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Chicago Bears give new stadium update, say they will provide over $2B for lakefront domed project

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The Chicago Bears' new stadium proposal was unveiled in a press conference. The team says it will provide over $2B for a lakefront domed project.

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"I think it's pretty good," Warren said of the new format, per ESPN. "As soon as you touch the ball, that's when everything starts to happen.

"Our special teams coordinator was talking about Justin Fields being back there. We're like, 'Hold up, hold up.' We looked at him like, 'Justin Fields is about to be back there?' I don't know. I think it's cool."

This is, frankly, an insane idea. Sure, Fields is an incredible athlete who has proven to be very capable of ripping off explosive plays with his legs, so much that some saw him more as a runner than a proper quarterback during his final couple of years in Chicago. But a read option or a scramble is vastly different than a kickoff -- at least, as we've come to know it.

Even if the rule changes turn the kickoff into something much more similar to a standard offensive play than the traditional high-speed clashes of battlefield chaos, throwing the backup quarterback out there to be subjected to hits is, at minimum, an unnecessary risk. More realistically, it's willfully negligent. And with the addition of Cordarrelle Patterson to a roster than already includes Calvin Austin, there simply isn't a need to even consider tossing a quarterback back there as a returner.

It's May. These little nuggets of info drive traffic online, and with the 2024 NFL Draft now in the rearview mirror, the beast needs feeding. But don't take this as much more than a wacky idea floated in a spring meeting. Hopefully Smith prefaced it with "call me crazy, but ..." because it is exactly that: crazy.

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Steelers RB Jaylen Warren: ST coach said Justin Fields could be kick return option

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NFL teams are spending this offseason adjusting the the new kickoff rules for the 2024 season. Could Justin Fields be an option as a returner for the Pittsburgh Steelers?

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Examples of hip-drop tackles from the 2023 NFL season.

Hip-Drop Tackle

In advance of the 2024 season, NFL clubs have voted unanimously to remove the hip-drop tackle from the game.

A hip-drop tackle occurs when a defender wraps up a ball carrier and rotates or swivels his hips, unweighting himself and dropping onto ball carrier's legs during the tackle.

A hip-drop tackle will result in a 15-yard penalty and an automatic first-down if a player uses the following technique to bring a runner to the ground:

Grabs the runner with both hands or wraps the runner with both arms

Unweights himself by swiveling and dropping his hips and/or lower body, landing on and trapping the runner's leg(s) at or below the knee

New kickoff rule explained.

Kickoff Rule Adjustment

To create a new form of a free kick play that is designed to:

Resemble a typical scrimmage play by aligning players on both teams closer together and restricting movement to reduce space and speed.

Promote more returns.

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2022 NFL Rules Changes and Points of Clarification | NFL Football Operations

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The NFL is committed to protecting its players from unnecessary risk, while keeping the game fair, competitive and exciting.

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Bears NFL Draft Picks 2024: Full list of Chicago’s draft picks for every round

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2023 was another lackluster season for the Chicago Bears, finishing at the bottom of the NFC North with a 7-10 record (a disappointment, but, it should be noted, improvement on 2022’s bottom of the barrel 3-14 showing).

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With the continued uncertainty regarding the Kansas City Chiefs' future inside GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, talks of renovating the 52-year-old stadium have seemingly stalled while opening the door for relocation discussion.

While ideas have been floated around about the Chiefs moving back to their old home of Dallas, as encouraged by the city mayor, Eric Johnson, there is also the possibility of moving across state lines from Missouri to Kansas.

After the initial report from the Topeka Capital-Journalrevealed that Kansas state legislators are working on a proposal to move the Chiefs to their namesake state, John Holt of Fox 4 News Kansas City has unveiled renderings of what their new home stadium could look like.

Take a look:

Via: John Holt/Fox 4 News Kansas City

Via: John Holt/Fox 4 News Kansas City

The renderings are not too dissimilar to SoFi Stadium, the current home of the Los Angeles Rams and Chargers, which has a glass roof. While no financial estimate was given for what it would cost the Chiefs to build this new stadium, based on what SoFi Stadium cost, it would be within the ballpark of $5.5 billion.

After Jackson County, Missouri, voters denied a new sales tax proposal that would've seen renovations made to the Chiefs' current home at Arrowhead while fundung the building of a brand new ballpark, a new stadium is seemingly a more enticing offer.

Not to mention that the proposed stadium would be a dome, which, after this past season's playoff game versus the Miami Dolphins, made history for being the coldest game in NFL history at -4 degrees, would eliminate the potential of that happening again.

No decision or even indication from the Chiefs regarding their future in Jackson County has been given. However, with their lease for Arrowhead Stadium set to expire in 2030, a decision could be on the horizon.

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LOOK: Chiefs Leaving Arrowhead? New Stadium Design Revealed

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With talks of the Kansas City Chiefs potentially moving to the state of Kansas, renderings of what their new stadium could look like have been revealed.

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This article is talking about whether the Chicago bears should build a new lakefront domed stadium which would cost $4.7B. I think they shouldn’t build a new stadium because it wouldn’t be done for a few years and it costs way too much and that nobody wants to pay for that.

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This article is talking about Justin Fields switching positions to a punter returner because the Steelers declined his salary contract. I think that Fields is better off switching to punt returner because he won’t get much playing time because of Russell Wilson at starting QB.

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This article is talking about the Chicago Bears draft picks and free agent players they picked up to make a more well developed and better team this year. I think that they made great draft picks this year and that they will be a better team this year.