Chicago Bears: A Position-by-Position Primer to Free Agency
Published by Matt Eurich on January 21, 2014
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Chicago Bears
After already spending money to re-sign Jay Cutler, Robbie Gould, Matt Slauson and Tim Jennings, the Bears will need to be creative in trying to free up some money this offseason to spend in free agency.
The Bears could look to release guys like Julius Peppers, Earl Bennett and Michael Bush to free up money and offer themselves more flexibility when trying to court free agents.
According to CBSChicago.com’s Dan Durkin, the Bears currently have an estimated $6.3 million in cap space.
General manager Phil Emery had some success last offseason by finding players willing to take one-year “prove it” deals and could be looking to do the same again this year.
Here is our position-by-position primer to free agency for the Chicago Bears.