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CBears019
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| Quote: | Vaughn mcclure @vxmcclure23
Henry Melton just told me the Bears slapped the franchise tag on him. |
As expected. Now the next move is to restructure some other deals, trim some fat, and create cap room for FA.
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WindyCity
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| Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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Good move, needed to happen and the thought the Bears would let a 26 year old Pro Bowler leave was always crazy.
Bears have 4.5 million in cap space right now.
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Madmike90
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| Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Wouldn’t surprise me to see a situation similar to Forte last year…slap the tag on then continue to negotiate. |
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CBears019
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| Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Madmike90 wrote: | | Wouldn’t surprise me to see a situation similar to Forte last year…slap the tag on then continue to negotiate. |
A recent rotoworld blurb said that they're at opposite ends of talks, this could take a while just like Forte's did last year.
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Slaymont Harris
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| Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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| CBears019 wrote: | | Madmike90 wrote: | | Wouldn’t surprise me to see a situation similar to Forte last year…slap the tag on then continue to negotiate. |
A recent rotoworld blurb said that they're at opposite ends of talks, this could take a while just like Forte's did last year. |
There were similar reports regarding the Forte deal, but it finally got signed at the last minute. I think they'll end up figuring out a similar deal (probably for a bit more because of the position). |
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SOCalBearsFan54
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| Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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Glad we have Melton back! 4.5 million doesn't give us that much wiggle room in dree agency though.
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| Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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| SOCalBearsFan54 wrote: | | Glad we have Melton back! 4.5 million doesn't give us that much wiggle room in dree agency though. |
Expect another 12-20 to cleared out over the next week.
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WindyCity
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| Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Superman(DH23) wrote: | | SOCalBearsFan54 wrote: | | Glad we have Melton back! 4.5 million doesn't give us that much wiggle room in dree agency though. |
Expect another 12-20 to cleared out over the next week. |
I see 12 we can clear pretty easily with Tillman and Marshall.
I see 2-3 that can be cleared by extending Tim Jennings.
I see 2 that we can get back from Briggs.
And if we want to get crazy 3 million we can save with Peppers without totally screwing ourselves.
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SOCalBearsFan54
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| Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Superman(DH23) wrote: | | SOCalBearsFan54 wrote: | | Glad we have Melton back! 4.5 million doesn't give us that much wiggle room in dree agency though. |
Expect another 12-20 to cleared out over the next week. |
Wow. I didn't expect that we would have that high of a possibility after cuts and restructuring of contracts.
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| Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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| SOCalBearsFan54 wrote: | | Superman(DH23) wrote: | | SOCalBearsFan54 wrote: | | Glad we have Melton back! 4.5 million doesn't give us that much wiggle room in dree agency though. |
Expect another 12-20 to cleared out over the next week. |
Wow. I didn't expect that we would have that high of a possibility after cuts and restructuring of contracts. |
Once the restructures and cuts come on, I bet we have around 20 million after tagging Melton. Plenty of money to sign an upper level Olineman.
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Superman(DH23)
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| Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:25 pm Post subject: |
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| SOCalBearsFan54 wrote: | | Superman(DH23) wrote: | | SOCalBearsFan54 wrote: | | Glad we have Melton back! 4.5 million doesn't give us that much wiggle room in dree agency though. |
Expect another 12-20 to cleared out over the next week. |
Wow. I didn't expect that we would have that high of a possibility after cuts and restructuring of contracts. |
Cutting Hester, Davis, Williams, Spaeth, Unga, Pieschel, Brandon saves about $6M, if the Bears did the rumored, but unlikely, cut of Garza, that saves $3M by itself. Expect Peppers and Tillman's combined cap# to go from $24M to $12M.
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| pigsooie5 wrote: | | SOCalBearsFan54 wrote: | | Superman(DH23) wrote: | | SOCalBearsFan54 wrote: | | Glad we have Melton back! 4.5 million doesn't give us that much wiggle room in dree agency though. |
Expect another 12-20 to cleared out over the next week. |
Wow. I didn't expect that we would have that high of a possibility after cuts and restructuring of contracts. |
Once the restructures and cuts come on, I bet we have around 20 million after tagging Melton. Plenty of money to sign an upper level Olineman. |
That's about what I'm expecting.
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Madmike90
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| Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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via Melton...
| Quote: | | Good to be a Bear for another year hopefully we can get a long-term deal done soon! #BearDown #FranchiseTag |
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pigsooie5
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| Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 11:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Madmike90 wrote: | via Melton...
| Quote: | | Good to be a Bear for another year hopefully we can get a long-term deal done soon! #BearDown #FranchiseTag |
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It's really good to hear he's open minded and on board with the decision.
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ChiSportsFan
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| Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 11:40 pm Post subject: |
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| The only DT better than Melton is Atkins, who may get paid this offseason as well. |
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