Ryan Poles has a lot of roster holes to fill at Halas Hall, and may allocate the Bears salary cap space elsewhere.
saying the Cowboys were likely to part ways with Amari Cooper. With the Packers expected to retain Davante Adams, if Cooper does become available he’d instantly shoot to the top of the wishlist for any WR-needy team, alongside Chris Godwin. Ryan Poles and thewould be included among those teams. But when you take a look at the bigger picture, Poles may decide it’s more prudent to spend the money elsewhere.
Right now, the Bears have 47 players under contract for the upcoming season, with just over $25.6 million in salary cap space. The team can probably afford one or two top-tier contracts this year, but they’ll have to employ some creative accounting to fill all their roster holes while staying under the cap. And with all those aforementioned roster holes, plus a deep WR free agent market and draft class, you have to wonder whether Poles will opt to spend bigger money elsewhere.
Let’s take a step back and see why the Bears will take a serious look at Cooper if he becomes available. Cooper has crossed the 1,000 yard threshold in five of his seven career seasons . He averages 6.6 touchdowns per year. For all the questions about his durability, Cooper has only missed five games over his entire NFL career. And he’s only going to be 28 years old this season.
One trait both Poles and Matt Eberflus have said they’ll be targeting in wide receivers is explosive playmaking ability, and Cooper has that too. He’s a deceptive route runner who sets up defenders with excellent releases. He’s especially effective at creating separation with double moves, since he’s so good at selling routes, too.
But for Cooper to be effective on his double move deep routes, he needs time to let them develop, and time is not something Justin Fields was afforded last year. Fields was pressured on 27.3% of his dropbacks last season, a huge difference from Dak Prescott’s 19.2%. Fields was sacked on 11.8% of his pass plays. Prescott was only sacked 4.8% of the time. If opposing defenses can continue to generate that type of pressure on Fields next year, it could negate one of Cooper’s biggest strengths.
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