The Floyd injury really proves how needed this move is. Deserves its own thread.

Floyd has a bruised hand?

The Bears are paying their starting QB only 6.5 million. They are sitting on currently 26 million dollars of cap space. Consubstantially the Packers only have 11 million in cap space at the moment. Trade whatever for him(cause Pace will blow the 1st rounder regardless) and pay him because you are one of the few teams that realistically can. Mack makes too much sense for the Bears.

Floyd is just too banged up all the time to rely on.

Exactly this. The only thing they really lose long-term by signing Mack is any realistic shot at retaining Jordan Howard after his rookie deal expires.

And the looming problem at the OT position will need to be solved more creatively. Really wish they spent their 4th on an offensive lineman instead of just wasting it on a special teams gunner. I know the Jordan Morgan and Tayo Faboluje picks havent worked out but that's still not cause to stop trying. Had no problem with those selections, they were long shot attempts to nab a good starter. This Joel Iyiegbuniwe fella...whats he's gonna do? Tackle some people in the facet of the game the NFL is trying to get removed? That was some prime Ryan Pace shit right there. Tangent.

Other than that? They're fine. Look at their free agents after this coming season, other than Amos its the Literally Who? brigade. They've got nothing holding them back. If they were going to be in a positon where they just had to pay somebody soon maybe you'd have some worry but aside from a few guys like Whitehair and Amos there's nothing to worry about for another three offseasons.

No-brainer move.

Have both the Raiders and Bears expressed interest in this idea, or are you hoping the front offices of both teams happen upon this thread and are like ‘you know what, this could work’....?

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I actually see little chance Mack goes to the Packers. Maybe if Rodgers was controlled longer on his current deal(actually a bargain at 20 million), but the great team player Aaron wants to be the highest paid player in the NFL

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/279 ... w-contract

So there is the Mack money, it's going to Rodgers. The Packers flat out don't have the cash to pay Mack, if Rogers is going to be making over 30 million a year.

This is me just reading the tea-leaves here, but I think that's why we haven't seen any movement on a Goldman or Amos extension. If the Bears are paying Mack 22 million a year, then you are going to have to find some cheap fatty off the street and tell him to clog some gaps.

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The money saved by cutting Matthews will be wiped out by Rodgers new paper.

Mack is going to get the largest contract in NFL history.

If they did it they'd lose half their offensive and almost entire defensive lines in the next two offseasons. Not to mention a gutted receiver corps and their already shitty defensive backfield (despite the fact that they do nothing but draft corners).

For the Bears the best case scenario is Khalil Mack comes to Chicago. #2 best case scenario is that he goes to GB. It would effectively destroy them long-term. They'd have one good year with him then the attrition would start. Were talking cuts to good players for money reasons too.

Its not like MLB where everything gets rumored.

Matthews & Cobb= $24 million & they are currently $11 million under the cap...Rodgers new contract won’t wipe that out. Signing bonus, length of contract and year to year payment figures can be structured to provide cap relief when needed.

That said - I don’t see the Raiders trading him.

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Raiders probably have to trade him because he is clearly willing to sit out the season. Better to get something for him now than nothing for him later.

As we sit today, the Packers have the ability to pay him literally half of what he's going to cost. You still have to fill out a roster and sign your draft picks. It hilarious that Packer's fans think they can actually pay him.

BTW Randall Cobb is still a pretty good player. The Bears can clear 10 million next year by cutting Chase Daniel and DIon Simms.

You're pretty misinformed Bob. It's not just Packer fans that think that. It's the people who's job it is to set odds on it that think that.

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The numbers don't lie. If Rodgers gets his record deal, that puts the Packers cap space in 2019 @ ~25-30 million. This factors both Matthews and Cobb as gone. How are they going to pay Mack and fill out the rest of the roster?

Wearing a hard cast on his left hand. I hope he’s okay for the opener. I can’t help but roll my eyes at this guy.

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For the Packers its an ALL IN move. They give themselves a 2-year championship window before the cap just destroys them. If they win a title its worth it, if not...well how much longer did Rodgers have anyways? Even if the contract is mega (which isn't even an if) the guaranteed money will probably only last 3 years. Still, it'll basically force the Packers to press the reset button on the whole franchise after 2020 or 2021. All their best players will wind up walking.

As for the Bears, if they pull this move they better be real happy with what they currently have. They wont be able to draft an impact starter until 2020. They will actually still have some cap flexibility for short-term deals but unless they find another top-end FA willing to take a two-year version of Allen Robinson's deal they wont be big players.

But really, like I said earlier, where are the Bears weak? Pass rush and OT. Mack would be a definite solution to the pass rush issue. Everything else is pretty OK. They aren't great at corner, but they aren't terrible there either. Defensive line is good. Linebackers are good now, would be outstanding with Mack. Interior OL is good. RB's are good, and they have displayed an ability to grow those on trees. Receiving corps was comprehensively fixed this off-season.

So OK, the Bears going forward would have limited cap flexibility, but flexibility nonetheless, and a couple tradeable assets with which to find at least another RT and some depth. Maybe they get themselves a guy or two out of the 2019 draft who could play with those 4 picks, but what position they would come at would be arbitrary. You cant draft for need outside the top 50 or so picks. If this season is a flop, even with Mack, then they are in trouble. Because they are basically having to come back in 2019 with almost the same roster that did shit in 2018. But if they think this pushes them over the top into a position where they can compete with Minnesota, and it actually does do just that, then its a huge win.

This is the one scenario that won't happen.

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They aren't even close and he's simply not going to play on the tag.

Crazy talk. He's not giving up 14 MM this year. He would be in the same boat next year.

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Floyd is a skinny birch, he's accomplished nothin..Mack is too costly.can't do it

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I saw an out of town report that it could probably be done with a 1, a 2 and a 3 (the Lawrence welk trade). I'd be good with that, especially if you can push that 2 into 2020 rather than 19.

The money is irrelevant to me. It's the second most important position in football and you have the first most important position on the cheap for four more years.

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Throw baseball talk out the window, I love the cut of this guys jib when it comes to Bears thoughts.

Even with the hypothetical addition of Mack, the Bears still wouldn't have enough talent to be legitimate title contenders. It would therefore be foolish to give up a bunch of draft picks to acquire him.

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The Bears already gave away their 2019 second pick.

The New England Patriots have traded No. 51 overall to the Chicago Bears, according to ESPN’s Field Yates. For the 51st pick, the Patriots will get Chicago’s 2019 second-round pick and the 105th pick in the 2018 NFL Draft.

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Brad Biggs was on Mully and Haugh this morning and laughed at the suggestion that the Bears were going to acquire Khalil Mack.