ESPN expert says the Bears must cut these two players ASAP!
Yesterday, Jesse Rogers of ESPN wrote an article on what the top moves are for the Bears this off-season. The biggest thing that stood out is his desire for Ryan Poles to cut two players. These players are Nick Foles and Eddie Goldman.
Here is what he said about them "The dead money isn't pretty -- more than $7 million -- but at least they save $3 million and can turn the page on an expensive backup to the backup. Cutting Goldman would provide over $6 million in savings, and he wasn't necessarily the same player from his pre-pandemic days."
I think he has a point. Goldman is a clear cut in my opinion. Saving $6 million would be huge and Eddie is not the same player. He did not make an impact on the field last season.
As for Foles, this is a more tricky one. Sure, he is still a pretty good NFL backup. However, he simply does not fits the scheme that the Bears will create around Justin Fields. In an ideal world, you would like to have a backup that plays the position in a similar fashion as your starter. Look at the example in Baltimore. When Lamar Jackson went down, Tyler Huntley, who is a similar type of QB, played excellent in his absence. Of course, it's never good to pay dead money, but at this point, saving $3 million is still saving $3 million.
