5 Free Agents Who Won’t Be Signing with the Chicago Bears
Published by Matt Eurich on February 11, 2015
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Chicago Bears
After a disappointing 2014 season, the Chicago Bears plan on revamping and improving their roster this offseason under the guidance of new general manager Ryan Pace, and the first place he is going to start is in free agency.
While the 2015 free-agent class has plenty of star power, it is not known whether or not Pace will go after any of the big names who are going to be available.
He did not lay out any specific plans regarding free agency when he spoke at his introductory press conference last month, but he did note he wants to build his team through the draft.
“The recipe to winning Super Bowls is stringing successful drafts together again and again,” he said, via the Chicago Tribune. “We are not just collecting athletes. We are acquiring football players that fit the Chicago Bears.”
With free agency set to officially begin at 4 p.m. ET March 10, Pace has roughly a month to make a decision on whether or not the team wants to pursue any of the big names on the market.
If the Bears want to spend money, they appear to be in good standing in terms of the salary cap. According to Over the Cap, they currently have $114,759,062 committed toward the roster for next season. If the cap sits at $140 million in 2015, the Bears could have nearly $26.7 million available to spend in free agency.
Despite having money to spend, the team may be better off spreading their money around to younger players who have an upside, opposed to top-level free agents who could handcuff the organization financially down the line.
In the comings weeks, rumors and speculation will swirl regarding various free agents and the Bears, but Chicago likely will not come away with any of the league’s biggest names in free agency.
Here are five free agents who won’t be signing with the Bears this offseason.
