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Here's an attempt at a game for the board to take us through this time until the combine. It's the Bears Super Bowl Game. How to play?

You've just been picked as the Bears new GM. You have $32 million to spend under the cap ($20m for 2012 and $12m carry forward from 2011). Your goal is the Superbowl next season (2012/13) without killing the future of the team (you dont want to have to blow the team up in 2014).

You have the following free agent decisions to make on your roster:

Matt Forte: $7.7 m franchise price tag - if you sign him to a contract consider his cost against the cap at $9m

Barber and Omiyale are owed $1.9 and $1.8 mil respectively. If cut, their money is added to your cap space. If not, your cap space remains unchanged.

Kahlil Bell, Corey Graham, Israel Idonije, Tim Jennings, Amobi Okoye, Josh McCown, Craig Steltz, Corey Graham, CB, Kellen Davis, Brandon Meriweather, Zackary Bowman, Caleb Hanie and Roy Williams: Assume resigning any of these reduces your cap by the free agent amounts/salary ratios listed below.

Rules:

List the specific moves you will make to get the Bears to the Super Bowl in 2013 with: 1) your own free agents (resigning & releases) 2) specific signings in free agents off the open market and 3) Specific draft pick at #19 in the 1st round and general position picks for rounds 2-4. For the first round, assume this draft order: http://espn.go.com/nfl/draft from Scounts Inc (with players rising or dropping up to 8 spots).

Assume no draft pick nor any other trades.

For free agent signings on the open market, use this list of free agents: http://walterfootball.com/freeagents.php

Marquee Free Agent signings cost this:

Quarterback: $14.4 million
Running back: $7.7 million
Wide receiver: $9.4 million
Tight end: $5.4 million
Offensive line: $9.4 million
Defensive end: $10.6 million
Defensive tackle: $7.9 million
Linebacker: $8.8 million
Cornerback: $10.6 million
Safety: $6.2 million

5 stars free agents get the listed "Franchise" number above, then 75% at 4-4.5 stars, 50% at 3-3.5 stars, 25% at 2-2.5 stars, 15% at 1.5 stars and $1M for all 1 star players. Restricted Free agents are not eligible, otherwise assume every other free agent has the Bears as their first choice.

The goal is to get the Bears to the Superbowl in the fewest moves possible. After we have enough submissions, we'll figure out a way to vote for a winner. Any posts that just say negative things about the Bears not being able to make the Superbowl will be removed and placed in the Bears Rant Thread. I'm thinking that the winner gets a sticky thread to use as they see fit. (ie. BIGGIE's 2012 Sticky Rant Thread)

I'm going to do this by rounds in different posts. So you will post your own Free Agent signings in the first thread, Free market free agents in the second, and draft picks in the 3rd round. Once you post in a following round you cannot revise/edit previous rounds.

Nice thread & idea, Emperor.

Great idea! This will be a great thread.

But a couple suggests: I think the contracts should be 75% at 4 stars, 50% at 3 stars, 25% at 2 stars and $1M for all 1 star players. Otherwise everybody just seems to be making more than their market value. Plus you said to assume $10M for Forte if you re-sign, but he's a 4.5 star player on the list.

I have a general idea what I want to do but players just seem to be overpaid with the contract scale you proposed.

heir_jordan22 wrote:Great idea! This will be a great thread.

But a couple suggests: I think the contracts should be 75% at 4 stars, 50% at 3 stars, 25% at 2 stars and $1M for all 1 star players. Otherwise everybody just seems to be making more than their market value. Plus you said to assume $10M for Forte if you re-sign, but he's a 4.5 star player on the list.

I have a general idea what I want to do but players just seem to be overpaid with the contract scale you proposed.

Good suggestion heir_jordan22. I'll take it a bit further OK 5 stars free agents get the listed "Franchise" number, then 75% at 4-4.5 stars, 50% at 3-3.5 stars, 25% at 2-2.5 stars, 15% at 1.5 stars and $1M for all 1 star players. I thought Forte was a 5 star, but after checking you"re right. The problem with Forte is that we know his agents want more than the franchise tag number. So $7.7m if you decide to Franchise him and $9m if you sign him to a long term deal? Also I think we should say how many years we are signing a player for as that effects the future of the franchise.

It doesn't take long to figure out why the Bears didn't want to resign Forte this past season.

When we do the draft for round 1 can we pick someone outside the top 32 and for rounds 2-4 can we specify who we would draft?

Originally I stated that for the 1st round you could pick 8 spots above or below the bears pick at #19 (anyone ranked 11-27) on the chart at the time we do the draft. If you wanted to drop below 27, I see no harm, but we can discuss when the draft comes up if anyone playing has issues with staying from the original rule at that time.

As for rounds 2-4, just pick a position - no problem with specifying a target, but the judging will be on whether or not you fill a starting position or reserve with the picks you have - i.e. are you relying on a 4th round pick to come in and start at WR or CB and how realistic that is.

Wow!!!

So do draft picks not count against the cap?

Cliff Levingston wrote:So do draft picks not count against the cap?

^^^^^^^^^No, just our re-signed players in round 1 & the other free-agents in round 2.

I also asked Emp about what happens with any left-over money & he responded in the round 2 thread.

Cliff Levingston thinks that the offensive guards shouldn't be making as much as the offensive tackles, but oh well. Will go with the rules for now.

Glad to see you playing Cliff! Saved me a PM I was going to send you this week lol