February 22, 20179 yr comment_162252 He is pretty invested in his opinions. What do you guys think? Projected Cap: $168M Projected Rollover: $8.1M Projected Used Cap: $122M Projected Unused Cap (Top 51): $56.4M Big Needs: QB, TE,CB1, FS, LT, DE Other Needs: RB2/3, WR3/4, OT, OG, DE, OLB, CB3/4 Cuts: QB Jay Cutler $14M OLB Lamarr Houston $5M WR Eddie Royal $5M DL Ego Ferguson .981K TOTAL---------------- $22.981M (Rule of 51) Unused Cap--------- $79.381M Trades: CB Kyle Fuller for 6th round pick ($1.741M savings) UNUSED CAP------- $80.622M Re-Sign: (Cap Hits by year) WR Alshon Jeffery 5/$65M *$13M AAV* ($30M guaranteed)----- $15M ($15,$11,$13,$13,$13) QB Brian Hoyer 2/$9M *$4.5M AAV* ($4.5M guaranteed)----- $4.5M ($4.5,$4.5) QB Connor Shaw 1/$1.5M (Tender)------ $1.5M DL Cornelius Washington 2/$5M *2.5M AAV* --------- $2.5M ($2.5, $2.5) OLB Sam Acho 1/$1M------- $1M C Eric Kush 2/$2.7M------- $1.7M ($1.7,$1) K Connor Barth 1/$900K----$900K CB Jonathan Banks 1/$800K----$800K CB Brandon Boykin 1/$800K----$800K LS Patrick Scales 2/$1.5M----- $700K ($700, $800) OT Matt McCants 1/$700K------ $700K TOTAL------------------- $24.8M Draft & Season Expenses: -$11M TOTAL------------------- $35.3M Unused Cap------------ $45.322M Extensions: DL Akiem Hicks 3/$24M ($8M) (Retroactive to 2018) Total Un-Used cap: $45.322M Free Agency: DL Calais Campbell 4/$50M ($26M guaranteed)---- $13M ($13,$11,$10,$14) CB AJ Bouye 5/$60M ($29M guaranteed)---- $14M ($14,$10,$12,$12,$12) S Tony Jefferson 5/$35M ($18M guaranteed)----- $8M ($8,$6,$7,$7,$7) WR Kendall Wright 2/$8M ($4M) ($3M guaranteed)---- $4M ($4,$4) TE Gavin Escobar 1/$2M-------------------- $2M ILB Audie Cole 1/$1M ($1M)-------------------- $1M Total Used: $39M Remaining Cap: $7.4M Draft: 1. QB DeShone Kizer (Notre Dame) 2. FS Budda Baker (Washington) 3. CB Kevin King (Washington) 4. TE Jake Butt (Michigan) 4. OLB Tyus Bowser (Houston) 5. OT Will Holden (Vanderbilt) 6. RB Donnel Pumphrey (SDSU) 7. P/K Austin Rehkow (Idaho) Potential Training Camp Cuts: (Post June 1st) CB Tracy Porter $3.75M CB Sherrick McManis $1.15M OLB Sam Acho $1M RB KaDeem Carey $690K P Pat O’Donnell $690K Roster: QB: Kizer/Hoyer/Shaw RB: Howard/Langford/Pumphrey/Addison/Carey FB: Lasike WR1: Jeffery/Wright WR2: White/Bellamy WR3: Meredith/Braverman TE: Miller/Escobar/Brown/Pruitt/Perillo/Braunecker/(Butt) LT: Leno/Holden LG: Sitton/Kush C: Whitehair/Grasu RG: Long RT: Massie/McCants DE: Campbell/Bullard/Unrein NT: Goldman/Sutton DE: Hicks/Washington OLB: McPhee/Bowser/Acho JACK: Trevathan/Cole/Anderson MIKE: Freeman/Kwiatkowski/Timu OLB: Floyd/Young/Robertson-Harris CB1: Bouye/King/Banks CB2: Porter/Hall FS: Baker/Bush SS: Jefferson/Amos/Jones-Quartey CB3: Callahan/LeBlanc/Boykin K: Barth/Rehkow P: Rehkow/O’Donnell LS: Scales I dont really like a first round drafted QB but it all makes sense. The only position not really addressed is OT position. Report
February 22, 20179 yr comment_162254 Like: front half of the draft Dislike: second half of the draft Otherwise, it all makes relative sense. Report
February 22, 20179 yr comment_162263 I would not sign Sam Acho to any contract and I would draft Kizer at 3. Otherwise, I am good with this Peace Report
February 22, 20179 yr Author comment_162264 I would not sign Sam Acho to any contract and I would draft Kizer at 3. Otherwise, I am good with this Peace He did draft Kizer at 3, did you not draft Kizer? Report
