2nd Round, No. 50: OT Isaiah Wilson, Georgia
Fixing the offensive line is one of the most important needs this offseason. But unfortunately for the Bears, they’re stuck with what they’ve got on the line — at least through 2020.
Right tackle Bobby Massie’s cap hit in 2020 is $8.3 million, but the Bears can’t afford to cut him and take the $10.8 million in dead money. However, things change in 2021, when Massie’s $9.3 million cap hit equates to just $2.6 million in dead money.
Simiilar thing with left tackle Charles Leno, whose cap hit increased from $3.3 million in 2019 to $10.2 million in 2020. If the Bears were to cut him, it’d be a dead money hit of $7.3 million. His salary increases to $11.2 million in 2021, although his dead money hit decreases to $5 million.
So the Bears will certainly be looking to the NFL Draft for developmental prospects at the tackle position, and one of them could be Georgia’s Isaiah Wilson. He brings power to the run game an intensity to his game.
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