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Absolutely, but it may not happen until the draft. Either way, exciting news nonetheless.

Man, if they sign Bridgewater and he has a cap hit of $10M this year (5M base, 5M signing bonus), then 25/25 the next 2 years, it could work.

They traded Hopkins for David Johnson, OMG. Seriously are they nuts or what?

If it is indeed $21M, then Floyd, Shaheen, and Braunecker are gone. I would assume Burton and Leno are June 1st cuts as well. Hell they may even trade Trubisky at this point. Things are about to get interesting.

Now this:

Holy crap: I will be shocked if this happens. This definitely means Floyd, Shaheen, and Braunecker are gone.

Spotrac is correct. 2020 is Jackson's 4th year, they extended him 4 more years, so the only thing that gets applied to the 2020 cap is the pro-rated signing bonus of $12M. They have him listed at $3.7M cap hit for 2020 which is correct based on what I have read. Trevathan got 3/24 with 14 guaranteed. So I assume the guaranteed money is this year's salary and the signing bonus. So my assumption is he has 3 years at a $4M base, with a $10M signing bonus ($14M guaranteed), so his cap hit this year will be no more than $7.3M which is basically in line with his cap hit for the last two years. If we use the $3.7M for Jackson, $7.3M for Trevathan, and $3.4M for RRH, and then assume Floyd, Shaheen, and Braunecker are gone, we should have $17.8M available for free agency and the rookie pool. $17.8M - Available 1. My assumption is they will also extend ARob, lowering his cap hit in 2020 from $15M to about $10M, and converting some of Hicks salary to a bonus which would bring his cap hit down from $11.8M to about $8M. Between those two moves, the Bears could free up around $9M for 2020. $27M - Available 2. HHCD signs for $5M cap hit $22M - Available 3. Bears need to address RG, backup QB, TE2, WR3 on offense and Edge and CB on defense. With only 2 picks in the first 3 rounds, the cost of the rookie pool won't be that high this year, so figure $4M, that leaves $18M. My assumption is the Bears address 3 of those needs in the draft and 3 in free agency. $18M - Available 4. Bears use cap space to address 3-4 needs and depth. My assumption is the free agents will be brought in with cap hits between $1M-$5M. I don't think they will bring in anyone higher than that based on the need to get some quality depth.

I got it, I am just saying if they are going for a free agent, then with this market, there is no way the Bears can afford anyone above someone like Keenum. So a Dalton trade may be what happens since the price is controlled.

With Trevathan back in the fold, RRH tendered, and potentially HHCD resigned (rumor based on Tweet), that would only leave one starting spot left to fill on the defense before free agency (CB). If they let Floyd go, that makes two spots (Edge+CB). On offense, we would have a hole at RG, and upgrades needed at TE and WR3 (Speed). That's not a huge list to fill. If they can at least address one of the starter needs in free agency, that would leave the 2x 2nd rounders to plug starters in the holes: Starters Needed: 1. Edge 2. CB 3. RG Upgrades Needed: 1. TE (draft) 2. WR3 (draft) 3. Backup QB (free agency) With the new CBA signed, the 2020 cap is at $198.1M for 2020. They expect it to go up considerably in 2021 based on the percentage of the overall revenue that can go to player salaries. So expect some contracts to be backloaded this year to take advantage of that bump a year early. I can see the Bears extending and modifying some current contracts to free up more cap space for 2020.

I think it is a good decision as he will only get better and if another team wants him, they will have to pay him AND give us a 2nd round pick.

Huge payday and obviously way out of the Bears league in terms of cap space. I bet the Bears settle on someone like Keenum.

Great move, addressing a hole in the defense before FA even starts. Hopefully for a team friendly deal. Looks like Kwit played himself off the team. It will be interesting to see if the Bears end up getting a comp pick for him in a year.

I was a little off on the numbers from the initial report of comp picks. After researching a little more I am getting some conflicting information, some sites say we are getting a 7th from LV and others are saying we are getting a 5th. If it is a 5th, we look like this: 2nd 43 (LV) 50 4th 140 (Comp) 5th 159 (LV) >>>>OR>>>>226 163 6th 196 200 (PHI) 7th 226 (LV) >>>>OR>>>>159 233 The discrepancy is pretty big as #159 is a lot more valuable than pick# 226. There are no specific reports, just ones like this stating we will have 2x 7ths:

There are a few decent FA options with a lot more production than Floyd. Shaq Barrett (TB), Bud Dupree (PIT) and Markus Golden (NYG) are a few Edge Rushers making $4M per year now who are set to get raises, but blew away Floyd in terms of production. If you are going to give up $13M, are you going to give it to Floyd, or one of them? Barrett led the NFL with 19.5, Dupree had 11.5 (T-9) and Golden had 10 (T-15). All 3 would have led the Bears in sacks. Barrett had more sacks than Mack, Floyd, Lynch, and Irving combined. Dupree seems like he would be the best value, I would curious to see if he could be picked up for less than what Floyd would get.

