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Brendel and Bradbury are signed for the Center market. Waller traded to the Giants for a 3rd rounder (so essentially they traded Toney for Waller). Waller was really good in 2020, but had 28-388yds in 2022 in 9 games. He goes from Carr to Jones. So for QB play, about equal, maybe slightly worse from a passing perspective.

If the Bears are done, so is the rest of the league. If the Bears have the most cap space, and still need to get to the "floor" they still need to sign at least 2 more higher end guys.

I still think we are have at least 2 of the top 50 FAs left to sign and probably a 3rd one that is mid-tier, all in the trenches.

McGary is still out there for RT, Isaac Seumalo, OG, and even Orlando Brown for OT. If they want to go C, then Brendel and Bradbury are still available. Arden Key for Edge/DE, Ngakoue is still there at DE. Edge feels like a huge need, but fairly weak. Another name we know, Larry Ogunjobi, is still out there for DT. Would Poles go back there? For other IDL, Poona Ford, Sheldon Rankins, Greg Gaines, and Ioannidis are all still there and under 30. If there are still looking at RB or TE. David Montgomery and Miles Sanders are available for RB, Dalton Schultz, Austin Hooper at TE. I still think they go for at least one more OL, and 2 more DL in the pre-draft FA period.

Subtract $5M for rookie pool, which puts it at about $45M. $7M for Walker, makes $38M. I know they like to have some left for late free agent window signings and in-season spending, so I would assume that is close to $10M, leaving $28M. Then, like you said, they still have some room for other contracts. They can renegotiate Jackson's and shave off $3M. Cutting Whitehair saves $5.8M, but you create another hole. I assume they will renegotiate his to get it down a couple of million as well. Vildor would be a straight up cut saving $2.7M, so those 3 could save $8M, pushing the available cap to $35M again very easily. The best part is the Bears still have the highest available cap space after all those moves, $6M more than ATL and $17M more than the 3rd team (ARZ). So they are not done, I still think they get 2x more on the DL and another on the OL. They have double the cap space than 26 teams.

Bears Twitter is something else. People saying why not just keep Roquan? He didn't like the contract offered. The Bears got a 2nd round pick AND Edmunds for less than him. Edmunds is a year younger and may actually end up being as good as or better than Roquan in this scheme. They also committed less guaranteed money for less of a term.

Could also mean Whitehair sliding back in to Center? Seems like a lot of options, but Jenkins health is a question mark.

Over $7M AAV for 2 years.

Some Edge help.

They said Edmunds contract was front loaded. Davis at $10M a year, Edwards cap hit is $5M this year, so that is probably $35M total (estimated). OTC shows $71M before Davis and Edmunds, figure they are $30M, leaving $41M left or $36M in effective cap. I think Poles will leave about $10-15M for late free agency, so they still have $15-20M left considering the rookie pool too.

Looks like 7 more "holes" left to fill. I am assuming 4 will be filled in the draft in the top 65. So 2-3 more mid/high FAs left to sign: OL x2 - Davis, RB x1 - TE x1 - DT x2 - DE x1 LB x2 - Edmunds, Edwards CB x1 -

I have seen it as WLB - Edmunds, MLB - Edwards, SLB - Sanborn

Edmunds is only 24? Holy crap, he is a year younger than Velus (and Roquan) and has been in the league 5 years. Also, I didn't know he was 6'5", he is a monster of a LB.

I know these are PFF, but still, a little easier to grade with missed tackles, etc. Select LB grades + ranks(min 500 snaps) from 2022 2. T.J. Edwards - 84.8 11. Tremaine Edmunds - 78.4 25. Roquan Smith - 70.6

I am thinking Jenkins out to RT.

Damn, that is one hell of a LB corps, can easily interchange them on passing downs as well. Arguably the best in the league?

Damn, Edwards, Edmunds, and Sanborn? Flus got his LBs.

So if I select pre-June 1 trade, his dead money for this season drops to $40M which is the difference between the $99M and the amount of guaranteed money remaining on his deal $59M. So it looks like GB has to pay out everything that is NOT guaranteed while NY would be responsible only for the remaining guaranteed money of $59M over the next 4 years.

My RT target was McGary from ATL. He graded out really good and wasn't going to cost as much as Brown or McGlinchey.

One of the better Guards in the league. Had some injury issues in previous years, but started all 17 in 2022.

Jawaan Taylor (OT) to KC for 4/80 (60M guaranteed).

Bears in on Isaac Seumalo (G) from Philly.

Crazy that the Bears will be able to pay their entire starting LB corps (3 players) for less than Roquan.