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Bears have decision to make on Leonard Floyd - ProFootballTalk
The decision must be handed down by this upcoming Wednesday.
Personally, I don't think there's much of a "decision" here. We're talking about 13.2 million in cap space that we can either A) Give entirely to Leonard Floyd for the 2020 season. B) Immediately have at our disposal for this off-season.
Leonard Floyd should not be compensated as an elite edge LB. Especially when we don't have the luxury of a comfortable cap situation. An additional 13.2 mil towards the 2020 cap can buy us multiple upgrades (OG, TE, SS, etc.) in itself. We had roughly 27 mil in cap space before the Trevathan extension. An additional 13 mil actually gives us a relatively healthy sum to utilize on the rest of the roster. We could sign multiple big name FA's at our positions of need with that.
Leonard Floyd is a weird case. He was brought into be an edge rusher. He looked VERY competent during his rookie season and ever since he's gotten to the QB less and less.
Not only that, the concern with bringing in Floyd to be an OLB in a 3-4 were things like "Would he be a liability in pass defense when we need him to drop back?" or "Will he be able to set the edge against the run?"
Funny enough? The guy becomes an ASSET in those departments (more so in dropping back). Yet, he can't do what we brought him here for initially. RUSH THE PASSER. At least, not at a high level. Not in the least. Certainly not enough to warrant 13.2 mil for one season of production.
The team needs an edge opposite of Mack that can bring pressure. That became evident last year. There's upgrades available over Floyd in that department for a fraction of his 13.2 mil price tag.
Cut Floyd, recoup the 13.2 mil, use some of it on an edge who can rush the passer a bit and then you have the rest at your disposal. Along with the 27 mil in cap space that you started with. I don't think this is hard.
The decision must be handed down by this upcoming Wednesday.
Personally, I don't think there's much of a "decision" here. We're talking about 13.2 million in cap space that we can either A) Give entirely to Leonard Floyd for the 2020 season. B) Immediately have at our disposal for this off-season.
Leonard Floyd should not be compensated as an elite edge LB. Especially when we don't have the luxury of a comfortable cap situation. An additional 13.2 mil towards the 2020 cap can buy us multiple upgrades (OG, TE, SS, etc.) in itself. We had roughly 27 mil in cap space before the Trevathan extension. An additional 13 mil actually gives us a relatively healthy sum to utilize on the rest of the roster. We could sign multiple big name FA's at our positions of need with that.
Leonard Floyd is a weird case. He was brought into be an edge rusher. He looked VERY competent during his rookie season and ever since he's gotten to the QB less and less.
Not only that, the concern with bringing in Floyd to be an OLB in a 3-4 were things like "Would he be a liability in pass defense when we need him to drop back?" or "Will he be able to set the edge against the run?"
Funny enough? The guy becomes an ASSET in those departments (more so in dropping back). Yet, he can't do what we brought him here for initially. RUSH THE PASSER. At least, not at a high level. Not in the least. Certainly not enough to warrant 13.2 mil for one season of production.
The team needs an edge opposite of Mack that can bring pressure. That became evident last year. There's upgrades available over Floyd in that department for a fraction of his 13.2 mil price tag.
Cut Floyd, recoup the 13.2 mil, use some of it on an edge who can rush the passer a bit and then you have the rest at your disposal. Along with the 27 mil in cap space that you started with. I don't think this is hard.
