Who Won't be Here Next Season

[Mongo3451]

I was looking at next year's cap and there is not much room.  Players that probably won't be here are Edmunds, Kmet, Moore and Jarrett.  I say this because the first three are cap friendly cuts without huge dead money.  Jarrett is simply not a need and high salary. (Wasted signing so far). The 25 draft saw us select Moore, Kmet and Jarrett's potential replacements.  That Dayo signing looks to be a bust as well, but I don't know if he's cut-able.  I know this has all been discussed before, but I thought the 25 draft was cool inclusion.

Who else?  Kiran?

[BearFan PHX]

30 minutes ago, Mongo3451 said:

I was looking at next year's cap and there is not much room.  Players that probably won't be here are Edmunds, Kmet, Moore and Jarrett.  I say this because the first three are cap friendly cuts without huge dead money.  Jarrett is simply not a need and high salary. (Wasted signing so far). The 25 draft saw us select Moore, Kmet and Jarrett's potential replacements.  That Dayo signing looks to be a bust as well, but I don't know if he's cut-able.  I know this has all been discussed before, but I thought the 25 draft was cool inclusion.

Who else?  Kiran?

Agree with all of this - the writing has been on the wall since the draft. And your rationale is the reason - it's not that Moore isnt a good WR he IS, but is he the best expenditure of $20M on this roster with Burden coming up? Probably not.

But Moore is a good player, we will trade him, and not just cut him of course. Not saying you said we would cut him! Just he is probably worth something decent in trade.

[ASHKUM BEAR]

30 minutes ago, Mongo3451 said:

I was looking at next year's cap and there is not much room.  Players that probably won't be here are Edmunds, Kmet, Moore and Jarrett.  I say this because the first three are cap friendly cuts without huge dead money.  Jarrett is simply not a need and high salary. (Wasted signing so far). The 25 draft saw us select Moore, Kmet and Jarrett's potential replacements.  That Dayo signing looks to be a bust as well, but I don't know if he's cut-able.  I know this has all been discussed before, but I thought the 25 draft was cool inclusion.

Who else?  Kiran?

Im sure there will be some, but. I thought some would have happened before this season but it never happened.   

Poles and Johnson will have to make some difficult decisions once the season concludes.  I dont think they know much yet since the team is only starting to take mold.  Two weeks ago, Swift was a goner, now he is firing. 

[BearFan PHX]

3 minutes ago, ASHKUM BEAR said:

Im sure there will be some, but. I thought some would have happened before this season but it never happened.   

Poles and Johnson will have to make some difficult decisions once the season concludes.  I dont think they know much yet since the team is only starting to take mold.  Two weeks ago, Swift was a goner, now he is firing. 

So true re: Swift. I thought he was gone for sure, now that he's playing so differently than he ever did, he can play himself into being kept.

And youre right that Poles and Johnson will wait for the end of the year to do formal analysis. Thats right too.

But anyone casually looking at our cap can see that Moore, Kmet and Edmunds are likely to be gone. Kmet can still possibly play his way back, but hes a little too expensive.

[Alaskan Grizzly]

1 hour ago, Mongo3451 said:

Players that probably won't be here are Edmunds, Kmet, Moore and Jarrett.

Kmet to me is in a difficult 'evaluation' phase due to neither he nor Loveland have really been used much in the much ballyhooed 12 man offense that Johnson is known to deploy. Unless that is if you consider the TEs as primarily blockers...then 'yeah' maybe.  Of course now with him possibly injured that complicates  things more for him.  

I have a concern of letting him go would equate to a Greg Olsen type loss.  Where he would flourish into an HOF TE when utilized properly. 

Moore yeah....as much as it pains me....Burden is that guy...at a much lower cost.

Jarrett - no joke.  Has he even played yet?

Edmunds...sadly he's come on late in his career but I could see either Sewell or Hyppolite (especially) supplanting him.  In reading the injury report, Edmunds is listed as "Questionable" so maybe we'll see some of Hyppolite this weekend as he's currently listed as his backup.  

And I'd add another for consideration.  That being Swift.  I'm a huge fan but I could see him doing well enough the rest of this year that he could be a valuable trade piece to a team that needs a decent RB (at least on paper).  And if my theory is correct that Johnson is good at adapting to his player's strengths and continues to effectively use outside zone, then he can really plug and play a similar RB in there to get 1,000 yards.  

[AZ54]

If we win this weekend I think it's possible some more chips are going on the table for this season, maybe for someone like Maxx Crosby.  Everyone that is mentioned in the above posts are all candidates who are good players but can be shuffled off the roster to make room to fill a bigger need.  

[Stinger226]

I think that the season's success will determine who stays and who goes. Besides cutting players there could be restructuring of their contracts.  Of course trades could come into play. I think after the season ends teams look for the draft to fill holes before they decide to trade for high price players. I also think to fill needs we will also address them in the draft.

Everyone was worried about the RB room and the team stuck with their players and the problem seems to have went away. If we go 5-6 with the rest of the schedule , we end up with a winning record.(9-8). Most people on here seen that as the ceiling.  I think we do a lot better than that. Does Minny look unbeatable? Anything you seen from GB telling you we arent capable of beating them. I think this team is a work in progress and we will fill some needs by our roster. 