February 23, 20179 yr comment_162266 He is pretty invested in his opinions. What do you guys think? Projected Cap: $168M Projected Rollover: $8.1M Projected Used Cap: $122M Projected Unused Cap (Top 51): $56.4M Big Needs: QB, TE,CB1, FS, LT, DE Other Needs: RB2/3, WR3/4, OT, OG, DE, OLB, CB3/4 Cuts: QB Jay Cutler $14M OLB Lamarr Houston $5M WR Eddie Royal $5M DL Ego Ferguson .981K TOTAL---------------- $22.981M (Rule of 51) Unused Cap--------- $79.381M Trades: CB Kyle Fuller for 6th round pick ($1.741M savings) UNUSED CAP------- $80.622M Re-Sign: (Cap Hits by year) WR Alshon Jeffery 5/$65M *$13M AAV* ($30M guaranteed)----- $15M ($15,$11,$13,$13,$13) QB Brian Hoyer 2/$9M *$4.5M AAV* ($4.5M guaranteed)----- $4.5M ($4.5,$4.5) QB Connor Shaw 1/$1.5M (Tender)------ $1.5M DL Cornelius Washington 2/$5M *2.5M AAV* --------- $2.5M ($2.5, $2.5) OLB Sam Acho 1/$1M------- $1M C Eric Kush 2/$2.7M------- $1.7M ($1.7,$1) K Connor Barth 1/$900K----$900K CB Jonathan Banks 1/$800K----$800K CB Brandon Boykin 1/$800K----$800K LS Patrick Scales 2/$1.5M----- $700K ($700, $800) OT Matt McCants 1/$700K------ $700K TOTAL------------------- $24.8M Draft & Season Expenses: -$11M TOTAL------------------- $35.3M Unused Cap------------ $45.322M Extensions: DL Akiem Hicks 3/$24M ($8M) (Retroactive to 2018) Total Un-Used cap: $45.322M Free Agency: DL Calais Campbell 4/$50M ($26M guaranteed)---- $13M ($13,$11,$10,$14) CB AJ Bouye 5/$60M ($29M guaranteed)---- $14M ($14,$10,$12,$12,$12) S Tony Jefferson 5/$35M ($18M guaranteed)----- $8M ($8,$6,$7,$7,$7) WR Kendall Wright 2/$8M ($4M) ($3M guaranteed)---- $4M ($4,$4) TE Gavin Escobar 1/$2M-------------------- $2M ILB Audie Cole 1/$1M ($1M)-------------------- $1M Total Used: $39M Remaining Cap: $7.4M Draft: 1. QB DeShone Kizer (Notre Dame) 2. FS Budda Baker (Washington) 3. CB Kevin King (Washington) 4. TE Jake Butt (Michigan) 4. OLB Tyus Bowser (Houston) 5. OT Will Holden (Vanderbilt) 6. RB Donnel Pumphrey (SDSU) 7. P/K Austin Rehkow (Idaho) Potential Training Camp Cuts: (Post June 1st) CB Tracy Porter $3.75M CB Sherrick McManis $1.15M OLB Sam Acho $1M RB KaDeem Carey $690K P Pat O’Donnell $690K Roster: QB: Kizer/Hoyer/Shaw RB: Howard/Langford/Pumphrey/Addison/Carey FB: Lasike WR1: Jeffery/Wright WR2: White/Bellamy WR3: Meredith/Braverman TE: Miller/Escobar/Brown/Pruitt/Perillo/Braunecker/(Butt) LT: Leno/Holden LG: Sitton/Kush C: Whitehair/Grasu RG: Long RT: Massie/McCants DE: Campbell/Bullard/Unrein NT: Goldman/Sutton DE: Hicks/Washington OLB: McPhee/Bowser/Acho JACK: Trevathan/Cole/Anderson MIKE: Freeman/Kwiatkowski/Timu OLB: Floyd/Young/Robertson-Harris CB1: Bouye/King/Banks CB2: Porter/Hall FS: Baker/Bush SS: Jefferson/Amos/Jones-Quartey CB3: Callahan/LeBlanc/Boykin K: Barth/Rehkow P: Rehkow/O’Donnell LS: Scales I dont really like a first round drafted QB but it all makes sense. The only position not really addressed is OT position. Who is Aaron Lemming ? If I remember correctly he is a guy that knows someone on the inside at Halas Hall and a few years back he broke a couple leads that came true. Does he have any other background tied to the NFL? I have followed his twitter feed and deleted it because he doesn't know what he is talking about. I am asking this to see if anyone knows his background and not to dismiss his off season plan. Report
