WindyCity Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 (edited) Coaching DC Chuck Pagano https://www.chicagobears.com/team/coaches/chuck-pagano ILB Mark Deleone https://www.chicagobears.com/team/coaches/mark-deleone OLB Ted Monachino https://www.chicagobears.com/team/coaches/ted-monachino DB Deshea Townsend https://www.chicagobears.com/team/coaches/deshea-townsend Releases TE Dion Sims [6 million] K Cody Parkey OLB Sam Acho [2.1 million] Free Agent Loses WR Josh Bellamy [NYJ] 2 years 7 million/2.75 guaranteed S Adrian Amos [GB] 4 years 38 million OG Eric Kush [Clev] OG Bryan Witzmann [Clev] TE Daniel Brown [NYJ] Restructured or Extended OG Kyle Long [2.9] NT Eddie Goldman[2.25] OLB Khalil Mack [11] Re-signingsOT Bobbie Massie 5 years 40 million/15.8 guaranteed Year 1: 3.8 Year 2: 8.3 OLB Aaron Lynch 1 year TE Ben Braunecker 2 years 2.75/500k guaranteed S Deandre Houston-Carson 1 year DE Nick Williams 1 year 850k LS Patrick Scales 1 year 820k OT Rashaad Coward 1 year 650k Trades RB Jordan Howard traded to the Philadelphia Eagles for a conditional 6th round pick in 2020. Free Agents CB Buster Skrine [NYJ] 3 years 16.5 million/8.5 guaranteed RB Mike Davis [Seattle] 2 years 6 million/3 guaranteed WR/KR Cordarrelle Patterson [New England] 2 years 10 million OG Ted Larsen [Miami] 1 year 1 million S Ha-Ha Clinton-Dix [Washington] 1 year 3.5 million WR Marvin Hall [Atlanta] Draft *Trade: The Chicago Bears trade 3[87], 5[162], and 4[2020] to the New England Patriots for 3[72] and 6[205]. 3[72] RB David Montgomery [Iowa St] 5'10" 222lbs, 4.63 [40], 15 reps, 28.5" vert, 10'1" broad 4[126] WR Riley Ridley [Georgia] 6'1" 199lbs, 4.58 [40], 13 reps, 30.5 vert, 10'4" broad 6[205] CB Duke Shelley [Kansas St] 5'9" 173lbs, 4.45 [40] 7[222] RB Kerrith Whyte [Florida Atlantis] 5'10" 197lbs, 4.38 [40], 7[238] CB Stephen Denmark [Valdosta St] 6'3" 200lbs, 4.36 [40], 43.5" vert UDFA WR Emmanuel Hall OF Alex Bars TE Dax Raymond Depth Chart QB: Trubisky, Daniel RB: Montgomery, Davis, Cohen, Whyte WR: Robinson, Gabriel, Miller, Patterson, Ridley, Wims TE: Burton, Shaheen, Braunecker, Raymond LT: Leno, Sowell LG: Daniels C: Whitehair RG: Long, Larsen RT: Massie, Coward RE: RRH, Bullard NT: Goldman, Nichols LE: Hicks, Williams OLB: Floyd, Irving ILB: Smith, Iggy ILB: Trevathan, Kwiatowski OLB: Mack, Lynch, Fitts CB: Fuller, Prince, Skrine, McManis, Tolliver, Shelley FS: Jackson, DHC/Denmark SS: Clinton-Dix, Bush K: Jones, Blewitt, Fry P: O'Donnell LS: Scales Edited April 29, 2019 by WindyCity 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WindyCity Posted February 26, 2019 Author Share Posted February 26, 2019 Updated 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beardown3231 Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Kyle Long has agreed to a restructed deal per Biggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dll2000 Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 4 minutes ago, beardown3231 said: Kyle Long has agreed to a restructed deal per Biggs Hmmm .. cushion space or making room for a signing? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dll2000 Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Keep in mind a lot of signings will be simply camp bodies and Bears have to get down to 53 and practice squad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZBearsFan Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Keep in mind that most restructures likely won’t take place until at which time we actually need the funds, even if they are already agreed to in principle with the players affected. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beardown3231 Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Looks like the Long restructure will clear 2.9M in room this offseason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulman Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 (edited) Yep, salary reduced by $2.9 mil to $4 mil. Cap cost now $5.6 mil with $2.5 mil in ULTBE bonuses and incentives to be earned but if earned would be charged against 2020 cap. No new money but team option for 2020 and 2021 has been terminated when he can become a FA. Edited February 27, 2019 by soulman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmike90 Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 24 minutes ago, soulman said: Yep, salary reduced by $2.9 mil to $4 mil. Cap cost now $5.6 mil with $2.5 mil in ULTBE bonuses and incentives to be earned but if earned would be charged against 2020 cap. No new money but team option for 2020 and 2021 has been terminated when he can become a FA. So basically created the rookie pool with this restructure...smart move all round. