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First year as starter. Lot of scouts have said some good things about him.

Not surprised. I fully expected such.

Mercilus is dependent on what the Bears do in free agency. If they sign a nice DE, they probably don't go that route. Martin would be quite nice.

He played well. McNeil is solid too. The thing that really worries me is both of those guys have major health red flags.

Some reports indicate that. However, Sean Jensen (Sun Times) and others have indicated we started with 26M (including Forte). So this would bring the total cap space down to 19M. This does not include money set aside for draft picks and the resigning of other players.

Bummer. He would have been a nice signing and I figured he'd have been interested (in the right price). That of course assumes the Bears had interest.

Nothing available in FA. If there was, the Bears would offer them the moon.

Have the Bears cut Meriweather yet? Or was he just a 1yr deal? I don't remember.

He's a good player. Makes a lot of sense at the right price. Definitely not a guaranteed starter though.

One thing to remember is Winston is a RT. Carimi is supposedly an RT. Not sure how much sense it makes unless the Bears think one can play LT.

Don't be shocked if the Bears eventually add Freeney (if they go the right of a Winston or Nicks/Grubbs). I say that because the latest reports seem to indicate he'll eventually get released and I think he'd like playing for lovie and the Bears defensive players. Plus he wants to win and would probably be willing to take a bit less (and a short term deal) late in his career.

He was better than Carson Palmer last year and would still be the Raiders QB had he not went down. He's a really solid backup and when your total cap is around 120M, I think you can spend 3M on a good backup. Especially after we saw what happened with the Bears last year.

He will be visiting the Chiefs first. Biggs indicates Bears had interest, not sure if the Marshall deal impacts it.

Supposedly his contract would be for around 3M. Per Jason Cole of Yahoo.

FYI. Winston is supposedly set to visit Miami later on today.

Career record around .500. Also has a career QB rating of 82. Very very solid player. Not great but he's a really solid backup. Bears would have been in the playoffs if we had him last year.

Sounds like the Bears are likely out on Williams. I figure we'll instead see them sign 2 good players to join Marshall. Also a lot of talk about the Texans clearing some more room and making a run to keep him.

2nd in receptions in the past 5 years, 5th in yards. Out of all wideouts.

This would be a solid move.

Agree. I think Carr & Wimbley is more likely. I think the Bears will than focus on the line + LB in the draft. I could be wrong though. They still might look at wideout.

Carr & Wimbley would be pretty nice.

I doubt all of that happens but you never know.

I'd be fine with Wimbley or a solid DE plus a CB. The Marshall move puts the Bears in a real nice place, including the fact that they no longer have to go one way vs. another in the draft. Curious to see what happens.

His average cap number is about 9.4M. That will be at least 2M under what Vjax will come in at. Latest reports I've seen, indicate Bears now have approximately 15M to 17M in cap space remaining (including Forte). Note: I'm not sure what the overall impact is cause there could be certain components about his contract which would potentially adjust/impact what his cap hit to the Bears is.

Reports out there that Mario will be visiting the Bills tonight. That will be the first team he meets with.