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Robinson's FA tag is killing us right now.  Mack, Jackson, and Whitehair's contracts were all restructured and cleared 23.5M in cap space. But Robinson's 18M tag for this year cancels out the majority of this.  They need to either re-sign him or trade him.... and they need to make a decision soon.

Mack's cap hit went from 26.6M down to 13.9M (currently 6th in the lg).
Jackson's cap hit went from 11.5M down to 5.1M (12th in the lg).
Whitehairs cap hit went from 9.6M down to 5.2M (11th in the lg).


Restructuring Mack's contract is both good and bad. The good part is that it leaves us with 12.7M more cap space to work with in 2021. The bad part is that it also increases the dead-cap over the next 5 years which also means we would now save even less money if the Bears decided to either trade or release him in the future.  


His cap savings from 2021-2024 went from;
-11.5, +15.2, +22.9, +23.3
to
 -24.6, +5.6, +16.5, +20.1.


Plus this restructures added 1 void year for 3.2M to that extends into 2025, which is also now fully guaranteed.

Each year Increase/decrease between his previous contract vs the current
2021: -$13,122,800
2022: -$9,582,600
2023: -$6,388,400
2024: -$3,194,200
2025: +$3,194,200

Mack just turned 30 years old, so he probably still has a couple good years left in him, but I wouldn't expect much more than that. Not an elite level anyhow.

 

 

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15 hours ago, AZBearsFan said:

Yeah. Schefter has it as a 3-year deal. With RRH likely gone bringing he and Urban back makes a ton of sense, especially if Hicks may end up being a cap casualty. 

I still think it's in the best interest to either trade Hicks for additional pick(s), or use him as bait to move up in the first round, or just release him out right if they can't find any buyers.  He'll be 33 this November and his contract is so ridiculous at this point that there's really no outs.

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5 hours ago, JAF-N72EX said:

Robinson's FA tag is killing us right now.  Mack, Jackson, and Whitehair's contracts were all restructured and cleared 23.5M in cap space. But Robinson's 18M tag for this year cancels out the majority of this.  They need to either re-sign him or trade him.... and they need to make a decision soon.

Mack's cap hit went from 26.6M down to 13.9M (currently 6th in the lg).
Jackson's cap hit went from 11.5M down to 5.1M (12th in the lg).
Whitehairs cap hit went from 9.6M down to 5.2M (11th in the lg).


Restructuring Mack's contract is both good and bad. The good part is that it leaves us with 12.7M more cap space to work with in 2021. The bad part is that it also increases the dead-cap over the next 5 years which also means we would now save even less money if the Bears decided to either trade or release him in the future.  


His cap savings from 2021-2024 went from;
-11.5, +15.2, +22.9, +23.3
to
 -24.6, +5.6, +16.5, +20.1.


Plus this restructures added 1 void year for 3.2M to that extends into 2025, which is also now fully guaranteed.

Each year Increase/decrease between his previous contract vs the current
2021: -$13,122,800
2022: -$9,582,600
2023: -$6,388,400
2024: -$3,194,200
2025: +$3,194,200

Mack just turned 30 years old, so he probably still has a couple good years left in him, but I wouldn't expect much more than that. Not an elite level anyhow.

 

 

Robinson won’t be on tag.  They will sign him or trade him or sign someone else.   Tag just buys time.  

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Just now, dll2000 said:

Robinson won’t be on tag.  They will sign him or trade him or sign someone else.   Tag just buys time.  

They understand that WR group of Mooney, Miller and Ridley and is not going to work.  Something is going to be done.  They just haven’t figured it all out yet.  

They want to figure out QB first ideally. 

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