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WindyCity Posted February 27, 2019 Author Share Posted February 27, 2019 This was way more team friendly than I was expecting with Long. He can earn the money back in bonuses and the Bears do not really care about a shortened deal he was not going to be here in 2021 anyway. Very team friendly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulman Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 4 minutes ago, Madmike90 said: So basically created the rookie pool with this restructure...smart move all round. Essentially it has which frees up a little more cap space to use now since the rookie contracts won't be signed 'til May and even then quite possibly only our 3rd round pick would count against the top 51 cap hits which means about $900k. Pace is creating a little more breathing space and he could create more if he needs it. What I'm wondering is something imminent which would be either Callahan or Amos or is he just taking care of business cap wise one step at a time.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dll2000 Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 21 minutes ago, WindyCity said: This was way more team friendly than I was expecting with Long. He can earn the money back in bonuses and the Bears do not really care about a shortened deal he was not going to be here in 2021 anyway. Very team friendly. Can end all speculation of Long leaving in 2019. C'mon stay healthy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulman Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 20 minutes ago, WindyCity said: This was way more team friendly than I was expecting with Long. He can earn the money back in bonuses and the Bears do not really care about a shortened deal he was not going to be here in 2021 anyway. Very team friendly. Yeah, you kinda got your wish. No new money and no extension. In fact it now a year shorter deal. Who know what 2021 will bring? What we do know is we won't have an $8.9 mil cap hit listed next to Kyle's name. The big window is 2019-2020 anyway so provided he's playing well we'll have the OL intact through that cycle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dll2000 Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 12 minutes ago, soulman said: Yeah, you kinda got your wish. No new money and no extension. In fact it now a year shorter deal. Who know what 2021 will bring? What we do know is we won't have an $8.9 mil cap hit listed next to Kyle's name. The big window is 2019-2020 anyway so provided he's playing well we'll have the OL intact through that cycle. Kyle not only has to stay healthy he has to play better than he has of late. He was very up and down last year and didn't play well in his last game. In his defense it is hard to be at top of your game at highest level of anything while injured and without offseason training and prep. Still it is what it is whatever the reason, he hasn't been that good or available for much of time lately. I don't believe he is having any offseason surgeries this year so maybe he can finally recover a bit, get a full offseason regime in and play closer to a top NFL guard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulman Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Just now, dll2000 said: Kyle not only has to stay healthy he has to play better than he has of late. He was very up and down last year and didn't play well in his last game. In his defense it is hard to be at top of your game at highest level of anything while injured and without offseason training and prep. Still it is what it is whatever the reason, he hasn't been that good or available for much of time lately. I don't believe he is having any offseason surgeries this year so maybe he can finally recover a bit, get a full offseason regime in and play closer to a top NFL guard. I believe that's the reason for his agreed upon salary reduction and it's replacement with $2.5 mil of ULTBE bonuses which is something I'd posted about before. I actually thought that would be the best way to see that he does get paid if healthy and productive and shift some cap to 2020 if it's earned. The other benefit to us is he also agreed to a team option for 2020 in exchange for having his final year terminated so he's really on a one year deal now and truly betting on himself. Personally I think it's a bet he wins and that 2019 could be one of his best years. We know he'd love to win a SB ring as a Bear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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