https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49531184/sources-darnell-wright-agrees-4-year-116m-deal-bears

Very deserving - now I hope we see Wright elevate his game to a whole new level and show that he is the best RT in the game!

43 minutes ago, DABEARSDABOMB said:

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49531184/sources-darnell-wright-agrees-4-year-116m-deal-bears

Very deserving - now I hope we see Wright elevate his game to a whole new level and show that he is the best RT in the game!

You beat me to it, LOL. They definitely went all in. bearswire.usatoday had an article giving all of the details. WOW!

“Chicago Bears and RT Darnell Wright reach agreement on a four-year, $116M extension with $93M guaranteed, per me and @RapSheet. Deal is biggest ever for a right tackle and most guaranteed money for an OL in NFL history. Bears and @OctagonFootball reached terms today.”

I'm curious how it breaks down as far as cap hits. We have an even bigger contract to negotiate with Caleb after this year.

9 minutes ago, Pixote said:

You beat me to it, LOL. They definitely went all in. bearswire.usatoday had an article giving all of the details. WOW!

I'm curious how it breaks down as far as cap hits. We have an even bigger contract to negotiate with Caleb after this year.

It's gonna get nerve racking. We'll have Caleb, Rome, Kyle, Ozzy, Jahday, Booker and Luther come up for contracts around the same time.

41 minutes ago, Pixote said:

You beat me to it, LOL. They definitely went all in. bearswire.usatoday had an article giving all of the details. WOW!

I'm curious how it breaks down as far as cap hits. We have an even bigger contract to negotiate with Caleb after this year.

28 minutes ago, Mongo3451 said:

It's gonna get nerve racking. We'll have Caleb, Rome, Kyle, Ozzy, Jahday, Booker and Luther come up for contracts around the same time.

We have (had) $100M in cap space next year, and we will need to revamp the D line with that.

$29M goes to Wright, Caleb will probably get around $60M sometime during the year next year or in the next offseason.

Replacing JJ, Kmet, Kyler Gordon will all open up another $20M or $30M so I think we are good for a minute. We're also one of the only NFL teams with no void year contracts, so we have all that playroom too if or when necessary?

I do think we might have to make a tough choice between Odunze and Burden in the next few years, but we seem to have an eye for WRs and DBs so im sure the pipeline will be full.

I think Ryan Poles is mediocre in a lot of ways, but one of his biggest strengths has been to be disciplined about the cap, so i doubt we will get into cap hell, and with Ben Johnson's eye for talent in the draft and free agency, I think we will be able to keep a bunch of fresh new faces coming up that will turn out to be good players with not too many busts.

All in all, i think we are in a great position for the next few years, even with Caleb getting paid.

And hopefully, he takes a page from his idol and mentor Tom Brady, and leaves about $10M a year on the table off of the most extreme contracts he could get, so he can afford someone to catch the balls he throws.

Darnell Wright is a great player, and on his way to being a monster. Our coaching staff is excellent developing players.

Damn its a good time to be a Bears fan.

1 hour ago, BearFan PHX said:

We have (had) $100M in cap space next year

I thought I heard we had $ 7-8M next year before roster adjustments were made.

They had to do some creative accounting to give Wright this contract.

I hope I'm wrong. I like your figure better.