With the NFL players voting to ratify the new collective bargaining agreement, the salary cap for the 2020 season has been set.
The league’s salary cap has been set at $198.2 million for 2020, which is a 5.3% increase from the previous year, the smallest since 2013.
The NFL Management Council just informed team officials the salary cap will be $198.2 million per club in 2020, per sources.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) March 15, 2020
But how does the league’s new salary cap affect the Bears?
Over the Cap estimated the Bears would have roughly $13 million in salary cap space for 2020, based on a cap of $200 million.
When you factor in the $2 million less for the actual cap ($198.2 million) and roughly $3.4 million for a Roy Robertson-Harris’ second-round tender, the Bears would have about $7 million in cap space. But that’s not including Danny Trevathan’s three-year extension.
Chicago’s salary cap situation almost makes it a no brainer that the Bears must part ways with outside linebacker Leonard Floyd.
Between Floyd’s lack of production and his $13.2 million cap hit, Chicago could turn to the draft for a young prospect to line up opposite Khalil Mack and save money in the process.
General manager Ryan Pace has until the start of the new league year, still set for Wednesday, to keep Floyd or part ways with him and save $13.2 million in cap space.
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