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Bears have several ways they can create salary cap room - Chicago Sun-Times
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Another option many teams are employing is asking veterans to take pay cuts or threatening them with their release. Bears with relatively high salaries include tight end Kellen Davis ($2.5 million in cap savings), receiver Devin Hester ($2.4 million), receiver Earl Bennett ($2.35 million) and tight end Matt Spaeth ($1.6 million).
The first two are no-brainers for release. Spaeth wouldn't break my heart either.Quote:
Originally Posted by WindyCity
This year's free agency period is really gonna be interesting, especially for the Bears but this time around i really optimistic and excited to see what Emery and Trestman is gonna do.....not to mention next month's nfl draft.
Good times are ahead for football fans of da bears, gonna be a sweet ride. :lol-027:
Why would the Bears grab another RT? After all LT, LG and C are what the Bears need right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by WindyCity
Who is playing RT?Quote:
Originally Posted by little bear
I agree that I would like to sign a LT and move Webb to RT, but what we really need is an OT.
The sad thing is that we really don't have anyone we can count on regarding the OL. Webb may or may not be the answer at LT. Louis and Carimi may or may not be able to play well after their injuries. Really we don't have a single player on the oline that we KNOW is solid for this season.
Nobody.
We can "hope" something good happens here with our existing players. We can hope Webb can get a brain from the Wizard of Oz, and maybe Carimi and Louis can snort some "deer antler" spray and come back like Adrian Peterson. But in reality it's just hope. Nothing solid.
Can we cobble together something from the mess left by the last regime? We'd better hope so.
I was talking about Bengals' Andre Smith. As far as I know he's been a RT his whole career. I'm not sure if signing him would be a good move. After all we've already got two tackles that can play RT (Webb & Carimi).Quote:
Originally Posted by WindyCity
The Bears will hav a free agent budget, it won't be what we want if Melton is not signed long term lowering his cap number.
I think the defining question of the free agent period is do we sign 1 elite player [LT] or do we sign a couple of lower tier players?
If we have 8 million to spend where does it go?
It would beQuote:
Originally Posted by little bear
LT: Webb
RT: Andre Smith
That would give us a dominant RT and a solid improving LT.
Carimi is nothing time till he proves he is not injured or a bust.