Bears restructure Peppers' contract

[SportsWorld]

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The Chicago Bears last month restructured the contract of defensive end Julius Peppers, a move that will save the them around $8 million in salary cap space in 2011, a league source told espnchicago.com.

The Bears accomplished this by changing a $10.5 million roster bonus owed to the defensive end into a signing bonus that they can now spread over the length of the deal, which runs 2015.

The restructured deal would reduces Peppers' cap number from $12 million

[Cliff Levingston]

...in preparation for making a big free agent move? Hopefully.

[WEFFPIM]

Probably a cost-cutting move for the lockout.

[Nolan]

Whether we're clearing cap room to make a move or we're just trying to save money I like this move.

[heir_jordan22]

I think a big move is gonna be made in free agency. I also hope we re-sign Tommie Harris to some sort of short contract to give him a shot.

[WEFFPIM]

There probably isn't going to be a free agency