2nd highest 4th round comp pick, not bad. Projections had us a few slots lower. So we have picks 43, 50, 140, 163, 196, 200, 226, and 233.

Looks like Floyd might be gone, it will be an interesting decision and will certainly impact other decisions:

Good catch, wrong link. Old list. Here is his 56-75. 56. Jalen Reagor, WR, TCU 57. Stanford Samuels III, CB, Florida State 58. Cameron Dantzler, CB, Mississippi State 59. Jordyn Brooks, LB, Texas Tech 60. Josh Uche, EDGE, Michigan 61. Raekwon Davis, IDL, Alabama 62. Jordan Elliott, IDL, Missouri 63. Neville Gallimore, IDL, Oklahoma 64. Justin Madubuike, IDL, Texas A&M 65. Julian Okwara, EDGE, Notre Dame 66. Malik Harrison, LB, Ohio State 67. Darrell Taylor, EDGE, Tennessee 68. Matt Hennessy, IOL, Temple 69. Denzel Mims, WR, Baylor 70. Damon Arnette, CB, Ohio State 71. Devin Duvernay, WR, Texas 72. Michael Pittman Jr., WR, USC 73. Brycen Hopkins, TE, Purdue 74. Ashtyn Davis, S, California 75. Trevon Hill, EDGE, Miami

I am sure it's his hands of stone. However, you would think with his top gear that they would do it from time to time just to keep the safeties honest.

Based on Miller's big board, I would be all for trading back into the mid-50's-60's and picking up some extra picks. Trade back from 43 to mid-50's, then select one of: KJ Hamler, WR, Penn State A.J. Terrell, CB, Clemson Hunter Bryant, TE, Washington Then trade back from 50 into mid-60's and select one of: Matt Hennessy, IOL, Temple Jabari Zuniga, EDGE, Florida Ben Bredeson, IOL, Michigan That could potentially give you two late 3rd Rounders between 90-100, where you could select two of the following: 87. Chase Claypool, WR, Notre Dame 88. Devin Duvernay, WR, Texas 89. Ke'Shawn Vaughn, RB, Vanderbilt 90. Brandon Jones, S, Texas 91. Troy Dye, LB, Oregon 92. Evan Weaver, LB, California 93. Darrell Taylor, EDGE, Tennessee 94. Markus Bailey, LB, Purdue 95. Prince Tega Wanogho, OT, Auburn 96. Juwan Johnson, WR, Oregon 97. Zack Moss, RB, Utah 98. Ross Blacklock, IDL, TCU 99. Mekhi Becton, OT, Louisville 100. Shane Lemieux, IOL, Oregon Which 4 would you pick? In this scenario, I might actually go Hamler, Hennessy, Claypool (for TE), and Jones. We address interior OL, speedy WR, TE, and Safety. The only thing not addressed would be Edge and CB.

I still think if we don't fix the O-Line, a speedy WR will never get a chance to be used properly. Technically, they could just throw Patterson out there wide and run either a fly or post route. If they do anything here, it will be a late round pick on a fast WR.

He also said this: If you actually watch the video, he talks about this year and last year. To me it's clear that he is referring to 2018 when he is talking about last year. Now that still gives Trubisky some time if you consider him behind Mahomes from the start. However, how long does that take? Mahomes also said he only started playing QB in Junior year of H.S., so technically Trubisky has been playing the position longer. I hope he figures it out, but rarely has a highly touted rookie figure it out so late in his career.

Halfway thru "last" season means 2018, not 2019. So 8 games into his first full season at QB. Trubisky has 41 games and can't read defenses. Even if you take into account college starts, Trubisky is already past that point.

It's definitely possible that they met with him, but with like Ashkum said, he is under contract with the Giants, so they can't let that type of news out. It happens all the time, and sometimes it actually gets reported.

26 picks changed hands between Pick 17 and Pick 56 last year. So only 13 stayed with their original teams (1/3). So odds are we will be able to trade down with at least one of our picks, which is exciting.

From the wiki page of the 2019 draft, there were 12 picks in the 1st round that changed hands, 19 in the 2nd, 19 in the 3rd, and 23 in the 4th. So of the first 138 picks, 73 changed (more than half) from their original team. So teams are definitely looking to both move up and down the draft board. I don't think that will be a problem. My belief is some of the compensation may come in a later draft. Like a team giving up it's current 2nd and a future 3rd and a current 4th for one of our 2nd's. That way that team isn't giving up all it's draft capital this year for one player.