First and Foremost:
Attempt to trade Jay...for anything you can get for him. If no one is willing to give up a draft pick, it is time to move on by cutting him.
Re-Sign:
QB- Barkley (2 Yr/ 3 Mil) and Shaw (2 Yr/ 3 Mil) - #2 and #3 QB – Would love to have Hoyer back instead of Barkley- but if the Bears get Jimmy G and Hoyer knows there is no chance to start and no rookie QB to groom and develop, my guess is he will not want to stay in Chicago.
WR - Alshon Jeffrey – 5 Yr/ 65 Mil (yr 1 cap hit = $17 Mil) - Need Alshon back. With so many other needs across the roster and no great FA WRs, lock him up and let him be the Chicago Bears all-time leading WR (He is only about 500 yds away)
WR – Josh Bellamy – 1 Yr/ 1 Mil
OL - Adams, Becton (avg about 1.5 Mil/ Yr each) - both are young and capable as backups. Not a lot of great FA options for back ups.
DE – CornWash (2 Yr/ 3 Mil) –stayed relatively healthy. Good depth.
CB – Bryce Callahan (2 Yr/ 5 Mil) - showed he is capable of playing well outside and in nickel this year but was slowed by injuries.
LS – Patrick Scales (1 Yr/ 1 Mil) - He did his job.
Extend Aikem Hicks – 5 Yr/ 30 Mil
Sign
CB – Trumaine Johnson - 5yr/ 55 Mil (Yr 1 Cap Hit = $15 Mil) - Tall, long, athletic, young(ish), #1 CB
SS – DJ Swearinger – 5Yr/ 30 Mil (Yr 1 Cap Hit = $7.5 Mil) – Young Safety that starts immediately at SS for years.
NT – Sylvester Williams – 2 Yr/ 6 Mil – Take some pressure off Eddie G to play every play
Trade:
2nd rd pick and future 2nd rd pick to New England for Jimmy G - - - Jimmy G – 6 years, 100 Million – 40 Mil Guaranteed, 20 Mil in year 1
Trade down from #3 to #9/#10/#11 and pick up additional 2nd rd and 3rd rd pick (I understand the draft pick value chart indicates the Bears should also get a 4th rd pick, but I don't think anyone will give up that much to get to #3).
Draft
Rd 1 (#10) – TE – OJ Howard - Bama
Rd 2 (#10) – DE – Chris Wormley - Mich
Rd 3 (#3) – FS – Marcus Williams - Utah
Rd 3 (#10)– CB – Rasaul Douglas - WVU
Rd 4 (#4) – OLB – Tyus Bowser - HOU
Rd 4 (#9)– WR – Carlos Henderson – La Tech
Rd 5 (#3) – K – Zane Gonzales - ASU
Rd 7 (#3) – LB Ben Boulware- Clemson
Final Roster:
(note- some players cut include Tracy Porter, Lamar Houston, DeAndre Houston-Carson, Sherrick McManis, Ego Ferguson, Mitch Unrein, Will Sutton, Paul Laskie, etc)
QB – Garapollo, Barkley, Shaw
RB – Howard, Langford, Carey
WR –Jeffrey, White, Meredith, Bellamy, Henderson, Braverman
TE – Howard, Miller, Brown
OT – Leno, Adams
OG – Sitton, Kush
C – Whitehair, Grasu
OG - Long
OT –Massie, Becton
DE – Wormley, Bullard
NT – Goldman, Williams
DE – Hicks, CornWash
OLB – McPhee, Bowser
MLB – Freeman, Timu, Boulware
MLB – Trevathan, Kwiatkowski
OLB – Floyd, Young
CB – Johnson, Hall
CB – Douglas, Fuller
Nickel – LeBlanc, Callahan
FS – Williams, Bush
SS – Swearinger, Amos
K - Gonzales
P – O’Donnell
LS – Scales