Pre Free Agency Mock Offseason

[WindyCity]

I agree they'll pursue a free agent quarterback, I just don't think Brissett is the right guy.

Young
Starting Experience
Reasonable Physical Tools
2 seasons with Frank Reich

Why don't you think he fits? Is it the other thing?

 

[mattb78]

Bears absolutely must add competition to Foles at the QB position prior to the draft, and must do so at a reasonable cap number. Foles was pretty horrible last year, he is injury prone, and you need a backup. This type of move is a no-brainer.

Also, Foles is absolutely gone next season with a small 3.6 million dead cap hit versus 10 million to keep him. So the Bears need a 2022 backup and its nice to get somebody started in the system.

Jones could easily be drafted before 20 or the trade could not be available to the Bears.

 

[Montucky]

Young
Starting Experience
Reasonable Physical Tools
2 seasons with Frank Reich

Why don't you think he fits? Is it the other thing?

Uncalled for. I've been pretty respectful disagreeing with you, there was no need to levy that accusation. You're a cunt.

 

[HeHateMe]

Uncalled for. I've been pretty respectful disagreeing with you, there was no need to levy that accusation. You're a cunt.

Lol wut

 

[HearshotKDS]

Don't think Bears can afford to pass on OLB in either FA or draft this year. Neither Vaughters nor Gipson are capable of starting/take large amounts of snaps. Quinn is very likely to miss or at least be limited on snaps for multiple games, and you would like to avoid needing Mack on the field for 95% of defensive snaps; at some point the tire loses its tread.

 

[Hawkeye OG]

I agree they'll pursue a free agent quarterback, I just don't think Brissett is the right guy.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1366789184313294854

 

[SlickWilly]

I just walked into a rancid fart cloud

Speaking of that, are there any good FA RT's out there?????

 

[Hawkeye OG]

Speaking of that, are there any good FA RT's out there?????

Ifedi bro!

 

[Anytime23]

Speaking of that, are there any good FA RT's out there?????

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[Anytime23]

Uncalled for. I've been pretty respectful disagreeing with you, there was no need to levy that accusation. You're a cunt.

To think i once respected you.

 

[rawdawg]

I dont think he can either, but he can raise enough of a stink that its not worth the trouble. And there is the looming threat that he does something stupid and sits out, you cant discount the possibility with pro athletes that they will act like petulant children when they get disrespected.

Also there's the huge matter that as nice of a player as Allen Robinson II is, he's in no way really worth ten percent of the Bears salary cap. $18,000,000 is entirely too much money to fork over to him. DeAndre Hopkins is worth two Allen Robinson II's and the Cardinals are taking a $12,500,000 cap hit for him this year. Its by far in the best interest of both parties that Robinson II either gets dealt to another team who wants to extend him and the Bears recoup some value, or the two work out a contract where he makes a reasonable figure that leaves the Bears some avenues to improve the team elsewhere.

No way is Hopkins that much better than Robinson, first of all. Secondly, yeah he has a 12.5M cap hit in 2021, but you conveniently left out that it goes to over 25M next year, with 23.5 of that guaranteed. That's how contracts work. If you think 18M is too much to pay him, then why would you want him extended? He's getting over 20M avg per year, or he won't sign. Sure you could lower his cap hit as low as you want this year, but it's going to be well over 18M in the future.

 

[rawdawg]

Uncalled for. I've been pretty respectful disagreeing with you, there was no need to levy that accusation. You're a cunt.

I don't think he was suggesting that YOU don't want a black QB. He was suggesting the Bears don't want a black QB. It was also a joke.

 

[Pegger]

Uncalled for. I've been pretty respectful disagreeing with you, there was no need to levy that accusation. You're a cunt.

You went into a @WindyCity offseason thread, disagreed with something and when Windy responded to your disagreement giving reasons for his thoughts you called him a cunt?

 

[greg23]

J Brissett
BD Fools
Macaroni Jones

Puke all over myself

 

[Perspective]

2020 Salary Cap: 182.5 million
Roll Over: 7.5 million
Bears Starting 2020 Cap Space: 190 million

Bears Starting Cap Space: 1 million

Not Resigned

QB Mitch Trubisky
WR Cordarelle Patterson
DE Roy Robertson-Harris

Extensions/Renegotiations [28 million saved]

LB Roquan Smith *5th year option exercised

CB Kyle Fuller [9 million saved]

Old Money: 1 year 23 million
New Money: 3 years 48 million/30 guaranteed
Total Deal: 4 years 71 million/30 guaranteed [11]

