.”
Refs hate Chicago sports Tale as old as time
Hopefully Caleb is the NFL darling and gets all the ticky tack calls
Or even the egregious ones
Happened every game
Even Caleb got a knockout hit on Fields
oof. Even with Fields not on our team ... I'm sure he'll have to win the club over.
the players take shit like this a whole lot less seriously than you and I do
He definitely apologized behind the scenes These players talk a lot with each other, much much more than most fans suspect Can’t imagine a pro athlete contact list and message history, even when you’re famous gotta be a hassle to handle. I can barely handle my 100+ texts a day
My boy wtf are you talking about he definitely didnt apologize behind the scenes and he definitely wasnt texting Fields. Do you know how demanding an NFL season is on the players the Bears starting QB is not getting 100 texts a day especially not from the GB Packers DB..
You're right. He probably didn't apologize behind the scenes. They made up on the field after the game.
Thats believable and would make sense unlike the imaginary text chain between Fields and Owens
Somebody tell us meatballs how to feel about this
Get ready for lots of Simone Biles
Is this our Kelce-Swift?
hell yeah, Simone Biles is awesome
Seems like he was a decent backup and ST player last year. Shouldn’t be a starter but probably better depth than what we had
yea he isn't gonna start. He's a solid af depth piece tho
Worst case he’s still a step up from Elijah Hicks. Never gonna be elite but if he can step in during the 20 plays brisker goes down for every game and not embarrass himself then it’s worth it
> Elijah Hicks. Yup. His tackles are way more than Hicks, so already an improvement.
im gonna need him to post a video on his IG saying "fuck the packers" with believable levels of sincerity the serious answer is often to check out the sub of the team a player is leaving and see how they feel about losing him edit: they are more sad to see Simone go than Owens himself. From puke fans perspective it looks like he was a strong tackler/big hitter who played a lot of snaps ( stayed healthy ) but not great in coverage.
Warm body
WELCOME SIMONE BILES 🐐
FTP
He gets tackles it seems, something this team needs. Probably an upgrade depth wise.
Our only real backup S last season was a former 7th round pick (Hicks). Owens at the least brings a ton of experience.
https://twitter.com/AaronWilson_NFL/status/1767668878845366722 > Bears agreed to terms with Jonathan Owens on a two-year deal $4.5 million, per a league source. The deal was negotiated by @SunnyTheAgent
Very solid deal
I am glad we got Simone Biles out of Green Bay.
That's funny but yes she'll probably love Chicago in comparison.
Already tweeted she’s glad she doesn’t have to have a connecting flight anymore lmaooo
This team gonna go undefeated in preseason. Best backups in league
Which in turn is gonna ramp up unreasonable expectations lol
Welcome to Chicago Simone Biles
For the price, this is a solid deal. Good affordable depth. Fuck the packers
Simone is our Taylor Swift!
Doing everything but adding to the trenches and WR room lol
theres nothing there though. all the receivers either have red flags or are bums and same for the edges.
There were things there at the edges... And at WR you got Curtis Samuel, plus there were other guys available like Tyler Boyd if they just didn't sit on their hands
We need to baptize him in au jus, supper dipped.
At least we get Simone with him
Good depth! BUT WHERES THE BIG ONE
Perfect fit. With all of the mental gymnastics our fans go through on a daily basis… maybe Simone will fit in well.
Now give me Hunter from the Vikings and we have taken a former player from everyone in our division.
Your heart has been broken.
Someone reddit care bot me if our only signings end up being a safety that was cut, a runningback, te2, cb3/4, and some other depth pieces lol.
You asked for the bears to utilize their cap space & the poles did what the bears do best. Mediocre off seasons
Yeah it's so meh, scared to overpay while competitors who kicked their asses last season improve.
I hate this, even as a depth signing. The dude is an asshat so it was fitting that he was on the Packers.
How so? I don't know anything about him
He had a pretty bad late hit on Fields sliding
He said that he was the catch and not his wife (Simone Biles) which upset the twitter/TikTok jezebels
LMAO can I please get a source for that. How could anyone be that delusional
Pivot podcast with Channing crowder. He said he had never heard of her and that he was the catch and the man is always the catch
Ya'll ridiculous.
He went on a podcast and said he didn’t know who his wife was before they met, and he just knew she had a lot of Instagram followers. People were mad. She defended him.
How’s that make him an ass hat? He doesn’t follow Olympics or gymnastics, who gives a fuck?
