There was a piece on "Bears Wire" to which I actually commented...Twice AND in a very civil matter. I think Cory hit on a very important point which was this...

"And judging by how many Clinton-Dix business decisions we’ve all seen, I’m not sure he’s a complement for anyone."

Whether it's "Business Decisions" or something else HHCD just hasn't been a very good Safety in this League for much of the last 2 seasons or so. Washington giving up a 4th and then letting him walk speaks volumes to that. I guess we'll have to wait and see starting week one BUT if there's one guy who knows HHCD it's Rodgers and Adams. They WILL put him in a position to make a play and based on the last few years HHCD will come up short.

All Amos needs to do is show he won't run AWAY from a player when contact is imminent, and we'll have all the proof we need the Packers got the better end of the deal.

I thought Clinton-Dix when he came in was going to be a pro bowl caliber player. And he did infact become one. Since then, he changed. I really don't know what he has become. Because he is not the player he was when he came into the league.

What I like the most is that the Packers got a 4th round pick for him who they had no plans to resign. They gave up a player for 1/2 the season that they weren't going to resign for a 4th round pick. Not bad at all.
That 4th round pick became key as they used it to trade up and get Savage.

I do think that Amos will be a really good pairing with Savage. Similar to the way it was in Chicago.
But the upgrade at Safety this year should be significant. We are going from the combination of Whitehead, Brice and Clinton-Dix to Savage and Amos. The bar wasn't set very high for those guys to be better. Safety could be our most improved position on the roster this year.

In all fairness to the Redskins, they wanted him back but felt that they would not pay the price he wanted. Safety’s are supposedly devalued in today’s NFL. Yet GB did not mind paying for Amos.

It is just laughable. Eddie Jackson is their FS, and Ha Ha is not a SS. Not at all.

Add to that, Amos had 9 PDs last season, playing SS. Ha Ha never reached 9 PDs in 6 years playing FS, where there are far more opportunities to make a play on the ball. I do not see that working in CHI.

You know this is like most debates in life, time will tell. By the halfway point of the 2019 season enough of HHCD's, poor efforts will be on tape, or the change of scenery and playing with a pass rush will change his playing style, that one side or the other will declare victory. So relax an watch!

If Da Bears want a guy that hangs out 10-15 yards off the play waiting for tipped balls and overthrows to snag, then HHCD is their man.

I find it interesting that the Bears have publicly stated they got the better of the "safety swap" and HHCD graded out better than Amos, yet the Bears only offered HHCD a one year deal. If the Bears really believed HHCD was that good, why not lock him up for several years? It sounds to me more like the Bears are trying to motivate HHCD than thinking they actually got the better of the swap.

After watching a year of HHCD's poor tape, the Bears will come to the same conclusion the Packers and Redskins did - HHCD is not worth a significant NFL contract.

All you need to do is watch the tape. I don’t know exactly when but at some point he started to avoid contact at all expenses. He would whiff on running plays and make what seemed like half hearted tackles on completions. Once in awhile he would make an interception. Tape don’t lie. Funny thing too that the Redskins didn’t make much of an effort to re-sign a player they paid a 4th round pick for.
With that being said, Pack has correctly moved on and has a safety who covers well, tackles and doesn’t get beat deep. Happy to add Adrian Amos.

Bears fan here....and I come in peace. My "problem" with Amos is that he doesn't make many splash plays. He seems like just a guy back there filling the safety position and would make an occasional play, like a TFL, or once in a while help on a sack. It wasn't consistently all the time though. He just didn't stand out like a lot of other defenders on the Bears D. He's pretty good in run support, but again, I think you can get just about any safety that can do that. I want a safety that can make splash plays, particularly INTs. Clinton-Dix?? Perhaps. We'll see. That's why the Bears signed him to a cheap 1-year deal. It's a "prove it" deal. My glass half-full approach thinks that perhaps putting Dix on a defense that has a lot of play-makers around him, and pairing him with his former college teammate (E. Jackson) back there will get him going and making plays again. Perhaps this will be the perfect fit and environment for him. All we can do is wait-and-see, both on Dix and Amos. Bear Down!!

The Bears still suck. Nothing more needs to be made of this. He's now a bear, " he sucks". He'd be perfect, for a charmin commercial. When the bears get torched this year. Will we ask, "does a bear shit in the Woods"? No. On the Field. We will say Dix needed to go. We needed a change for the better. The blame game is over in Green Bay. It doesn't matter if Dix plays well or not. We only need are packers too. Amos brings experience and a healthier attitude to the packers. Lets not look back. The debate isn't how Dix will do for the Bears. It's how Amos will make our secondary better. Positive Attitudes are contagious. It's an emotion to achieve better. This secondary will be one of the most feared again. Smarter! Tighter! Stronger!

Admittedly I dont know much about Amos, but I do know plenty anout Clinton Dix. What the Bears are doing trying to make him feel like he is not the last woman in the bar at closing time. Although his contract value and the fact the skins had no interest in bringing him back after trading for him would say otherwise.

Can’t wait for ARodg to light up Mr. Dix, should be fun!
Go Pack!

Dix was hurting the team with his ineffective play. Whatever he does going forward with another team doesn’t matter. His play or lack of was hurting the Packers. Therefore he had to go one way or the other.

As for Amos we need him to play solidly for the Packers. Hopefully he learns Pettine’s defense and fulfills his role. Also he can mentor Savage and help his development.

There are times when teams need to move on from players. For the Packers it was time to move on from Dix, Perry, Cobb etc. Thanks, Since ‘61

Seems like Josh Jones reported for minicamp.

The packers were right in getting rid of Ha Ha and have taken one of the quiet bears defensive player who only did his job when it needed to be done and not running away from tackles. Our safties will make chicagos safties look like amateurs. We got the better exchange

actually....I think HHCD will perform well this season....which only goes to show that he had a crappy attitude at GB......good riddance....

I wonder how long it will take for his fellow Bears grow sick of his style of tackling or non tackling.

If HaHa (or his agent) is smart, we see him use all his abilities to play great and earn the big contract.

I wouldn't be that team though. He might regress. :-)

Coldworld,

Right. He has 30 more teams to fool. He's no "Rudy."

To be honest, I don't know much about Amos.

I have seen Ha Ha play for four and a half years and was never impressed, not even in his pro-bowl years and I was hoping he'd be good when drafted.

Seemed like most of his picks came on overthrows. I can recall one really nice pick he made with great anticipation but that's about it. I don't recall him reacting to a throw and knocking it down like the better safeties do or locking down a receiver. For that matter, seemed like he was no where to be found on many a deep pass.

Bad angles, not much in run support, king of the late to the pile, that's when he's in the view at all.

So in my opinion, if Amos is even average it's an upgrade.

Anytime teams that play twice a season basically trade players at one position there is going to be a lot of talk about it.

Clinton-Dix has ball skills and with the Bears level of pressure he could be in line for some interceptions in the Bears defense. He had some good statistics in the past for Green Bay (a 100 tackle season and a 5 interception season) but it was clear he had given up on the season if not the team and he needed to move on. The Bears got a low end contract for him which seems like a great deal for them.

The Packers needed a more physical presence and a cog they could depend on. The Packers defense has been passive the last few seasons to say the least. Amos has missed 4 games in 4 seasons and appears to be a solid locker room presence, a sure tackler, and he appeared to show improvement last season with 9 passes defended and 2 interceptions.

Both teams have the player they want it would seem.