Thread: Salary Cap Sat at 120 Million

Thanks for the cap update Windy. Nice to see the hard cap figure around $120 mil without the benefits included. Earlier this spring Clayton was talking about $125-$130 mil including the bene's. Compared to our division rivals the Bears are in a good spot cap wise. GB will be under once they clear out some dead weight but not in as good a position to add new FA's as we are. Once we account for our own guys we should have ample $$$ for a splash that should cover our needs. I want to see them bring in one of the young stud OG's who should be available and I'd also like to see them go after Rice but with all of the talk about not needing a bigger WR I wonder if that's in the plans.

Whatever they decide once again we're in good shape to take advantage of things monetarily but this compressed FA period will play havoc on getting all or our rookies signed, our rookie UDFA's, Olin and AA, etc. and the new guys we want to go after. You gotta think that we have an advantage having had some experience with this before and I'd think we have a pretty good plan A and plan B all ready to go the minute the gate opens.

Originally Posted by WindyCity

How do the Bears spend the 37 million in cap space?

Bears free Agents:

Anthony Adams, DT [3 years 6 million/2 guaranteed] 2 million
Danieal Manning, S Gone
Brian Iwuh, ST/LB 750,000
Rashied Davis, ST/WR [2 years 1.8 million] 900,000
Devin Aromashodu, WR Gone
Josh Bullocks, S [1 year 750,000] 750,000
Corey Graham, CB Gone
Caleb Hanie, QB (still a RFA under new CBA)
Olin Kreutz, C [2 years 7 million/ 3 guaranteed] 3.5 million
Brad Maynard, P Gone
Nick Roach, LB [3 years 6 million/3 guaranteed] 2 million
Pisa Tinoisamoa, LB [1 year 2 million] 2 million
Garret Wolfe, RB Gone

11 150 000

Bears (potentially) needing extensions:

Matt Forte, RB [5 years 30 million/ 13 guaranteed] 6 million
Greg Olsen, TE [5 years 25 million/ 10 guaranteed] 5 million
Earl Bennett, WR Next Season
Zachary Bowman, CB Next Season

11 000 000

New Free Agents

OG Marshall Yanda [6 years 30 million/ 14 guaranteed] 5 million
WR Braylon Edwards [5 years 35 million/ 17 guaranteed] 7 million


12 million

34 million

3 million for rookies

I'd try to keep Graham and send Bullocks packing if I could. I also think we'll need to go higher for AA. He's a very underrated NT and there are teams that would love to have him. You may also be able to get both Pisa and Roach for a little less. Pisa almost definitely would sign for around $1 mil like he did last year. I'd spend what you suggest for Yanda or Dahl or Blalock or Joseph but I wouldn't give that kind of money to Edwards when you could probably reel in Rice for the same or Floyd for less.