February 23, 20179 yr comment_162267 Who is Aaron Lemming ? If I remember correctly he is a guy that knows someone on the inside at Halas Hall and a few years back he broke a couple leads that came true. Does he have any other background tied to the NFL? I have followed his twitter feed and deleted it because he doesn't know what he is talking about. I am asking this to see if anyone knows his background and not to dismiss his off season plan. He is the bear report report and in general seems to have had about as good a read on what the Bears have been doing / are planning on doing as anyone in the media has had over the past couple of years. Report
February 23, 20179 yr comment_162268 Why would we sign a 31 yr old DE, not address OT until the 5th round, sign a FA TE and then draft another, then draft an RB? I think we can do better than that. Report
February 23, 20179 yr comment_162269 He is the bear report report and in general seems to have had about as good a read on what the Bears have been doing / are planning on doing as anyone in the media has had over the past couple of years. He is an actual Bears reporter that is at Halas Hall for press deals? Report
February 23, 20179 yr comment_162270 He is an actual Bears reporter that is at Halas Hall for press deals? He runs the bear report (blog) but has legitimate press credentials, etc. At least that is my understanding. So I will use the term "blog" loosely. He is actually from California so I don't know if he lives here and works remotely or what, but he is about as in-tune with the Bears as any reporter I've seen. Easily the best follow on twitter in terms of "insider" Bear info. Report
February 23, 20179 yr comment_162273 He runs the bear report (blog) but has legitimate press credentials, etc. At least that is my understanding. So I will use the term "blog" loosely. He is actually from California so I don't know if he lives here and works remotely or what, but he is about as in-tune with the Bears as any reporter I've seen. Easily the best follow on twitter in terms of "insider" Bear info. Aaron lives in Ridgecrest California. His work is all remote, but he does really good work imo. He also writes for Scout's Bear report which I follow from time to time. I think his access comes from Jeremy Stoltz who is in charge of Bear Report and gets press credentials to get first hand access. Report
February 23, 20179 yr comment_162277 He did draft Kizer at 3, did you not draft Kizer? I meant to say I would not draft Kizer at 3. Thanks for catching. Report
February 23, 20179 yr Author comment_162278 Why would we sign a 31 yr old DE, not address OT until the 5th round, sign a FA TE and then draft another, then draft an RB? I think we can do better than that. He is just giving his assessment of what might happen. He put a very complex view of it, I dont agree with all of it, but he did a good job. He may have taken a TE in FAgency and then drafted Butt, because potentially Butt may not play this year due to an injury, so he covered both bases. There is very few good OTs in free agency and if you do not take a OT in your first two picks, all you are drafting is a prospect at that position. This year is a weak OT class. Report
February 26, 20179 yr comment_162317 Replace that with Trubisky at 3 and I like it. Picks 2, 3 and 4 are of very good value in a draft that is very deep in those positions and are glaring needs. Also love the solid vets added in the defensive secondary. Existing DB's better improve or adios amigos! Report
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