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<blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 819018"><p>So, lets revist where we would be if the Packers had dealt for Mack on similar terms as the Bears using that $23.7 in usable FA cap space as illustrated in the above post.</p><p></p><p>Mack's cap number was $13.8 mil for 2018 and $22.3 mil for 2019. Those numbers alone put you $12.4 mil over the usable 2019 cap before the following adjustments.</p><p></p><p>Mack's 2018 number would have put the team over the cap at that time. The most plausible solution to get under the cap would have been to cut Matthews to pick up $11 mil in cap space. Had that been done, we'd now be standing at $1.4 mil over the usable FA cap space.</p><p></p><p>Further, the two first rounders this year are roughly equivalent to what the Bears gave up. So, if you're not signing those guys because you traded them you gain about $3.8 mil in cap if you swap out those guys for the next two guys below the top 53. That gets you to $2.4 mil in usable FA cap. Cut Perry and you get to $5.7 mil for FAs.</p><p></p><p>So, that leaves you with the current roster plus Mack, very little for FAs whether you cut Perry or not, and you've lost your two first round picks. Cut more of those guys in the list in the above post and you add some dough to the usable cap space.</p><p></p><p>Boil it down, and you would have traded two first round picks and surrendered $25 mil in cap space, i.e., 2 or 3 quality free agent signings now. One HOF Edge rusher for 4 or 5 players to rebuild the roster.</p><p></p><p>See why that would have been a terrible trade? And why I concluded from the get go that Gutekunst never got very far with that? You have to look past "win now" when you don't have a loaded roster with a bunch of rookie contract stars to begin with. </p><p></p><p>With the Bears making that deal and coming up short, they are cap strapped and will be losing a player or two they'd rather not with no first round pick this year or next to reload.</p><p></p><p>No player other than a QB is worth this kind of money especially when giving up those kinds of picks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardRightEdge, post: 819018"] So, lets revist where we would be if the Packers had dealt for Mack on similar terms as the Bears using that $23.7 in usable FA cap space as illustrated in the above post. Mack's cap number was $13.8 mil for 2018 and $22.3 mil for 2019. Those numbers alone put you $12.4 mil over the usable 2019 cap before the following adjustments. Mack's 2018 number would have put the team over the cap at that time. The most plausible solution to get under the cap would have been to cut Matthews to pick up $11 mil in cap space. Had that been done, we'd now be standing at $1.4 mil over the usable FA cap space. Further, the two first rounders this year are roughly equivalent to what the Bears gave up. So, if you're not signing those guys because you traded them you gain about $3.8 mil in cap if you swap out those guys for the next two guys below the top 53. That gets you to $2.4 mil in usable FA cap. Cut Perry and you get to $5.7 mil for FAs. So, that leaves you with the current roster plus Mack, very little for FAs whether you cut Perry or not, and you've lost your two first round picks. Cut more of those guys in the list in the above post and you add some dough to the usable cap space. Boil it down, and you would have traded two first round picks and surrendered $25 mil in cap space, i.e., 2 or 3 quality free agent signings now. One HOF Edge rusher for 4 or 5 players to rebuild the roster. See why that would have been a terrible trade? And why I concluded from the get go that Gutekunst never got very far with that? You have to look past "win now" when you don't have a loaded roster with a bunch of rookie contract stars to begin with. With the Bears making that deal and coming up short, they are cap strapped and will be losing a player or two they'd rather not with no first round pick this year or next to reload. No player other than a QB is worth this kind of money especially when giving up those kinds of picks. [/QUOTE]
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