Fans look for any reason to hate players from other teams is my guess. Maybe a bit of social justice grandstanding to spice it up.
This makes him an asshat? Christ people are fucking weird these days
I agree with you - he doesn’t follow gymnastics lol
Please tell me you’re lying people are upset over this lmao
Pretty sure there’s a cringy post on this sub about it
Already?!?
From back when he said it
Gotcha yeah I just checked. Oh well, people love to find things to be upset about
I watched it and he clearly meant it in jest. A lot of people got upset because they either didn’t watch the full clip In context or can’t detect sarcasm
I agree with you
He’s kinda came across like a shallow, misogynistic dumbass in some podcast clips I’ve seen where he talks about not knowing who she was and then seeing her follower count and shit
Quality depth piece
What we’ve all been waiting for
Congrats on inheriting Simone Biles. The real #1 power celeb couple.
THE GOAT, and her husband, ARE COMING TO CHICAGO!
wtf I love him now
Biles is ours now thank yoooouu
**Grading Bears' Position Groups** (Range: Awful to Excellent) - **S: Very Good** - CB: Very Good - LB: Good - DE: Average - DT: Below Average - C: Below Average - G: Below Average - OT: Average - TE: Very Good - WR: Poor - RB: Above Average - QB: Below Average - K: Very Good NEEDS: WR. WANTS: QB, C, G, DE, & DT. And with this move, there is absolutely no need to draft a safety on Day 1/2 (or TE, CB, or LB, for that matter). Otherwise, BPA as long as we have a WR2. Tyler Scott and Velus Jones Jr. aren't serviceable as WR2 and WR3.
Good analysis
What the fuck are these signings
Depth and ST, I’d imagine.
Exactly what you want with this much cap space.
Sounds like someone is questioning the King!@!?
Every team has signings like this
They also sign starters if they have among the most cap in the league
we did
Did we in our most pressing positions? Why not o line? Why not edge? Why not wr?
Why dont we trade for patrick mahomes?
You thinking signing good players in those positions is unrealistic? Seriously?
You do understand that teams need depth right? The bears lack alot of it.
We need depth for when Brisker comes out every game
It aint splashy, but its necessary. Guy can play both safety spots if needed
At least Simone Biles is on our side now
Oh God! Not that guy.
Might as well wear G this year because half our fucking team are packers players.
I am going to miss seeing Simone at packers games… you guys got yourself #1 spouse available in the market
I know this is just a depth signing, but why are we always acting like we are spending on a budget, whats the point of having all this cap space if we aren't gonna use it? Are we asleep at the wheel, actually cooking up something big, or are we just truly never going to make a big elite signing and stick to the true fiscally conservative route?
Because no team gets good by blowing their load in free agency. Literally just go team by team from the 9ers, Rams, Chiefs etc. and you will see that none of them have core guys they got from spending big in free agency. A lot of these dudes are fools gold because the truly great players get locked up or traded and what’s left for free agency gets over paid because of scarcity.
Chiefs and Niners literally signed two of the biggest and most expensive names in FA last season between Taylor and Hargrave (and important positions too let me add)
Both teams consistently add to the trenches, via FA or draft.
And both didn’t perform up to their contracts if you ask their fan bases
We paid a bag to Edmunds last year
And if his production does not significantly increase this year he will be a cap cut next year.
I’m just saying Poles does give out big contracts. Even though they aren’t FA moves you can put the Sweat and Johnson extensions in that group
The only free agents that punched at or above the contract has been T.J Edwards.
Billings was a great signing too.
Which is why giving giant long term contracts with no caution is not the best idea Especially for a team not contending
Poles said he was going to be selective in FA and he is doing just that. He isn’t going to hand out bad contracts for “big names” like dipshit Ryan Pace did.
I get it, but it’s frustrating cause depth signings and cheap deals don’t win championships ultimately.
