$54 Mil. How Would You Spend It?

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According to OverTheCap, the Bears have $17.3 mil in cap space. With the following departures, the Bears would wind up with around with around $54.3 mil to spend.
$13.2 Floyd
$8 Amukamara
$4.5 Gabriel
$1.2 Shaheen
$1.6 Braunecker
$0.7 Saubert

Here's the Bears that are now free agents.
Danny Trevathan ILB
Chase Daniel QB
Ha-Ha Clinton-Dix S
Sherrick McManis CB
Aaron Lynch OLB
Bradley Sowell TE
Ted Larsen LG
Nicholas Williams DE
Kevin Pierre-Louis OLB
Cornelius Lucas LT
Patrick Scales LS
Brent Urban DE
TJ Clemmings RT
DeAndre Houston-Carson S
Nick Kwiatkoski ILB
Deon Bush S
Devante Bond ILB
Roy Robertson-Harris DE
Rashaad Coward RT
Isaiah Irving OLB
J.P. Holtz TE

Obviously, you can't re-sign them all, nor would you want to.

So you have $54.3 mil in cap space for 2020. How would you spend it?
 

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Write myself a fat fully guaranteed check and tell the McCaskeys to shove it up their ass as I peaced out to a whole host of tropical islands, hopping around for the next year or more until the heat died down.
 
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Here's what I'd do:
I wouldn't sign Trevathan unless he's willing to work cheap. I wouldn't pay over $5 mil in salary for him.
Chase and Bray can't do the job, so no need to resign them either.
I wouldn't re-sign any backup offensive linemen, as they were awful.

Here's who I would re-sign
Haha Clinton-Dix - 4 year $20 mil back-loaded contract,.2020 cap hit -$4 mil
Sherrick McManis - 1 year, $1.5
Nick Williams - 2 year, $3 mil
Kevin Pierre Louis - 2 year $5 mil
Nick Kwiatkoski - 4 year $25 mil, back-loaded contract with roster bonuses. 2020 cap hit -$5 mil
Deon Bush - 2 year, $3 mil
RRH - 2 year $6 mil
Isaiah Irving - 1 year, $645,000
J.P. Holtz - 1 year, $645,000

That leaves around $34 mil left for free agency. Obviously, I'd try for back loaded contracts, and roster bonuses to keep it cap and cut friendly. Here's who I'd get....
Graham Glasgow- 4 year, $12 mil.
Case Keenum - 2 year, $10 mil. 2020 cap hit - $4 mil
Eric Ebron - 2 year, $15 mil. 2020 cap hit - $7 mil
Bud Dupree - 4 year $56 mil. 2020 cap hit - $12 mil

That would leave a little under $7 mil for draft picks, filling out the roster, and in-season injury replacements.
 

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According to OverTheCap, the Bears have $17.3 mil in cap space. With the following departures, the Bears would wind up with around with around $54.3 mil to spend.
$13.2 Floyd
$8 Amukamara
$4.5 Gabriel
$1.2 Shaheen
$1.6 Braunecker
$0.7 Saubert

Here's the Bears that are now free agents.
Danny Trevathan ILB
Chase Daniel QB
Ha-Ha Clinton-Dix S
Sherrick McManis CB
Aaron Lynch OLB
Bradley Sowell TE
Ted Larsen LG
Nicholas Williams DE
Kevin Pierre-Louis OLB
Cornelius Lucas LT
Patrick Scales LS
Brent Urban DE
TJ Clemmings RT
DeAndre Houston-Carson S
Nick Kwiatkoski ILB
Deon Bush S
Devante Bond ILB
Roy Robertson-Harris DE
Rashaad Coward RT
Isaiah Irving OLB
J.P. Holtz TE

Obviously, you can't re-sign them all, nor would you want to.

So you have $54.3 mil in cap space for 2020. How would you spend it?

Sign OLB
sign OG
Sherrick McManis CB
Ted Larsen LG
Nicholas Williams DE
Kevin Pierre-Louis OLB
Cornelius Lucas LT
Patrick Scales LS
Nick Kwiatkoski ILB
Deon Bush S
Roy Robertson-Harris DE isn't he a restricted FA ?
Rashaad Coward RT same as above ?
J.P. Holtz TE
draft WR/OT or CB first 2 picks draft TE in the 4th-6th
 

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Here's what I'd do:
I wouldn't sign Trevathan unless he's willing to work cheap. I wouldn't pay over $5 mil in salary for him.
Chase and Bray can't do the job, so no need to resign them either.
I wouldn't re-sign any backup offensive linemen, as they were awful.

