Illinihockey
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Yep, for sure. And not only that, but if you have more cap space, you're going to go heavy in free agency to fix the D. If you resign Cutler, you need to go heavy on the draft to fix the D in order to make everything fit. Of course, you can do both if you have that cap space and really assure that the D will be good next year.
That's why Emery is the boss of this team. He's going to have to pick a clear direction for this team this offseason and he is going to be the one that has to live with his decisions.
Cutler's cap hit is 10.3 mil this year, Pepper's hit is 14.3 mil. Cutler gets franchised or gets resigned his hit will be between 13-16 mil per year. Its not like his cap hit is going to go up 15 million. The Bears are going to have a ton of cap space next year regardless of what they do with Cutler.