The Bears still have one key rookie left unsigned
Ordinarily, at least a quarter of the draftees' sign contracts within two weeks of the draft's completion. The rookie wage scale is essentially a salary cap within the overall salary cap. The increases in rookie salaries from one draft class to another are primarily tied to the growth of the salary cap. Signing bonuses are going up one percent for the second straight year despite a $25.7 million increase in the salary cap. This can be attributed to the NFL and NFLPA agreeing in 2020 to borrow money from future rookie wage scales to keep 2021 rookie deals from decreasing because of the 2020 revenue shortfall caused by COVID-19. All contracts for draft choices are four years. Each pick in the draft has a salary floor and ceiling in the first year and over the four years of the contract. There are very few negotiable items with rookie contracts anymore. (Joel Corry, 2020)
However, with that being said, we still see many rookies taking a long time to negotiate their contracts. One of the examples most Bears fans will remember is LB Roquan Smith who held out during training camp of his rookie season due to his contract.
Well, the Bears still have one key player that has not signed his contract yet in S Jaquan Brisker.
There is still a lot of time left before training camp. Hoppefully, this does not linger around for too long and these guys can get back to thinking strictly about football.
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