AZBearsFan Posted December 13, 2017 Author Share Posted December 13, 2017 4 hours ago, Rogerthat said: Lots of talk of the packers cutting Clay Matthews, Cobb, and Bulaga to make space to sign Adams. I wouldn't want cobb Matthews could be okay fills a need Bulaga is better than massie Bulaga has played 16 games once in the past 6 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WindyCity Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 The Bears if they re-sign the guys we think they will, will not have as big a budget as we think. 40 million tops for outside free agents. Pace hasn't shown he will backloaded deals so we are probably spending less than people think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZBearsFan Posted December 13, 2017 Author Share Posted December 13, 2017 19 minutes ago, WindyCity said: The Bears if they re-sign the guys we think they will, will not have as big a budget as we think. 40 million tops for outside free agents. Pace hasn't shown he will backloaded deals so we are probably spending less than people think. He hasn’t had to though - we’ve had absurd amounts of cap space because his predecessors didn’t draft anyone worthy of a second contract. Did your projection factor in that the cap is likely to go up another $10M again next year? How many guys off the 53 do you think we will replace? 10-12? 5 of those will be non-1st round draft pick contracts (more ifnwe trade down) and a few others will be vet minimum deals, so now you’re talking $30-35M or so in cap space for like 4-5 guys tops. That’s plenty. That gets you one TOP guy, one second tier guy and 2-3 guys on multi-year deals. Realistically if we resign the guys I expect (Sanchez, Inman, Wright, Unrein, Acho, one of Fuller/Prince, McManis, O’Donnell, DePaolo and Santos) plus the RFA (Meredith, Brown, Timu, Houston-Carson) we will probably need to add, give or take a little, 1 RB, 1-2 WR, 1 TE, 1 OT, 1 Interior OL, 1 DL, 1-2 OLB, 1 ILB, 1-2 CB, 1-2 S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerthat Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 NFL 2018 cap being set at 174 to 178 million Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerthat Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Mohammed Wilkerson is going to be cut from the jets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WindyCity Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 1 hour ago, AZBearsFan said: He hasn’t had to though - we’ve had absurd amounts of cap space because his predecessors didn’t draft anyone worthy of a second contract. Did your projection factor in that the cap is likely to go up another $10M again next year? How many guys off the 53 do you think we will replace? 10-12? 5 of those will be non-1st round draft pick contracts (more ifnwe trade down) and a few others will be vet minimum deals, so now you’re talking $30-35M or so in cap space for like 4-5 guys tops. That’s plenty. That gets you one TOP guy, one second tier guy and 2-3 guys on multi-year deals. Realistically if we resign the guys I expect (Sanchez, Inman, Wright, Unrein, Acho, one of Fuller/Prince, McManis, O’Donnell, DePaolo and Santos) plus the RFA (Meredith, Brown, Timu, Houston-Carson) we will probably need to add, give or take a little, 1 RB, 1-2 WR, 1 TE, 1 OT, 1 Interior OL, 1 DL, 1-2 OLB, 1 ILB, 1-2 CB, 1-2 S. The cap increase was factored in. The Bears will have about 85 million total cap room, roughly 40 left after re-signings and if they do a Goldman extension. The Bears will have a similar amount of cap space to last season where they were around 70 million and entered into free agency with probably a larger starting budget because of fewer in house signings. Obviously 40 million stretches further if you are willing to backload deals with bigger signing bonuses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WindyCity Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 AZ I agree that we will still have the budget to land a top player at any position and more than likely a tier 2 player. 12-WR 7-CB or OLB 7-WR/TE And then smaller multi year deals for OL Depth, K etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WindyCity Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 John Middlekauf, former Eagles Scout and Athletic SF writer, was asked about free agents he could see the Bears going after and Landry came up again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G08 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Is Landry that good? I heard he's a headache as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WindyCity Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Field Yates Quote Jarvis Landry, WRTeam: Miami Dolphins | Age: 25No player has more catches through the first 60 games of his career than Landry's 368. He's at his best operating from the slot, and while he does not offer a ton of vertical-play ability, he's a tough, reliable catcher and a good punt return man, too.Best fit: Chicago Bears. It's imperative that Chicago work hard to surround Trubisky with more playmakers this offseason. Landry would be a pillar of steadiness that would make life much easier on the young QB and allow the team to track a perimeter receiver elsewhere. Landry would feast in this offense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WindyCity Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 39 minutes ago, G08 said: Is Landry that good? I heard he's a headache as well. He is very talented, but I think he has a bit of attitude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damikeeeee Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 54 minutes ago, WindyCity said: Field Yates He’s my #1 target. Get Landry and figure out the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G08 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Man... I think I'd rather keep Wright for much cheaper and you're not getting this diva-******* in the building to boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damikeeeee Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 29 minutes ago, G08 said: Man... I think I'd rather keep Wright for much cheaper and you're not getting this diva-******* in the building to boot. They’re not really comparable. We could keep Wright or not. We need a game changer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G08 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 I read that he was demanding $11 million per season and the Dolphins laughed at him... would ya'll want to pay him that here? Dude's got talent, don't get me wrong... but that much for a slot WR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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