Roster Construction

Comparing the Bears roster to the rest of the league by position group, they only have 5 players in the top 10 at their position in terms of AAV, Thuney, Jonah Jackson, Kmet, Odeyingbo (as Edge2), and Gordon (as Slot CB).

Technically, Gordon is the highest-paid Bears player in relation to the rest of the NFL as the 2nd highest paid Slot CB. Odeyingbo is the next as the 3rd highest Edge2, then Thuney at 7, Jackson and Kmet at 8.

Gordon's is the only deal that will be that high for another few years. Odeyingbo will be gone next year, and all the rest will slide out of the top 10 with other players getting new deals. My assumption is Darnell Wright will get added to the top 10 in the next year, but Dexter or Stevenson are not getting extensions, so the next group is Williams and Odunze after that, but that won't be for at least another year or two.

OFFENSE:

QB - 20th

RB - 18th

WR - None in top 32 <insert eyeballs>

TE - T-8th

LT - 26th

LG - 7th

OC - T-15th

RG - 8th

RT - 22nd

DEFENSE:

EDGE - 14th, T-25th (Edge2 - 3rd)

DT - 23rd, 50th (DT2 - 18th)

LB - T-17th, T-17th

CB - 12th, 23rd (Slot CB - 2nd)

S - 13th

Outside of Gordon and Slot CB, the Bears have not committed a significantly higher percentage of cap to one position than the rest of the league. In reality, the roster is pretty well balanced.