Here's who I would re-sign
Haha Clinton-Dix - 4 year $20 mil back-loaded contract,.2020 cap hit -$4 mil
Sherrick McManis - 1 year, $1.5
Nick Williams - 2 year, $3 mil
Kevin Pierre Louis - 2 year $5 mil
Nick Kwiatkoski - 4 year $25 mil, back-loaded contract with roster bonuses. 2020 cap hit -$5 mil
Deon Bush - 2 year, $3 mil
RRH - 2 year $6 mil
Isaiah Irving - 1 year, $645,000
J.P. Holtz - 1 year, $645,000

That leaves around $34 mil left for free agency. Obviously, I'd try for back loaded contracts, and roster bonuses to keep it cap and cut friendly. Here's who I'd get....
Graham Glasgow- 4 year, $12 mil.
Case Keenum - 2 year, $10 mil. 2020 cap hit - $4 mil
Eric Ebron - 2 year, $15 mil. 2020 cap hit - $7 mil
Bud Dupree - 4 year $56 mil. 2020 cap hit - $12 mil

That would leave a little under $7 mil for draft picks, filling out the roster, and in-season injury replacements.

You are way too optimistic on some of these numbers -

- Haha will get more than that on open market.
- Nick Williams will get more on open market
- Deon Bush will likely get more on open market
- Graham Glasgow will get paid way more.
- Zadarius got 16.5 million last year after a season with 8.5 sacks...Bud's got 11.5 and is younger...he is getting more than 12 million a year.
 

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Leonard Floyd OLB - Re-sign 3yr 21 mill
Nicholas Williams DE - Re-sign 3yr 12 mill
Kevin Pierre-Louis OLB - Re-sign 2yr 6 mill
Cornelius Lucas LT Re-sign 1yr minimum
Patrick Scales LS - Re-sign for minimum
DeAndre Houston-Carson S Re-sign 2yr 2 mill
Nick Kwiatkoski ILB Re-sign 3yr 15 mill
Deon Bush S Re-sign - 2yr 8 mill
Roy Robertson-Harris DE - RFA - 1yr tender at 3.2mill
Rashaad Coward RT RFA 1yr tender at 3.2mill
J.P. Holtz TE - Re-sign 1yr 600k

23 mill in space left
FA signings
JPP OLB - sign 2yr 14 mill
Ebron TE - sign 2yr 12 mill
Vaitai OL - sign 2yr 10 mill
Hundley QB - 1yr 3 mill
 

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He pretty much announced that Floyd would be back at the press conference. He stopped just short of giving him a 3 sack congratulations hug.

You need to address either RG or TE in a significant way. You cannot go into the draft desperately needing a starter at both.
 

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Here's what I'd do:
I wouldn't sign Trevathan unless he's willing to work cheap. I wouldn't pay over $5 mil in salary for him.
Chase and Bray can't do the job, so no need to resign them either.
I wouldn't re-sign any backup offensive linemen, as they were awful.

Here's who I would re-sign
Haha Clinton-Dix - 4 year $20 mil back-loaded contract,.2020 cap hit -$4 mil
Sherrick McManis - 1 year, $1.5
Nick Williams - 2 year, $3 mil
Kevin Pierre Louis - 2 year $5 mil
Nick Kwiatkoski - 4 year $25 mil, back-loaded contract with roster bonuses. 2020 cap hit -$5 mil
Deon Bush - 2 year, $3 mil
RRH - 2 year $6 mil
Isaiah Irving - 1 year, $645,000
J.P. Holtz - 1 year, $645,000

That leaves around $34 mil left for free agency. Obviously, I'd try for back loaded contracts, and roster bonuses to keep it cap and cut friendly. Here's who I'd get....
Graham Glasgow- 4 year, $12 mil.
Case Keenum - 2 year, $10 mil. 2020 cap hit - $4 mil
Eric Ebron - 2 year, $15 mil. 2020 cap hit - $7 mil
Bud Dupree - 4 year $56 mil. 2020 cap hit - $12 mil

That would leave a little under $7 mil for draft picks, filling out the roster, and in-season injury replacements.
I could live with this.
 

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That’s allot of free agents. Maybe we can get a shit sandwich
 

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He pretty much announced that Floyd would be back at the press conference. He stopped just short of giving him a 3 sack congratulations hug.

