Thread: Zaidman: I wouldn't be surprised if Melton is on another team next year

Zach was on the SCORE this afternoon and reiterated that he doesnt think the bears will tag him this year.
they only have 10mil under the cap and that doesnt count rookies. They simply have too many needs to tie up another guy for big money. It may also be that tuck wants to run the 2 gap and get some big ol DT's. Perhaps they sign a FA DT like Sammie Hill or Randy Starks and a OG like Levitre or Vasquez for the same cap hit as Melton.

Seems Melton will be our cap casualty this year....a lot of teams are having this issue....gonna have even more from Dallas in the next few days since they are over the cap and want to resign Romo to an extension.

Might well work out in our favor to let Melton walk, grab another cheaper option, get 2 or 3 O players we need(G, T, TE, C) then draft as necessary. The G's and TE's tend to come cheap. Maybe you can grab 2 of those and still have room to take a fatty DT like Tuck likes? 2-3 solid players for the price of 1 sounds okay by me. Also you have to remember next year we'll have to resign Cutler if all goes well.

Maybe I'm naive and will end up eating crow on this one, but I don't believe any of this bs. I'll be shocked (and eating crow) if Melton isn't either re-signed soon or FT'd and re-signed later like Forte was last year. He's young, still has more upside, was developed here, and is vital to the system on D. You just don't let a young star DT like that go especially a homegrown talent like he is. Shit, cutting Davis, Spaeth, and Hester nets nearly as much new cap room as Melton's FT would require and all 3 of them combined aren't as important. That doesn't even take into account what can be done with extensions and restructurings. I don't believe for a minute that HM is going anywhere. If no long term deal is imminent, then use the damn tag...this is the exact situation it was meant for.

This isn't a smart move IMO. We shouldn't be jettisoning our young stars especially on dline. I don't think he is as good as people think cause he gets to play next to peppers but he is still a young star. And on dline you don't just let that walk. You jettison older players before you mess with the youth on the team that is how you stay relevant. Won't be popular but free up the money from Tillman before you dump Melton

Unless the plan is moving away from 43 or even just wanting bigger dt then that's a whole other story