Chicago Bears quietly cleared salary cap space in risky contract restructures right before NFL Draft

About this episode

The episode discusses the Chicago Bears' recent contract restructures to create salary cap space ahead of the NFL Draft.

Right before the NFL Draft, the Chicago Bears quietly restructured two contracts to clear salary cap room to sign their rookie draft class.

People in this episode

Host: Lorin Cox

Topics covered

• salary cap
• contract restructures
• NFL Draft
• Chicago Bears
• football

Keywords

• Chicago Bears
• salary cap
• contract restructuring
• NFL Draft
• rookie draft class

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Chicago Bears

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