To be clear, I want no part of him, and it's hard to envision a scenario where anyone gives up anything of value for him.
54M over 2 years is what a team would take on, 77 if they agree to pay the roster bonus.
Denver is nearly $21mm over the 2024 cap now, even with Wilsons $35.4mm in 2024 dead money (and assuming the remaining $49.6mm is pushed to 2025 by designating Wilson as a post-June 1 release). They'll cut WR Patrick ($10mm cap savings) and DL Jones ($10mm cap savings) to get to even. Other potential casualties are OL Bolles ($16mm cap savings), S Simmons ($14.5mm cap savings) and WR Sutton ($10mm cap savings) to free up what little revamping they'll be able to accomplish.
I guess they can make the $ work, but what does the roster look like next year, and what's Payton's message when he's selling it?
Wilson is way past his prime, will decline even more next season, and would do nothing to help the WR/OL situation. Hard pass.
My thoughts exactly. He was a gamble when he went to Denver. I'd actually rather start Zappe.
“I have a 5 year contract and the roster is a shitshow so the goal is to rebuild in Year 2, be on the upswing in Year 3 and contend in Year 4.”
Plus he seems to be a shitty teammate and possibly a cancer. Mr Unliiiiiimiited.
Well, if that's an issue - fine. But folks seem to be missing the point. The idea was to use the cap room to get assets from Denver that we would use to make the team better - not because Wilson is good (if he was good Denver wouldn't trade assets to get rid of him). We can't use the cap space for OL help, as there doesn't project to be any to be had. Maybe there is cap space on the WR front - no idea.
A decline from 67% completion, 26/8 TD/INT, and a passer rating near 100?
Don't forget his $37M salary in 2025 would be guaranteed.
I think they should stick with Fields personally, the Bears look alright after upgrading their defense, Fields and Moore have good chemistry and they have a ton of cap space. If they added Harrison I could see that offense being really nasty. I guess the question is would they offer up number 1 to QB-needy teams? It would probably cost them Harrison because I assume Arizona will pick him at 2 if he's there.
If Bears take Harrison, then Arizona may decide to trade down to QB needy team unless they become enamored with Bowers, Alt, etc. But they could drop to 5 or 6 and still get someone like that.
Agreed, and this puts the Bears in a weird spot because if a team likes Williams and Maye equally their pick isn't any more valuable than Arizona's pick as a trade chip.
A rookie QB is a reset gets him 2 years at least no must wins with rookie QBs it's assumed that they will struggle
That's not always the case, Frank Reich didn't even get a full season with Bryce Young.
The Bears aren't owned by Tepper, if they had a quick trigger Eberflus would have been gone
CHI traded the #1 pick last year for #9, #61 & future 1st (#1 this year) & 2nd rounders. If they don't believe that #1 is a franchise QB, they should absolutely trade it for a haul. If WAS ends up at 4, and CHI can trade #1 for #4, #41, #100 and a 2025 1st, they should do it.
Woody Johnson will do whatever it takes to ensure the Pats don’t get that pick.
