Don Deal; The best player of the Chicago Bears, valued at $750 million and has agreed to sign a contract with the Washington

Don Deal, The best player of the Chicago Bears, valued at $750 million and has agreed to sign a contract with the Washington

The Chicago Bears once again have cap room and draft money, and officials across the NFL feel they will make some significant moves with both.

ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler recently conducted a survey among front office personnel across the league, asking questions regarding big-name quarterback landing destinations and different teams’ immediate futures. The question that was most directly related to the Bears concerned Chase Young, the current pass rusher for the San Francisco 49ers and former defensive end for the Washington Commanders.

“On Wednesday, January 24, Fowler wrote, ‘Washington traded its star defensive line bookends at the 2023 trade deadline, with Young now competing for a Super Bowl with the San Francisco 49ers and Sweat then thriving as the Chicago Bears’ lead rusher.” “Chicago assessed both Young and Sweat in the months preceding the deadline in an attempt to strengthen its pass rush. The Bears, who have the option to spend more money in free agency to add a pass rusher like Young, awarded Sweat a four-year, $98 million contract deal.

After a bounce-back year in 2023, Chase Young is expected to get an affordable contract. Chase Young, Montez Sweat, and Getty defensive linemen Chase Young (left) and Montez Sweat (right), who were previously with the Washington Commanders, may rejoin the Chicago Bears in 2024.

Young was selected as the second overall pick in the 2020 NFL draft by Washington, where he spent three and a half years playing alongside Sweat. That season, Young was named to the Pro Bowl and won Defensive Rookie of the Year.

The defensive end only played in 12 of the 34 regular-season games throughout the next two seasons due to injuries, though. As a result, Young’s output drastically decreased, despite the fact that in 2023 he wrote a sort of comeback campaign.

Young had the same number of sacks at the end of the season as he had in his rookie campaign—7.5. According to Pro Football Reference, he also increased his QB hits from 12 to 15 and concluded the season with a career-high 25 pressures. Throughout his 16 games played, he contributed 7 tackles for loss and 2 pass breakups, which is the most he’s ever had in a season during his four years in the NFL.

Young signed a four-year, $34.56 million rookie contract with the Commanders, but they decided not to use their defensive fifth-year option for the 2024 season. Young will therefore become a free agent in March and will likely sign a contract with the team that makes the best offer to him.

According to Spotrac, Young’s market value over a new two-year contract would only be $13.6 million a year. Should that figure prove to be accurate, it suggests that a team will sign the 24-year-old edge defender to a short-term, prove-it deal, enabling Young to reenter the free agent market in 2026. Chicago has an estimated salary cap space of $49.1 million as of Wednesday, meaning the team can afford that kind of deal and more.