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I thought I heard we had $ 7-8M next year before roster adjustments were made. They had to do some creative accounting to give Wright this contract. I hope I'm wrong. I like your figure better.

We have (had) $100M in cap space next year, and we will need to revamp the D line with that. $29M goes to Wright, Caleb will probably get around $60M sometime during the year next year or in the next offseason. Replacing JJ, Kmet, Kyler Gordon will all open up another $20M or $30M so I think we are good for a minute. We're also one of the only NFL teams with no void year contracts, so we have all that playroom too if or when necessary? I do think we might have to make a tough choice between Odunze and Burden in the next few years, but we seem to have an eye for WRs and DBs so im sure the pipeline will be full. I think Ryan Poles is mediocre in a lot of ways, but one of his biggest strengths has been to be disciplined about the cap, so i doubt we will get into cap hell, and with Ben Johnson's eye for talent in the draft and free agency, I think we will be able to keep a bunch of fresh new faces coming up that will turn out to be good players with not too many busts. All in all, i think we are in a great position for the next few years, even with Caleb getting paid. And hopefully, he takes a page from his idol and mentor Tom Brady, and leaves about $10M a year on the table off of the most extreme contracts he could get, so he can afford someone to catch the balls he throws. Darnell Wright is a great player, and on his way to being a monster. Our coaching staff is excellent developing players. Damn its a good time to be a Bears fan.

It's gonna get nerve racking. We'll have Caleb, Rome, Kyle, Ozzy, Jahday, Booker and Luther come up for contracts around the same time.

You beat me to it, LOL. They definitely went all in. bearswire.usatoday had an article giving all of the details. WOW! I'm curious how it breaks down as far as cap hits. We have an even bigger contract to negotiate with Caleb after this year.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49531184/sources-darnell-wright-agrees-4-year-116m-deal-bears Very deserving - now I hope we see Wright elevate his game to a whole new level and show that he is the best RT in the game!

Lots of run install today, 12 and 13 personnel, and it seems to have really messed up the rhythm of the offense. Van den Berg with the first pancake of camp taking Barnett to the ground.

thanks and yes, probably the most important part of the FFB season is getting your pre-draft rankings in shape.

Dont forget we signed an UDFA Skylar Thomas that can play safety and NB. He is not fast but has short area quickness, probably can add depth to NB. We signed him to a 3 yr contract, not all UDFAs got those. 6'1" 210.

I was feeling better about the news since Dr Odunze said he would be okay, but 8 weeks or so is gonna hurt. No wonder why Kyler is watching from the sidelines.

Thanks, Paid. Now to get ready for the draft.

Week 5 against the Packers is 9 weeks 6 days away, with recovery and ramp up, I assume that is another 2 weeks. So if he is on the low side of 8 weeks, he has a chance to play in Week 5. If it is the high end, more like Week 7 against the Patriots. Either way, if there was ever a stretch to miss, this is probably it: Panthers, Vikings, Eagles (no AJ Brown), Jets, Packers, Falcons, Patriots (now have AJ Brown). It would be sweet to get him back for the Packers game as that is the only one where I would be concerned about the defense up until that game.

I think Lewis will back-up but they got to try and pickup a vet or go to the trade well. Or do we see Stevenson or someone else swing to safety?

Went out of practice on a non-contact injury doing 1:1 with Kmet. Out 8-10 weeks (so will likely miss 1st 5 games of the season (maybe more). Hyer-extended knee, bruise and small bone break. Lucky this wasn't worse but still a huge loss. Get better soon Coby!

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Hicks is still out, so it was Lewis today. We need to pick up a FA safety. Need better depth.

Adam Schefter said it will be two months, hyperextension knee, bone bruise and bone fracture. probably the pup for the first 6 weeks and then hopefully he's back. Who is his backup? Cam Lewis or Elijah Hicks?

bearswire.usatoday said he was extremely upset, slamming his helmet to the ground, when he was unable to walk off the field and had to be carted off. Odunze and Loveland claimed, when asked, that he'd be okay, but that is what you'd expect.

I dont understand how with only one good game played last year they have elevated Golden to elite status.

I just heard Coby Bryant went down with a knee injury. Hopefully its not long term.

I can understand why DET is being projected to win the division in a lot of places. The easiest schedule alone will give them a few more wins. However, I have no clue why some projections have GB in 2nd. Everyone seems to be inflating players that have never achieved heights they are expecting. First, there is Watson, somehow, he is being anointed as a sure-fire WR1, yet he has never topped 41 receptions and 620 Receiving Yards but is magically going to hit 80-1000 this season in Year 5? He has also never played more than 15 games. To me, Watson is who he is. An explosive WR, when healthy, but more boom or bust than consistent WR1. I don't see him doubling his career high in receptions. Then there is Golden, their 2025 1st Round pick (picked ahead of Burden). He is a 2nd Year WR that only put up 29 receptions and 361 Receiving Yards and no TDs, and is also going to magically put up 80-1000 this season too? Will he have a better season, sure, but he is not tripling his receptions and receiving yards in one offseason. Especially if they expect Watson to as well. Then you have Kraft. People are treating him like an All-Pro. This is a TE who maxed out at 50 receptions, 707 Receiving Yards, is now an All-Pro coming off an ACL injury. These career numbers are on par with Kmet's career numbers. Another super weird projection. I can see him putting up 50-700 again, but that's it. Their O-Line, which was bottom-10 last year, who arguably got worse in the offseason, is magically going to be better this year? Again, does the GB coaching staff have magic fairy dust? I think they will be bottom-10 again. Their defense, which was a top 10 unit in 2025 will also be better with their star Edge coming off an ACL injury and operating in an entirely new defense. Did people forget how good Hafley was as a DC? If anything they will regress. I feel much better when you compare what the Bears have and why their projections are what they are. Odunze is an 1100 Yard WR if he didn't get hurt. Burden's and Loveland's usage completely changed in the 2nd half of the season. Loveland had 5 receptions thru 5 games, then had 53 in the remaining 12. So he almost averaged 5 per game the rest of the way. Projected for a full season, +100 receptions, +1200 Yards. Burden? While Loveland went up 5x, Burden basically went up 4x. Now when you add Moore being gone, all 3 of those guys will see a target increase. All 3 were also more efficient pass catchers than Moore. So Williams numbers should benefit.

I will be open to any day/time within that window. Please let me know how to pay my dues. I'd like to ante up.

There is an expected drop off in takeaways with the top 4 guys (Byard 7, Wright 5, Edmunds 4, and CJGJ 2) all off the roster. With Brisker's 1, that is 19 INTs off the roster. However, in place of that, we get Bryant who had 4, Thieneman good for 2, a healthy Jaylon Johnson good for 3, Bush had 3, and whoever replaces CJGJ's snaps gets 1. That is 13 without being extremely optimistic. Also, the consensus was the 2025 players would not produce those numbers in 2026 anyway. So those 19 could easily be down to 13 or 14. In line with the new player projections.

Braxton has bulked up in a good way at least in his upper body. He’s never looked like that. In his press conference he talked openly about his struggles handling power. I’d assume the same effort went into fixing his lower body. We find out this week if it pays off.

Braxton, Kiran and Jedrick are literally playing for their future careers...

The Bears may not have an elite LT, but the guys they have won"t hold them back. 3 guys now fighting to win and Ozzy coming back to possibly take his seat back will keep all of them on their toes knowing they can easily be replaced. The competition should keep the position solid.