We look at this team from our past problems but with BJ in the room, it is different. Can Theo become the LT? He is improving and I dont think the team is deciding at this moment in time, we need to draft a LT.  They're not thinking about trading assets when we are on a 4 game winning streak. The team will be evaluated at the end of the year, not after 6 games. I see Edmunds being the most obvious cut or trade but if he keeps making plays, do you think Dennis Allen is going to say its okay to get rid of him? Zaccheaus is on a one year contract and plays the same position that Burden plays. Getting rid of Moore doesnt seem like a logical step to me. Bengals have Chase and still kept Higgins around. Jarrett is obvious but his contract has guarantees that prohibit that. Kmet will be asked to restructure since his value has lessened .before they just cut him. Someone will have to go because of our cap situation now but I think it is not decided yet. 

We are on the verge of becoming a playoff contender, I think we need to enjoy this season before we tear it down because of future issues. 

[adam]

12 hours ago, AZ54 said:

If we win this weekend I think it's possible some more chips are going on the table for this season, maybe for someone like Maxx Crosby.  Everyone that is mentioned in the above posts are all candidates who are good players but can be shuffled off the roster to make room to fill a bigger need.  

The biggest factor is going to be the cap. In order to bring in a big contract, the Bears would have to move a big contract.

[Stinger226]

45 minutes ago, adam said:

The biggest factor is going to be the cap. In order to bring in a big contract, the Bears would have to move a big contract.

Easy to look at people to move but a lot harder to do. I dont think there will be a big contract coming back if we do trade for somebody. That will just create next year cap chaos. Crosby will be paid 120 mil from 2026-29. Any contract they take on will end before we have to pay Caleb. Simmons 53 mil over the next two yrs. I think they may add a CB to help but not a big contract. I think , like the RB room, they will expect players to play better on the DL and stick pat with money. Poles set the team contracts to be done when Caleb expects to get paid in 2028. Then they will play with the rest of the roster.

[ASHKUM BEAR]

1 hour ago, adam said:

The biggest factor is going to be the cap. In order to bring in a big contract, the Bears would have to move a big contract.

I think most of our needs can be filled with the draft right now.  Word on the streets are we covet a LB/DE from Texas Tech.

I can see them extending Byard bc he will be cheaper than Brisker.   Draft a safety to replace Brisker. 

[Stinger226]

 

[adam]

Moore will have a $28M cap hit in 2026, but if they want to move on from him, it will have to be via trade. His dead money would be $35M if cut before June 1st. No way that is happening.

For cut candidates from the higher priced guys, Edmunds, Kmet, Swift, and Santos are the only ones with low enough dead money if they needed to cut any of them. It seems like Santos is the only one that would fit the bill there. All the others would seem to have some trade value. If Edmunds and Swift keep playing like they do, they could be in line for extensions or restructures. 

Kmet may be moved at the deadline. Any further lack of involvement in the offense would seem to further lower his value. I don't even know where that is at anymore. A guy like him, with the emergence of so many younger TEs, seems like TE2/3 type of player.

Kiran is a no-brainer, but they may see if anyone is willing to trade a late round pick for him as he is still young, just inexperienced. 

[Stinger226]

On 10/24/2025 at 10:36 AM, adam said:

Moore will have a $28M cap hit in 2026, but if they want to move on from him, it will have to be via trade. His dead money would be $35M if cut before June 1st. No way that is happening.

For cut candidates from the higher priced guys, Edmunds, Kmet, Swift, and Santos are the only ones with low enough dead money if they needed to cut any of them. It seems like Santos is the only one that would fit the bill there. All the others would seem to have some trade value. If Edmunds and Swift keep playing like they do, they could be in line for extensions or restructures. 

Kmet may be moved at the deadline. Any further lack of involvement in the offense would seem to further lower his value. I don't even know where that is at anymore. A guy like him, with the emergence of so many younger TEs, seems like TE2/3 type of player.

Kiran is a no-brainer, but they may see if anyone is willing to trade a late round pick for him as he is still young, just inexperienced. 

Braxton Jones is the most likely to be traded with LT starting experience . They have clearly moved on but if they still have doubts with Theo, they may keep him for depth. Probably a 4th or 5th round pick. Is that worth losing valuable depth? I doubt they trade anyone. 

[ASHKUM BEAR]

1 hour ago, Stinger226 said:

Braxton Jones is the most likely to be traded with LT starting experience . They have clearly moved on but if they still have doubts with Theo, they may keep him for depth. Probably a 4th or 5th round pick. Is that worth losing valuable depth? I doubt they trade anyone. 

It won't be that much.  Houston received a 2027 6th for Cam Robinson and a 2027 7th.  They will get something along those lines in my opinion.  

[Mongo3451]

2 hours ago, Stinger226 said:

Braxton Jones is the most likely to be traded with LT starting experience . They have clearly moved on but if they still have doubts with Theo, they may keep him for depth. Probably a 4th or 5th round pick. Is that worth losing valuable depth? I doubt they trade anyone. 

Hard to trade a guy that's on IR.