Bears Offseason at a Glance

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Cuts/Not Re-signed

WR Eddie Royal [When passes physical]
QB Brian Hoyer [SF] 2 years
QB Matt Barkley [SF]
QB Jay Cutler []
TE Logan Paulson [SF]
DE Cornelius Washington [Det] 2 years 6 million
WR Alshon Jeffery [Phi] 1 year 14 million
CB Tracy Porter


Re-signings

TE Daniel Brown 1 year deal
CB Bryce Callahan 1 year deal
WR Josh Bellamy 1 year deal
OG Eric Kush 2 year deal 2.7 million
K Conner Barth 1 year 1.1 million
CB Jonathan Banks 1 year
LB Christian Jones 1 year
LB Sam Acho 1 year
S Chris Prosinski
DE C.J Wilson
WR Deonte Thompson


Trades


Free Agents

QB Mike Glennon [Tampa Bay] 3 years 45 million/19 guaranteed

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http://www.nfl.com/player/mikeglennon/2539275/profile

S Quentin Demps [Houston] 3 years 13.5 million/5 guaranteed

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http://www.nfl.com/player/quintindemps/1974/profile

TE Dion Sims [Miami] 3 years 18 million/10 guaranteed

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http://www.nfl.com/player/dionsims/2540200/profile

WR Markus Wheaton [Pittsburgh] 2 years 11 million/6 guaranteed

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http://www.nfl.com/player/markuswheaton/2539291/profile

Prince Amukamara [Jacksonville] 1 year 7 million guaranteed

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http://www.nfl.com/player/princeamukamara/2495108/profile

CB Marcus Cooper [Arizona] 3 years 16 million/8 guaranteed

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http://www.nfl.com/player/marcuscooper/2541202/profile​

WR Kendall Wright [Tennessee] 1 year 4 million guaranteed

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http://www.nfl.com/player/kendallwright/2532977/profile

OT Tom Compton [Atlanta] 1 year

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http://www.nfl.com/player/tomcompton/2532816/profile

NT John Jenkins [Seattle] 1 year

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http://www.nfl.com/player/johnjenkins/2539231/profile

QB Mark Sanchez [Dallas] 1 year

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RB Benny Cunningham [LA Rams] 1 year deal

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http://www.nfl.com/player/bennycunningham/2541544/profile

CB B. W Webb [New Orleans] 1 year deal

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http://www.nfl.com/player/b.w.webb/2539338/profile


Draft
*Trade: The Chicago Bears trade 1[3], 3[67], 4[111], and 3[2018] to the San Francisco 49ers for 1[2]

1[2] QB Mitch Trubisky [UNC] 6'2" 222lbs, 4.67 [40], 27.5" vert, 9'8" broad, 6.87 [3 cone], 4.25 [shuttle]

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http://www.nfl.com/draft/2017/profiles/mitch-trubisky?id=2558008​

*Trade: The Chicago Bears trade 2[36] and 7[220] to the Arizona Cardinals for 2[45], 4[118], 6[167], and 4[2018]

2[45] TE Adam Shaheen [Ashland] 6'6" 277lbs, 4.79 [40], 24 reps, 32.5" vert, 10'1" broad, 7.09 [3 cone], 4.38 [shuttle]

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http://www.nfl.com/draft/2017/profiles/adam-shaheen?id=2558144

*Trade: The Chicago Bears trade 4[117] and 6[167] to the Los Angeles Rams for 4[112]

4[112] S Eddie Jackson [Alabama] 6' 201lbs, 10 reps

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http://www.nfl.com/draft/2017/profiles/eddie-jackson?id=2558176

4[119] RB Tarik Cohen [NC A&T] 5'6" 179lbs, 4.42 [40], 11 reps, 31.5" vert, 9'10" broad

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http://www.nfl.com/draft/2017/profiles/tarik-cohen?id=2558250

5[147] OG Jordan Morgan [Kutztown] 6'3" 309lbs, 34.5" arms, 5.36 [40], 21 reps, 27" vert

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http://www.nfl.com/draft/2017/profiles/jordan-morgan?id=2558190
 
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While I'm not overly thrilled by this list, I do think we are better both short and long term. Our Secondary has to be better, and we have several building blocks.
 
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I'm sure there are a few more signings on the way too.
 
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I'm looking forward Quentin Demps at Safety and seeing what Prince Amukamara & Marcus Cooper have a CB. It needs work but it's still well improved over what we had last year.

Lamarr Houston will he stay a Bear?
 
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They need Marcus Cooper, Fuller, or some other corner to really step up. We know Amukamara is a decent starter when healthy but nothing more, and often not healthy.

Eddie Jackson or Hall must take the FS spot. Demps, Bush, and Amos fight it as SS.

I really would have liked another edge rusher. I wonder if they actually plan on keeping Houston.

Overall, the offense looks pretty good except for a #1 WR. Defense still feels thin and very shaky on paper.
 
