Mack to the Bears.........

Bears also getting a 2nd rounder and a 5th.

To recap day:

Bears get: Khalil Mack, a 2020 second-round round pick and a conditional 2020 fifth-round pick.

Raiders get: 2019 first-round pick, 2020 first-round pick, 2020 third-round pick, 2019 sixth-round pick.

Mack gets 6-year, $141 million extension, including $90M gtd.

Are u fuckin kidding me? Wow...I thought the bears made a good move, but this is simply retarded. 2 first round picks

Bears don't have any high salaries, they can absorb the cap no problem. The bigger issue is if they need a new qb

Bears don't have any high salaries, they can absorb the cap no problem. The bigger issue is if they need a new qb

What happened to Trubisky? Too early to give up on him.

It continues to frustrate me how few of you understand the salary cap. Before acquiring Mack the Bears had 25M in salary cap space, and even with Mack’s huge salary on the books in 2019, they still project to have $25M.

They’ll miss the picks. But their cap situation is such that signing Mack is not going to cost them any opportunities to make moves.

It’s like you guys think every team is spending to the cap every year and thus can’t afford to sign a stud player. It’s just not true.

You can argue that two firsts is too much but don’t give me the salary cap bullshit until you have the facts straight.

What happened to Trubisky? Too early to give up on him.Not saying he won't work out, just that this leaves them with few options IF he doesn't

It continues to frustrate me how few of you understand the salary cap. Before acquiring Mack the Bears had 25M in salary cap space, and even with Mack’s huge salary on the books in 2019, they still project to have $25M.

They’ll miss the picks. But their cap situation is such that signing Mack is not going to cost them any opportunities to make moves.

It’s like you guys think every team is spending to the cap every year and thus can’t afford to sign a stud player. It’s just not true.

You can argue that two firsts is too much but don’t give me the salary cap bullshit until you have the facts straight.

This is a convoluted answer. Are you somehow trying to argue the point that $141 million dollars doesn't matter for the salary cap for the next 6-8 years? And it won't matter at all regarding FA player acquisitions and player retention? Yes, you can adjust salary cap hits in any given year, but ultimately over the next 8 years they have a defined salary cap, and he's going to be using around 15% of that. Not to mention at ages 27-33 he will be more injury prone than ages 21-27. I can't see this deal being worth it for the Bears, but who knows.

For Oakland, seems like move has some risk but they save that salary cap & will have two first rounders, and 5 picks in top 3 rounds in the next two years. If they can draft well, this can help their team for years and they are assuming they already have a franchise QB.

This is a convoluted answer. Are you somehow trying to argue the point that $141 million dollars doesn't matter for the salary cap for the next 6-8 years? And it won't matter at all regarding FA player acquisitions and player retention? Yes, you can adjust salary cap hits in any given year, but ultimately over the next 8 years they have a defined salary cap, and he's going to be using around 15% of that. Not to mention at ages 27-33 he will be more injury prone than ages 21-27. I can't see this deal being worth it for the Bears, but who knows.

For Oakland, seems like move has some risk but they save that salary cap & will have two first rounders, and 5 picks in top 3 rounds in the next two years. If they can draft well, this can help their team for years and they are assuming they already have a franchise QB.Understand that their qb is on a rookie contract. That means their percentage for qb is extremely low, in addition most of their expected stars are also on low contracts for the next 3-4 years. In terms of Mack's contract, that means his salary cap hit will be minimized until the new cba, at which all bets are off anyways

Great move for Da bears. Mack is the 2nd best Defensive player in football. Best Edge rusher. Oakland is crazy and will suffer this big time . Jon is a damn fool

It continues to frustrate me how few of you understand the salary cap. Before acquiring Mack the Bears had 25M in salary cap space, and even with Mack’s huge salary on the books in 2019, they still project to have $25M.

They’ll miss the picks. But their cap situation is such that signing Mack is not going to cost them any opportunities to make moves.

It’s like you guys think every team is spending to the cap every year and thus can’t afford to sign a stud player. It’s just not true.

You can argue that two firsts is too much but don’t give me the salary cap bullshit until you have the facts straight.



I just reread the comments prior to yours. Who is making the argument that his salary or their cap is an issue?

I just reread the comments prior to yours. Who is making the argument that his salary or their cap is an issue?

Yours in post 7 and Chico’s in 11