Will Tyler Linderbaum cost too much for Chicago Bears?
Dan Bernstein Unfiltered
312 Sports
4.6 • 735 Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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0:00 Linderbaum
24:40 ABS
43:15 SGA
51:55 Top Gun
With the news of Drew Dalman’s retirement, we turn our attention to potential replacements — including top free‑agent center Tyler Linderbaum. But with an asking price reportedly north of $20 million per year, is Linderbaum simply too expensive for the Chicago Bears? We break down how a contract of that size would impact the Bears’ salary‑cap flexibility and what it would mean for the team’s other roster needs heading into free agency and the draft.
We also dive into MLB’s new ABS (Automated Ball-Strike) challenge system. Will teams create analytics‑based rules to determine when to use a challenge? How will strategy, data, and game theory shape these decisions? And—most importantly—do Chicago teams have a plan in place before Opening Day?
Plus, we tackle the growing online complaints about Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (SGA) and the number of foul calls he draws. Here’s the truth: drawing fouls is a skill. It’s part of the game, he’s elite at it, and the outrage is getting ridiculous.
Another packed episode with Bears talk, MLB strategy, and NBA discourse. Let’s get into it.
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| 0:00.0 | Dan Bernstein unfiltered. |
| 0:02.3 | Unfiltered on 312 sports. |
| 0:07.9 | It's DBU on 312, and I think my guy that I wanted to replace Drew Dalman is probably not going to be in the Bears price range. |
| 0:21.9 | I sort of woke up to that reality today. |
| 0:24.6 | And it's one thing to think it, and it's another thing to start to actually see numbers |
| 0:29.7 | that are associated with the guy that you want. |
| 0:33.3 | And do you find it interesting? |
| 0:34.8 | I just should ask this before we get into some other football stuff, |
| 0:39.2 | that there's been nothing official on Dalman yet? Do you notice that? That there's been no |
| 0:44.0 | announcement by the Bears. There's been nothing scheduled. Are they waiting for the 11th? Is there a reason |
| 0:50.3 | technically why they can't announce this yet or where there can't be any anything further from |
| 0:56.0 | the team despite the fact that everybody knows this is happening yeah i haven't seen anything uh on |
| 1:00.8 | that i was wondering that last night why it wasn't made official and then my just my first thought |
| 1:04.8 | was maybe they wait till the 11th yeah i'm not sure i don't know i don't know if there's some kind |
| 1:09.8 | of impact to that or not. |
| 1:11.3 | I mean, a player can obviously retire whenever they want to, but |
| 1:14.0 | correct. |
| 1:14.5 | Not sure when the, |
| 1:15.5 | when the team needs to make an official. |
| 1:17.1 | So I just assume they're waiting until next Wednesday. |
| 1:19.4 | And I don't know what the protocols are. |
| 1:20.8 | And I don't know where the player himself may just want to not make a big deal out |
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