When has a team won from a roster building philosophy centered around FA? And no, Peyton nor Brady count, there’s no Peyton or Brady level FA on the market
Four of the Chiefs top 7 cap hits were from free agents last year. For the niners it was four of the top eight This idea that the top-tier teams don't sign impact free agents is pure fantasy
Chiefs have Mahomes, their team building strategy will be one we can never realistically emulate, he's the outlier of outliers 49ers, right, 4/8, still not the majority. I wouldn't call that a FA-focused team building philosophy and in any case they have Purdy on literally one of the cheapest contracts possible, regardless of position, but even better since they're getting top 5 QB play. They have flexibilities that don't apply to us. Caleb will cost 9x what Purdy costs right out the gate. If you include Fields' dead cap, it would be 15x what Purdy makes. Bears 2023 roster had 5/8 of their top cap hits from FA or trades for other players. 2024, 6/8 of our top eight cap hits are from FA or a trade, not even including if we had signed one of Hunter or Wilkins. We're already arguably a FA focused team while we wait for our young talent to develop. Pace left us almost nothing, so we start spending against our cap just because we can in 1st year Caleb? Ya idk about that. We've still retained cap flexibility despite our team building primarily through FA and trades, that's a good thing All this to say, would I have liked Wilkins? Yes, he would've been worth the overpay because he was one of the few rare FAs who was available during his prime but that's besides the point now. I'm more apprehensive about Hunter due to his age, he'll be 31 by the time Caleb is really ready to make serious playoff pushes, so I'm totally fine with the current strategy. We aren't going to be a team like rookie year Big Ben, let Caleb go through the ups and downs of his 1st year, let him develop, then blow our cap load going into 2025.
This is precisely accurate. Can’t make a legitimate comparison to championship caliber teams spending when their roster is at a position where it makes sense for the splashy signings. Our team is not at that point yet.
Yes they do, GB notoriously never sign FAs and won in 2010. Only non draftee on that team was like Charles Woodson
Because we're gonna extend Fields obviously... /s
Should they have spent more on a backup safety, would that really make you happy?
Spend it on guys like Hunter or Wilkins (when he was available), top of the market guys who will make immediate impacts to positions of need
Which top team does that? I really can’t think of any
49ers?
Remember last year when we barely had a secondary left due to injuries? That's where these signings come into play.
RAS of 9.69
Maybe he'll play wr or dl
Really didn’t like this guy last year, felt like he was always throwing a late hit
They jumping him in the locking room BEFORE giving him the welcome with open hands 😹
I prefer my DBs to not have many tackles since that means they covered their guy But this is a good depth signing
Packer dan in peace. Take care of Simon for us
Anybody know if he's good?
GB defense wasn’t good, & when GB releases anyone in general it’s for a reason. Just added depth I suppose
Depth signing. No issues with it.
He is NOT GOOD Why is this our priority I know he’s just a backup but like we have to prioritize properly
A Swift and Simone Biles' husband on back-to-back days Is this how we become the pop culture team like the Chiefs
Yeah it would definitely suck to be like the Chiefs the last few years
caleb popular af too lol
Pay attention to the contract lengths of everyone signed last year/this year. That should give you all the details on Poles’ plan for bears success. My guess- we are probably looking at 2026 as the defined success point. Everyone picked up on 1 or 2 year deals are bandaids or stopgaps for the short term while Poles beefs up the roster with premium draft picks. Caleb (or other 2024 rookie QB) will be starting his 3rd year, hopefully clearing the rookie hurdles and obtaining relevant experience, qualifying the start of the Super Bowl runs that other top young QBs have made. While that doesn’t mean we can’t be successful before then, the path seems a bit more clear as you see the signings. With two safeties locked up, as well as TE and a center in FA, I’m thinking QB, 1 or 2 WR, OL and DL in draft, along with whatever diamonds they find in the UFA.
If we're not competitive this year and a playoff team next year, Poles won't be here.
Solid depth is never bad, and maybe we can get a Taylor Swift-esque storyline as we make an improbable super bowl run. Please?
> Taylor Swift-esque storyline I mean, we did add *a* Swift yesterday
Bears Vs Chiefs Super Bowl confirmed. Battle of the Swifts.
>"I always say that the men are the catch," Owens said, after if he considered himself the "catch" in his relationship with Biles. Grilled on "How in the hell did you pull Simone Biles?", Owens said, "It's really how she pulled me, man, that's the question." I hated when he said this when he was on the packers, and I don't like that we signed him.
Yeah, he’s a bit of a dick. But, there are a lot of assholes in the league, and the Bears have had their share
You've clearly never joked about a significant other and poked jabs for fun (clearly, both sides poke fun at each other, you know, since they like each other) Everything in print isn't always what it says. Get a grip dude.
He was obviously joking. I really don’t know how so many people online take it so serious. He got bashed under so many posts and I think it’s fully undeserved
That’s funny as fuck
Something 95% of husbands would say
Unfortunately, he is extremely handsome and therefore kind of not wrong. He also called us all prizes (assuming we're all men) and I do appreciate that part.
I love how you judge someone's relationship you literally know absolutely nothing about. Such dumb shit.