Chicago Bears: 5 Bargain Free Agents Who Would Have an Impact in 2015
Published by Matt Eurich on March 8, 2015
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Chicago Bears
The beginning of free agency typically revolves around big-money free agents who are expected to make immediate impacts, but many bargain free agents can still make big impacts for their new teams.
The Chicago Bears will likely be in the running for some big-money free agents once free agency officially opens on March 10, but with all of the holes they have on both sides of the football, they will likely also be looking for bargain players who can make an immediate impact.
General manager Ryan Pace feels good about the team’s cap situation and said the Bears could be looking to spend some money in free agency.
“We’re healthy with our cap right now,” Pace said during the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, via Adam Jahns of the Chicago Sun-Times . “So if we want to be [active in free agency], we can.”
According to Over the Cap, the Bears currently have $28,602,772 in cap space available, and that figure will increase by roughly $4 million after the team’s trade Brandon Marshall trade to the New York Jets officially goes through on Tuesday (via 670 The Score radio host Laurence Holmes):
Moving Marshall saves the #Bears about $4M in cap space. Team is fairly healthy in that regard, but a little more can’t hurt.
— Laurence Holmes (@LaurenceWHolmes) March 6, 2015
Even though the Bears have plenty of money available to spend if they want to go after some big-name free agents, they could find some value in guys who struggled at previous stops but still have the potential to develop into solid players at a relatively cheap price.
Here are five bargain free agents who would have an impact in 2015 for the Bears.