DE Akiem Hicks [6 million saved]

Old Money: 1 year 12 million
New Money: 3 years 36 million/24 guaranteed
Total Deal: 4 years 48 million/24 guaranteed [6]

OLB Khalil Mack [13 million saved]
-17 million base salary converted to bonus

Cap Space: 29 million

Released [21 million saved]

OT Bobbie Massie [June 1st] 8 million
CB Buster Skrine [June 1st] 5 million
TE Jimmy Graham 7 million
WR Javon Wims 1 million

Cap Space: 50 million

Re-Signings [35 million spent]

WR Allen Robinson [Franchise Tag] [18]

S Tashon Gipson 2 year 9 million/5.5 guaranteed [3.5]

K Cairos Santos 3 years 12 million/6 guaranteed [2]

P Pat O'Donnnel 2 years 5 million/3 guaranteed [1]

DE Brent Urban 2 years 8 million/5 guaranteed [3]

OT Germain Ifedi 2 years 5 million/3 guaranteed [1.5]

S Deandre Houston-Carson 2 years 4 million/2 guaranteed [1]

LS Patrick Scales 1 year 1 million/500k guaranteed [2]

DT John Jenkins 1 year 1.5 million [1.5]

ERFA [600k/per]

OG Alex Bars
LB James Vaughters
LB Josh Woods
TE/FB JP Holtz

Cap Room: 15 million

Free Agency [9.5 million spent]

TE Geoff Swaim [Ten] 1 year 1.5 million/500k guaranteed [1.5]

The Bears need a veteran TE to play the U and backup Kmet. Swaim is experienced and cheap.

QB Jacoby Brissett [Ind] 1 year 4 million/3 guaranteed [4]

The Bears need a veteran QB heading into the draft who is not named Nick Foles. Brissett is young and has starting experience. His ceiling is not super high, but he has more ability than Foles and gives you an option if the draft does not break you way.

LB Joe Thomas [Dallas] 2 years 5 million/2 guaranteed [2]

Trevathan looked old for most of last season. Woods and Iggy cannot play on defense. The Bears need a 3rd ILB who has some defensive experience and who you can put on the field when you have to take Trevathan off the field. Thomas is a little undersized, but can run and cover and is a good compliment to Trevathan at this point.

OT Zach Banner [Pittsburgh] 2 years 4 million/2 guaranteed [1]

Banner won the starting RT job for Pittsburgh and then tore his ACL and lost his job. Banner has the ability to play RT in the NFL and he brings exceptional size [6'8" 350lbs] to the Bears OL. This is a buy low and bring in another young player to compete move and adds options for the Bears in case the draft does not break their way.

C Ted Karras [Miami] 2 years 4 million/2 guaranteed [1]

I am good on Mustipher as the starting C, but the Bears need a veteran backup who can step in and play if Mustipher does not take the next step or get injured. Karras is a fringe starter, who has a bunch of career starts, and is from the Chicago area. The Bears can get a solid veteran and he can come home.

Cap Room: 5.5 million
Draft

1[1] Jacksonville Jaguars: QB Trevor Lawrence [Clemson]
1[2] NY Jets: QB Zach Wilson [BYU]
1[3] Carolina Panthers [Mia]: QB Justin Fields [Ohio St]
1[4] Atlanta Falcons: CB Caleb Farley [Virginia Tech]
1[5] Cincinnati Bengals: OT Penei Sewell [Oregon]
1[6] Philadelphia Eagles: WR J'mar Chase [LSU]
1[7] Detroit Lions: WR Jaylen Waddle [Alabama]
1[8] Miami Dolphins [Car]: TE Kyle Pitts [Florida]
1[9] Denver Broncos: LB Micah Parsons [Penn St]
1[10] Dallas Cowboys: CB Patrick Surtain [Alabama]
1[11] New York Giants: OT Rashawn Slater [Northwestern]
1[12] San Francisco 49ers: QB Trey Lance [NDSU]

*Trade: The Chicago Bears trade 1[20], 3[83], 3[2022] to the Los Angeles Chargers for 1[13] and a 5th round pick. This trade up is a poor value, but the Bears are super desperate and they need to land a QB that can be sold as the future. They must land one of the top 5 guys and Jones is the last one standing.

1[13] QB Mac Jones [Alabama] 6'3" 217lbs.

