Bears looking to trade Mack?
 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/ChicagoBears?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ChicagoBears</a> will be shopping <a href="https://twitter.com/FiftyDeuce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FiftyDeuce</a> ..asking price..2#1s...2#2s..or a combination of 1/2/3 with # of picks..they are listening! 🐻🐻</p>&mdash; Dan Sileo (@DanSileoShow) <a href="https://twitter.com/DanSileoShow/status/1226183888650682369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 8, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Given the state of their offense I cant help but think they'd like a do over on this one. If true I think it has more to do with Trubisky being a bust and having no draft capital or cap space to do much about it than it has to with Mack. Worst O in the league and another year of no 1st rd pick or cap space for impact FA.

This is an awful source

2 ones AND 2 twos?

(Falls down laughing)

Mack is 28. They’re nowhere near actually contending.

If they got that type of return, they would be stupid to keep him.

Does Mahomes+Tyreek+Two Firsts get it done?

They wont get that. I doubt they could get what they gave up. It was a dumb trade for them, but at the time they thought Trubisky was the real deal.

Better throw in Honey Badger.

The latest chapter of How Does Pace Still Have a Job?

Not buying it.

Not to mention the acquiring team would be paying Mack a huge salary. Cap hits:

2020 = $26.6 million (age 29)
2021 = $26.6 million (age 30)
2022 = $27.1 million (age 31)
2023 = $25.5 million (age 32)
2024 = $23.2 million (age 33)

I think they’d incur something ridiculous like a $30m dead money hit if they traded him

It’s not feasible....from any standpoint. Not happening.

The Bears aren't in a great position to eat 17.5 million against the cap. With Kyle Long's retirement, they have about 13.6 in cap space.

They'd have to cut Leonard Floyd and one of Allen Robinson, Akiem Hicks, or Prince Amukamara to be serious. Cutting Floyd puts them at 26.6 and less Mack leaves them at 9.1, which largely would be at least half absorbed by the draft class if they get that sort of haul. They'd need space to address free agency and they have 21 FAs.

Cutting a 98 rec 1100+ yd receiver is not the best medicine, so I wouldn't cut Robinson. Hicks got hurt this year, but has been an 8 sack per year guy 3-4 DE in the previous two years. Not a great option either.

Amukamara can clear up 9 million but you're giving up a starting CB, but that would be their primary option. Probably drop Cordarrelle Patterson along with him to gain another 4.75. So really, that's your FA money, about 14 million. Now you have 3 more voids to fill because you lose Floyd, Amukamara, and Patterson.

Trading Mack is foolish IMO. They might not get alot in compensation, but they could probably get something for Floyd and Amukamara to up their draft capital. Send Patterson packing. Use about $30 of the $40 million in cap space and hit free agency and improve the core of the roster.

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When last we left Dan Sileo, the radio host, who has a tough time not being racist, he was the main attraction on 97.3 The Fan, the San Diego sports radio station that had to quickly rebrand after its original lineup fell apart. He’s since been tossed from three stations including that one, all within this year, which is honestly impressive.

I don't know what's more impressive, being hired three times in a year, or being fired three times in a year, but it's radio, and a guy like that can bring in ratings