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Here's the optimists view on the offseason. All of Ryan Paces picks after 100: Joel Iyiegbuniwe Bilal Nichols Kylie Fitts Javon Wims Eddie Jackson Tarik Cohen Jordan Morgan Nick Kwiatkowski Deon Bush Deiondre' Hall Jordan Howard DeAndre Houston Carson Daniel Braverman Jeremy Langford Adrian Amos Tayo Fabuluje

Cap Summary https://overthecap.com/salary-cap/chicago-bears/ Total Cap Liabilities: $173,978,886 Top 51: $173,653,136 Team Cap Space: $20,254,111 Cut calculator: https://overthecap.com/calculator/chicago-bears/ Sims is only easy cut option (6M savings). Most other guys are modest savings (Acho) or open up big holes (Trevatham, Long). FA Summary https://overthecap.com/free-agency/chicago-bears/ Outside of the 3 starters and 3 specialists already mentioned above, the most notable rotation pieces based on 2018 snaps are Lynch, Bellamy, Witzman, and Kush. Some decent internal G and OLB options. WR, Wims is promising, but needs to add ST play to really replace Bellamy's full role. Roy Robertson Harris, Isaiah Irving, and Rashaad Coward are exclusive right FA which means the Bears will keep them if they want to. A few early FA lists https://www.cleveland.com/expo/sports/g66l-2019/01/bb65f89efd8320/nfl-free-agents-2019-top-50-pl.html Massie didn't make this list, but no OT, and only a couple OL at all did http://nfltraderumors.co/top-25-2019-nfl-free-agents-list/ A very different top 50 list https://247sports.com/nfl/chicago-bears/ContentGallery/NFL-free-agent-kickers-2019-127439601/Amp/ A Parkey replacement list. Draft picks, most subject to chance after supplemental picks are added: Rd 3 (93) Rd 4 (125) Rd 5 (157) Rd 7 (221) Rd 7 (from PHI, unclear which pick) Needless to say the Bears will need to hit college FA hard to fill the bottom of the roster and PS.

I'm guessing that two of Callahan, Amos, and Massie are retained, and one is replaced with a cheaper FA option (or possibly internal). Bush probably the best internal replacement of those 3 spots. All of our specialists could change by next season too.

Even better, we can wait until day three (you can check in late Friday night if you'd like, but I'll just get caught up the next morning).

Give Harper whatever he wants right now so I don't have to talk about this tomorrow.

The only way the window isnt next year is Mitch somehow becoming a top 5 QB. At least temporarily. Pace only gets one year rebuilds from here on out if he is any good.

The only way the window isnt next year is Mitch somehow becoming a top 5 QB.

Sent to me by my Cleveland fan buddy of all people, but very apt takeaway for that ending.

Would you play the odds and keep him? Im ready to draft high on a kicker I'm fine with either draft or just get a vet min type guy. They can't be worse than what we got this season and granted, Parkey won't do it again, but he had his chance. If I was Pace, I would cut him tomorrow. I feel pretty comfortable that Parkey will rebound and be an above average kicker next year, as long as it's not with the Bears. Just need to say goodbye (after June 1, officially at least).

Would you play the odds and keep him? Im ready to draft high on a kicker Drafting kickers is dumber than bringing back the guy who hit an upright 5 times in a season.

Does Parkey get a police escort and armed security tonight?

What in the actual. horsefeathers.

horsefeathering penalties.

What the horsefeathers just happened

Luckily. Gotta clean this horsefeathers up.

Bradley Sowell should be ready to fill in for Burton.

That chart expands on the Curry trade a bit much, but the straight deal in itself was absolutely a steal.

Who wouldn't want six million dollars? ETA - Manny Monachado to White Sox probably imminent now.

He was being touted by some as the best WR in the class (one of those YouTube scouts I think).

I guess better late than never, but they just passed up a chance in a strong QB draft and now have a weak one. Obviously Barkley is awesome, but he's also a RB, so...

Apparently the Blackhawks announcement of this deal says that NBCSN will now be the "exclusive regional home for all regular season games, pre-season/spring training, and the first round of the post-season coverage for the Bulls and Blackhawks." So no more WGN for Hawks and Bulls from the sounds of it. Wonder what the White Sox presence will still be on WGN. Outside of the month of April, how often will they need to share coverage on another network if they arent sharing with the Cubs too?

Complete this tweet with your gif of choice, post-beat down at the hands of the Bears.

I think they used Cooper also (or was he never active?) . And since they didn't use Bray or Coward, is there one other player that had active and later cut ala Cooper?

Seems like a reflection of finally having good health.