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anyone know how much we'll be able to spend in FA?
-Jerry AngeloQuote:
"Only position that the door is shut in free agency is quarterback."
"We've prepared for free agency....and feel good about our free agency plan."
"Thomas can play all 3 LB spots. Picking up a LB was a goal today."
Won't know until this ruling is finally handed down either way. If the lockout is lifted, I doubt a CBA gets negotiated after the players come to the table with an inflated head. I think the most likely scenario is another year without a CBA and we go back to 2010 rules without a cap.
I wish any new CBA deal didn't include a salary cap.
It will have a Cpa. its the best way for the Sport to stay competitive for all 32 teams..Quote:
Originally Posted by Dagan81
here is the 2011 numbers:
http://www.dabears.com/showthread.ph...ARS-SALARY-CAP
The cap then needs to be increased by about $20 million in my opinion. That will never happen, so....Quote:
Originally Posted by dabears54
Bears would be like the Yankees if the NFL didn't have a cap. Feels good not to be a small market team.
I'm a Yankees fan, so you know how I like that!Quote:
Originally Posted by Boochee Man
I really disagree with having a ceiling, especially if the owners all share revenue anyway. Let's not have it like baseball in that teams are allowed to be cheap as hell and have no repurcussions (though the former dodgers owner may disagree). Let's have a minimum, and if a team like a Jacksonville isn't making enough money, see what other cities are clamoring for their own football team. That's not going to affect most teams, because most have too rabid a fanbase (just imagine the riots of the Bears leaving Chicago for good) and will keep the owners afloat. I personally think that if Buffalo has to go to Toronto to make their money, guess what, We're ***** International now. Green Bay will not want for bandwagoners and true die hards, they always seem to be good often enough that they needn't worry.Quote:
Originally Posted by dabears54
With all that said, no salary cap, and the owners being as greedy as they are, aren't going to spend over the top amounts (see: Yankees) and remain good (see: Cowboys, Redskins).
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Originally Posted by Boochee Man
I don't think there is a "small market team" in football. Pittsburgh's a small market in baseball, but football it's not the case at all. same with KC and Oakland
anyway, I think that if you go by what Angelo said, we likely will be pretty active in FA again this year..I know I know...if there is a free agency. But, again just going by his words, I think he feels there will be a FA period this year, and will likely land an impact player or two...
By Brad Biggs, Tribune Reporter and Resident Cake Eating Champion. 7:50 p.m. CDT, April 30, 2011
Halas Hall closed for business, at least with players, early Saturday afternoon.
The team's contract negotiator Cliff Stein walked out of the building with the seventh round not even halfway through. That's because under the terms of the lockout, clubs are not permitted to sign undrafted free agents, an occasionally fertile ground for future stars like Arian Foster, LeGarrette Blount, Miles Austin, Tony Romo and James Harrison.
When the current owners-players labor dispute is finally over, there will be more work to do, and veteran free agents will be needed for the Bears to finish their offseason overhaul. The Bears want to re-sign some of their own free agents, including center Olin Kreutz, and look elsewhere for help. The offensive line, wide receiver, linebacker and cornerback loom are areas of need. A nickel pass rusher wouldn't hurt.
"There is a lot of work to do in free agency given the number of players and we feel real good about our free agency plan," general manager Jerry Angelo said. "In some cases our draft helped that, altered our course in a positive way."
The Bears invested their first-round draft pick in Wisconsin's Gabe Carimi and there is a good chance the team also will look for a veteran guard or tackle on the open market.
"We still want to look at the offensive line and we are not shutting the door on any position," Angelo said.
Read the rest at chicagosports.com.