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Our free agency this year was a bust. We bought a bunch of bums to add to a collection of bums. His draft strategy to me he hit it out of the park time will tell if he got the right guys
 
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Thank you for this post. When put all together like it is here, I think there is great room for optimism.
 
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dennehy said:
They need Marcus Cooper, Fuller, or some other corner to really step up. We know Amukamara is a decent starter when healthy but nothing more, and often not healthy.

Eddie Jackson or Hall must take the FS spot. Demps, Bush, and Amos fight it as SS.

I really would have liked another edge rusher. I wonder if they actually plan on keeping Houston.

Overall, the offense looks pretty good except for a #1 WR. Defense still feels thin and very shaky on paper.
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Free Safety is one of the most important positions and Demps will be the winner.

FS: Quintin Demps, Eddie Jackson, HJQ
SS: Adrian Amos, Deon Bush
 
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Free Safety is one of the most important positions and Demps will be the winner.

FS: Quintin Demps, Eddie Jackson, HJQ
SS: Adrian Amos, Deon Bush
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If Demps is FS were are likely in trouble.
 
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I'm sure there are a few more signings on the way too.
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We still have room for i think 7 more players on the roster, we have a good amount of cap left and i think Pace saved money for when the cuts start happening. There's always some vets that get cut so hopefully we can add a couple legit vets to this team. Maybe they'll sign J.Howard who the Chiefs cut last week.
 
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dennehy said:
They need Marcus Cooper, Fuller, or some other corner to really step up. We know Amukamara is a decent starter when healthy but nothing more, and often not healthy.

Eddie Jackson or Hall must take the FS spot. Demps, Bush, and Amos fight it as SS.

I really would have liked another edge rusher. I wonder if they actually plan on keeping Houston.

Overall, the offense looks pretty good except for a #1 WR. Defense still feels thin and very shaky on paper.
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I wouldn't be shocked if we trade K.Fuller and wouldn't be shocked if they were trying to during the draft. I'm not sure if them not picking up the 5th year option would make him more enticing for other teams or not but the Bears obviously don't believe in the kid as much as Pace made it sound like they did or he would of picked up that option.
 
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dabears70 said:
We still have room for i think 7 more players on the roster, we have a good amount of cap left and i think Pace saved money for when the cuts start happening. There's always some vets that get cut so hopefully we can add a couple legit vets to this team. Maybe they'll sign J.Howard who the Chiefs cut last week.
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That DE from Denver they met with is still out there. Vance Walker.
 
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I can live with the draft. I'm thrilled they got a QB and I understand the risk/reward profiles on the rest. Biggest mistake of the offseason was not getting Gilmore. Also not entirely sure I understand the Glennon signing- but I assume it was a hedge against not getting Trubisky. Any way you slice it- Pace has put his professional career on the line this offseason. Everything now is about the 2018 season.
 

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BEARZOMBIE said:
Our free agency this year was a bust. We bought a bunch of bums to add to a collection of bums. His draft strategy to me he hit it out of the park time will tell if he got the right guys
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The key to FA is that they aren't committed to big dollars to anyone over several years. This is what rebuilding looks like. You have to fill in the roster with somebody to play but you don't want to hamstring yourself to the point you can't slowly integrate younger players over a few years.
 
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dabears70 said:
I wouldn't be shocked if we trade K.Fuller and wouldn't be shocked if they were trying to during the draft. I'm not sure if them not picking up the 5th year option would make him more enticing for other teams or not but the Bears obviously don't believe in the kid as much as Pace made it sound like they did or he would of picked up that option.
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I don't really think there's much trade for a guy who didn't play at all last year. I also don't think that not giving him the 5th year (which is something like $8mil, I think) indicates that they've given up on him entirely. We'll see.
 

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I love the FA additions of Cooper, Wright, Wheaton, and Amukamara. Very little investment to see if these guys have what it takes to build with. Cooper looks the part and is evidenced by the 3 year deal he received. Amukamara is a quality starter when healthy, and is still young. Wright and Wheaton have both flashed in the past and hopefully the change of scenery is good for them. I also think Fuller is going to show something this year, and may well end up our starting nickel.
 
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The key to FA is that they aren't committed to big dollars to anyone over several years. This is what rebuilding looks like. You have to fill in the roster with somebody to play but you don't want to hamstring yourself to the point you can't slowly integrate younger players over a few years.
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The key is to sign your main targets. Sure they did a good job not sticking us with bums on long term contracts. But it's a fact we missed big in fa.
 
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BEARZOMBIE said:
The key is to sign your main targets. Sure they did a good job not sticking us with bums on long term contracts. But it's a fact we missed big in fa.
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How is it a fact we missed big in FA?? What if S.Gilmore and AJ Bouye show they aren't worth what they got paid?? This could easily happen with them especially AJ Bouye. How do we know that the guys we added won't play well for us?? To say what we did in free agency is already a big miss, in May is ridiculous. Lets give these kids a chance before we call them bad signings.
 
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That is not a good team.

But in my opinion it is better and there is legit hope that they are building towards something. The feeling of treading water that had taken over the Cutler era is gone.
 
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