You need to address either RG or TE in a significant way. You cannot go into the draft desperately needing a starter at both.

Its all in the video (what do they call it, not film, not tape anymore) of him most probably being the best OLB in pass coverage. I am pretty sure he would get more sacks if they just let him loose at the QB.

I am just going to hate it when they dont offer Kwiatkowski a nice deal and I am sorry, I am not buying in on Roquan. The kid is a head case. We knew it when he held out to get the guaranteed money when he eventually fucks up outside of football. There have been great MLB head cases in Football, but they were a different kind of head case, other than Ray Lewis shooting the guy, most know how to turn it on and off when they are on and off the field.

This Jackson deal was really out of line for an extension. What did he do this year? 1 pick, 1 that did not matter. How many runners got a first down as he ole'd a hit at the line to gain? That was a deal you give a guy that is about to be a sought after free agent.
 

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Normally would wait for a Windy mock, but heres the basics:

Starting with $54.6 -

Re-signed Bears:
KPL - 3 yrs $7m
Nick Williams - 3 yrs $8M
Deon Bush - 2 yrs $ 5m
Patrick Scales - 3 yr $1.8m
Lucas - 1 yr 600k
Holtz -1 yr 600k
RRH - 2nd round tender - 1 yr $3m
Sherrick McManis - 2yr - $2.5m

FA signing - $42m left

Joe Thuney - 4yrs $34m
Bruce Irvin - 2 yrs $10m
Jeremiah Attaochu - 2 yrs $5m
Bashaud Breeland - 3 yrs $15m
Case Keenum - 3 yrs $14m ($10 garaunteed over first 2 years, 3rd option has $0 dead)
Eric Ebron - 3yrs $19.5m

That gets the Bears to about $9m of space for draft picks and depth signings. Gives a Depth Chart of:

QB - Mitch, Keenum
RB - Montgomery, Cohen, Nall
WR - Robinson, Miller, Patterson, Ridley, Wims
TE - Ebron, Burton, Holtz
OL - Leno, Daniels, Whitehair, Thuney, Massie


DL - Williams, Goldman, Hicks
OLB - Mack, Irvin, Attaochu
ILB - Roquan, KPL, Iggy
CB - Fuller, Breeland, Shelley, Tolliver
S - Jackson, Bush, McManis

In the draft- Bears need to grab an OT & a S:

2nd Round picks - Becton and Xavier McKinney
5th Round picks - Get IOL and DL

This gives the Bears one last shot with current Bears, but shored up RG and TE, and a "break glass in case of emergency" option in Keenum. Also sets the Bears up in 2021 to draft new QB, and drop 1 or both of the OTs and Burton.
 

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Normally would wait for a Windy mock, but heres the basics:

Starting with $54.6 -

Re-signed Bears:
KPL - 3 yrs $7m
Nick Williams - 3 yrs $8M
Deon Bush - 2 yrs $ 5m
Patrick Scales - 3 yr $1.8m
Lucas - 1 yr 600k
Holtz -1 yr 600k
RRH - 2nd round tender - 1 yr $3m
Sherrick McManis - 2yr - $2.5m

FA signing - $42m left

Joe Thuney - 4yrs $34m
Bruce Irvin - 2 yrs $10m
Jeremiah Attaochu - 2 yrs $5m
Bashaud Breeland - 3 yrs $15m
Case Keenum - 3 yrs $14m ($10 garaunteed over first 2 years, 3rd option has $0 dead)
Eric Ebron - 3yrs $19.5m

That gets the Bears to about $9m of space for draft picks and depth signings. Gives a Depth Chart of:

QB - Mitch, Keenum
RB - Montgomery, Cohen, Nall
WR - Robinson, Miller, Patterson, Ridley, Wims
TE - Ebron, Burton, Holtz
OL - Leno, Daniels, Whitehair, Thuney, Massie


DL - Williams, Goldman, Hicks
OLB - Mack, Irvin, Attaochu
ILB - Roquan, KPL, Iggy
CB - Fuller, Breeland, Shelley, Tolliver
S - Jackson, Bush, McManis

In the draft- Bears need to grab an OT & a S:

2nd Round picks - Becton and Xavier McKinney
5th Round picks - Get IOL and DL

This gives the Bears one last shot with current Bears, but shored up RG and TE, and a "break glass in case of emergency" option in Keenum. Also sets the Bears up in 2021 to draft new QB, and drop 1 or both of the OTs and Burton.
This must be a joke
 

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