Another interesting positive with the Mack signing.....
The Bears were likely going to sign a pretty decent deal with a FA OLB after the year and likely drafting one early also. But since they have Mack they don't need to do either. The positive side effect of that is if the Bears don't do anything else crazy in free agency next offseason...they actually have some players that may get multi-year contracts from other teams.
Massie won't get a huge deal. But could get 2-3 years.
Callahan is a guy that could get a decent deal. Aaron Colvin got 4/34 as a primarily nickel CB. Good year and Callahan could be in that range.
Lynch and White are probably looking at 1 year deals unless they have huge years, which is hard to do from down on a talented depth chart.
Kush could get a multi-year deal elsewhere if he shows to be an adequate starter.
What that means is the Bears could actually get an elusive comp pick or two in 2020. If Callahan gets a deal like Colvin's, and the Bears don't sign any big deals in free agency, i could see them getting a 4th round comp pick. Even if nobody else gets a multi-year deal, the rest of those guys could get the Bears a 6th or 7th round comp pick.
But an interesting case is Amos. I honestly don't see any way Amos signs with the Bears before next offseason. The top safety on the 2018 market only got 3 years, 16.35Mil (Kurt Coleman). I don't see anyway Amos signs for that. The Bears won't offer much more than that (maybe an extra year). So, I think Amos hits the market. If he does, I think the Bears have a real decision to make. Do you make Amos possibly a top 5 paid safety in the league? Or do you let someone else pay him and potentially get a 3rd round comp for him in 2020? The Bears still have Deon Bush, who could step in and start and they could add another S in the draft or sign a cheap vet to push Bush.