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Actually Bush would have a BIGGER cap hit if cut. If he plays, his cap hit is $3.55, if he is cut the hit goes up to $4.10, so 550k more to cut him. The good thing is next year they can keep him for a cap hit of $3.85, or cut him and save $1.75. So we will at least have options next year. Unless we trade him this year, we are stuck with him.

Yeah, it crazy to see all the teams Brian listed having "franchise" QB's. That one fact seems to solidify the team to the point where they can address the other pieces and build around the QB year after year. It will be an interesting year for the Bears and Cutler. He now has all the players he needs to excel as well as an Offensive-minded HC. If he can't perform at a franchise-QB level, he probably never will - and the Bears QB carousel will spin again. One one outlier team is New England, however, who have had a good mix of Free Agents and draftees, and to me that is the most effective way. For the Bears, they addressed 2 immediate needs with impact players that will be upgrades at both positions. Now they can go into the draft, fill out other weaknesses and add depth.

Yeah, they gained Jennings, but lost Harvin. At most this is a wash.

Actually, from what I've heard on NFL Network, they are projecting his numbers to jump up considerably. Jackson is way better than Turner. Jackson has 8 straight 1,000 yard seasons, and averages 40 receptions a year while Turner has 70 receptions for his entire career. This is a pretty decent upgrade for them. I would rather see him go to ATL than GB.

No way the Bears let Urlacher go now. Hard to lose 2 starting LB's in one offseason.

I updated my cap page with the latest numbers: http://www.pcgamingtech.net/bears/bearscap.htm Looks like we have just under $8 million in cap space (which includes roll over money). Without it, we have about $4.8 million available.

For Urlacher it is going to come down to money vs health. If healthy, he is probably better than 99% of the options out there at this point. If he is healthy, he then has to fit into the tight cap space and be willing to accept less money. If all those can be met, re-signing him is a good move. Not for sentimental reasons, but because he gives the Bears the best chance to win. If he is not healthy, or will not accept less pay, he is a goner.

Does Detroit even matter? I would be more worried about if Green Bay got better or worse.

So we got Bushrod and Bennett for a cap hit of less than $5 million this year. That is really nice.

Jason, I see your point, but teams have much more information available to them than the general public. It is much easier to be an armchair GM. You don't think Kromer knows more about Bushrod and his value than we do? PFF said he was barely better than Webb last year, but I have to believe that he will be closer to being a Pro-Bowler/All-Pro level player than a replacement level player this season.

I know you have not been high on Bushrod, but I believe he is better than his PFF ratings properly show. Kromer knows better than anyone how good he is, and by picking him up, Kromer is putting his name on the line that this guy is a legit LT. If we pickup a Guard in the first 2 rounds, the O-Line will almost be considered a strength vs a huge liability.

It shows he has no guaranteed or dead money, so the cap savings would be $2,350,000 for this year. Robbie Gould is a possible extension candidate with him owed $2.9 for this year.

Yeah, I figure this is for Urlacher, Roach, and others.

Here is a Bennett workout video: I love the ball grip exercises.

Bush is an over-rated 3rd Down back who thinks he can play every down.

We just won an extra game by this move.

I have to assume we draft a G in the first or second. It will be a really interesting draft if we re-sign Urlacher and Roach. We wouldn't have to use the first 2 on LB either and could go OL and WR or CB.

The Pats use Gronk and Hernandez pretty effectively, even with Welker getting a ton of targets. So I see Bennett as the primary TE, and Rodriquez getting moved around a lot. For Bennett on the Cowboys, he was stuck behind the Romo Witten love fest.

It has to be the First Round pick, I can't see them waiting until the 2nd to address it if we don't re-sign him. I still figure he comes back for a 2 year deal.

Wow, you got the positions spot on, but the players wrong. Really close, and the $7 cap hit is almost the average annual salary for Bushrod, so you were sort of correct there as well. Looks like Bennett got 4/20, so again, pretty close, about 1.25 million off per year. The combined cap hit for this year is under $6 though, so that is nice. Nice work Terra.

Looks like GB is hot on Steven Jackson, that would be a huge upgrade over what they've had recently.

True, but I almost like Bennett more than Olsen at this point. Bennett is 2 years younger, slightly bigger, and I believe he is a better blocker.

I can't see Miami trading up when they have more holes than Swiss cheese. Also, will Reddick last until the 5th? I thought he was more of a 3/4th rounder.

Great signing, even better than getting Cook.

If Bushrod's is only 3 mil, then Bennett's should be less than that. So I suspect both cap hits will be under $5.