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Is that figuring in filling out the roster to 53 players and accounting for a slight difference that the #1 and #2 draft picks will have (they are over the league minimum in salary).
Is that figuring in filling out the roster to 53 players and accounting for a slight difference that the #1 and #2 draft picks will have (they are over the league minimum in salary).
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The Bears will likely add 16 players that are above the 51 cut off. Those would push lower paid players off. You can likely add 9.5 million for those guys coming off as others come on.
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Which puts you at an effective Cap space of 5 mil. I think Hicks is a cap casualty for sure.
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With the likely cut they would be around 23 million in cap space.
Extend Fuller and is it closer to 33 million.
Tag Robinson and it is like 15 million.
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did you count the rookie pool which looks to be around 6mil and the cost of the vet QB they trade for like Ryan or Carr.
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No, that does not take into account what they need for rookies. I also did not include trades that will not happen.
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Fuller will be fine into his thirties. When he loses a step, he is the perfect player to switch to safety then.
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Fuller had a down year because our billion dollar pass rush sucked ass.
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Hicks absolutely fits the mold of someone you should probably move on from one year early rather than one year late. And he’s costing you $12M in cap charge. I think what’s maybe most likely, though, is that the Bears just let him play out the rest of his contract and let it expire after this coming year.
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Fuller has the second highest cap hit of any corner in the league. That’s a big price for one interception this past year and an unconventional technique that allows everything in front.
The Bears have to figure out a way to lower that, whether it’s an extension or a trade. I’m not suggesting they absolutely **should** trade him. I’m just saying, he is very tradeable, because whoever you’d send him to only takes on a portion of his guaranteed cap hit. In any case, something has to be done there.
The Bears have to figure out a way to lower that, whether it’s an extension or a trade. I’m not suggesting they absolutely **should** trade him. I’m just saying, he is very tradeable, because whoever you’d send him to only takes on a portion of his guaranteed cap hit. In any case, something has to be done there.
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A more effective pass rush would make all of the secondary look better (except for Skrine/Shelley). Fuller and Johnson seem to be a good combo in the foreseeable future.
Devils advocates would say Fuller already plays that far off receivers, and from what I saw this season, he seems to hit harder than Jackson.