The Bears desperately need a QB and the trade market is always a tease and the free agents aren't good. There is not long term answer, unless they get one in the draft. Pace and Nagy need to sell fans and ownership on a future and a 1st round QB will do that. Jones is not the physically gifted QB in the draft. In fact he has some physical limitations. He is not an elite athlete, although he moves well in the pocket, he does not have a cannon arm, and he needs to be protected. What Jones does well is super intriguing for the Bears. He is super accurate on shorter YAC throws, he runs the RPO game really well, and he throws a beautifully timed deep ball. These are all areas that Mitch struggled. I get that he is not a fit in every system, but in this system he can easily be an Alex Smith type QB for this system. His willingness and accuracy on the deep ball should open up the offense and allow for better running the ball and underneath production. He needs to be protected and the OL that the Bears currently have is nowhere near good enough. #conviction

2[52] OT Dillon Radunz [North Dakota St] 6'6" 304lbs.

The interior OL was solid at the end of the season and should be better when James Daniels comes back. Daryl Williams is a significant upgrade over Massie and Ifedi is a nice swing backup on the right side. Leno isn't good enough. He isn't bad, but he is inconsistent and soft enough that I am not interested in a pure pocket passer standing behind him. The Bears need someone to come in, and ideally take, Leno's LT job. Radunz had a great Senior Bowl and showed that he had LT size, athletic tools, and ability against higher competition. He also looked good at LG and versatility is always a positive. Radunz can give them a long term LT that has much higher upside than Leno.

5. CB Bryan Mills [North Carolina Central] 6'1' 195lbs.

The Bears cannot afford a free agent CB, but they do need to continue to add depth and options at the spot. Mills has great size and athletic tools. His arms are verging on comically long and he has a ton of experience playing in press man coverage which the Bears often play across from Kyle Fuller. Mills needs a bunch of development coming from a small school, but he has ton of tools and he should not be needed right away and will get some time to develop.

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5. TE Tre McKitty [Georgia] 6'5" 245lbs.

The Bears need a young and cheap U TE that they can pair long term with Kmet. They need someone who offers a little more gas in the passing game. McKiity started at Florida St and finished his career at Georgia. McKitty has the tools, but he has been chased his entire career by bad QB play. He is a solid blocker, has good size, and can stretch the field more vertically than Kmet.

6. RB Elijah Mitchell [Louisianna] 5'11" 226lbs.

The Bears need a backup RB that is cheap and could reasonably step into Montgomery's role if he is injured or needs a break. Mitchell has the size and physicality to fill that role, the fact that he is a solid receiver is just a bonus for the Bears. The Bears need to have a backup option that is not 5'6" 180lbs coming off of an ACL tear.

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6. S Damar Hamlin [Pitt] 6' 205lbs.

A smart player and a 4 year starter and team leader for Pitt. The Bears need some cheap safety depth and someone who might develop at the SS spot. Hamlin is a solid tackler is aware in coverage which makes up for average athletic tools and size. At a minimum he should be a solid special teams player and a depth defender.

6. WR Cornell Powell [Clemson] 6' 205lbs.

The Bears need some WR depth and Powell has a ton of interesting traits. Powell was a slow developer in college so there may still be upside that has not been realized. He has speed, solid size, and has had success on the outside. He would add some needed speed to the roster.

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7. DE Khyiris Tonga [BYU] 6'4" 326lbs.

I think Mario Edwards will get more than the Bears can afford and they will bring back the more economical Brent Urban. That being said they will need some more bodies and depth along the line. Tonga can play DE or NT in this system. He has the length and power the Bears seem to favor on the DL./

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Depth Chart

QB: Brissett/Jones, Foles
RB: Montgomery, Cohen, Mitchell, Pierce
WR: Robinson, Mooney, Miller, Ridley, Powell
TE: Kmet, Swaim, McKitty, Holtz
LT: Leno
LG: Whithair
C: Mustipher, Karras
RG: Daniels, Bars
RT: Radnuz/Banner/Ifedi

RE: Nichols, Tonga
NT: Goldman, Jenkins
LE: Hicks, Urban
OLB: Quinn, Gipson
ILB: Smith, Iggy
ILB: Trevathan, Thomas, Woods
OLB: Mack, Vaughters
CB: Fuller, Johnson, Vildor, Shelley, Mills
FS: Jackson, Houston-Carson
SS: Gipson, Lucas, Hamlin

Those are the worst FAs I have seen targetted....lolol..... why do we need to spend FA $ and cap space on back up TEs etc.... none of those players have any impact ... and we are set at interior OL with Mustipher; Daniels; WHitehair and Bars.... why waste $ on Brissett we already have Foles .... geez this board and the dumb FA predictions