Bears should sign Jared Allen and Wooten

[Matt Suhey]

After whiffing on Shea over Chandler Jones for DE Emery really has little choice but to over pay for Allen to keep the Bears pass rush relevant. The Cubs do this all the time as Steve Stone has pointed out many times over the last few years. Teams have to pay for their mistakes if they want to be competitive. However drawing from a truly successful Chicago team our Bears should also sign Wooten so that Allen's 32 year old body doesnt get worn down and maybe hurt from taking too many brutal reps in the trenches. Phil Jackson did this with Bill Cartwright. Phil made sure Cartwright didnt get over used during the regular season so he was in decent condition for the playoffs.

Wooten had a breakout season in 2012 but the was not able to repeat his sack production because he was needed at DT in 2013. Wooten always had potential but got hurt a lot. Understandably the Bears have been reluctant to over pay Wooten in FA but now that Bennett took a pass they need to really solidify their pass rush depth and it appears to me that signing Allen and Wooten would be the smartest way to do that at this point.

Then draft Gilbert or Dennard in the first round and in the second round pick the best dlineman or safety and the defense rebuild would be off to a good start.

 

[hyatt151]

The Bears will not dole out 10 million for Allen, case closed.

 

[Pegger]

Per overthecap.com the Bears have $11.9M in cap space. Take out $5M for rookies in this year's draft and that leave you with a fairly small amount to resign two players.

There's always moves to be made, but you are either cutting a existing player, creating another hole (i.e. Briggs $6.5M salary) or you are pushing back the cap liability like the team did with Peppers and ultimately leaves them with dead cap space.

IMO it's time to get cheap. Wait out some FAs that no one is talking and get some solid value.

 

[Nick80]

Just for the record, I would like Allen at DE but not at the moneys being quoted. It just isn't financially viable for the Bears.

 

[Chicago4Life]

if the bears sign hixon for what will probably be slightly higher than the vet minimum it likely means the end of bennett whos carrying a 2.5 mill cap hit, no dead money penalty so the bears would have 8 mill to play with...

 

[playthrough2001]

if the bears sign hixon for what will probably be slightly higher than the vet minimum it likely means the end of bennett whos carrying a 2.5 mill cap hit, no dead money penalty so the bears would have 8 mill to play with...

Doubtful... Hixon would be a ST player and most likely replace Weems.

 

[fatbeard]

After we're done signing Wooten can we sign Wootton?

 

[ClydeLee]

After we're done signing Wooten can we sign Wootton?

No, Wooteleven must be signed next.

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[Pegger]

No, Wooteleven must be signed next.

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Don't the Bears have to sign Woot-one-through-ten before Wooteleven is even an option?

 

[Chicago4Life]

Doubtful... Hixon would be a ST player and most likely replace Weems.

Weems if cut would have a savings of 1.1mill, hixon if signed would be lets say 600k or so, for the 4-500k does it really matter? is hixon that much of an upgrade on weems? If the bears feel wilson is ready to take the next step why keep bennett?