If the Bears want to get more cap room, this could be a move they make.
Getty Chicago Bears players Andy Dalton #14, Jordan Lucas #23, and Nick Foles #9 stretch during warm ups. Nick Foles will be the likely backup for Justin Fields when the Chicago Bears kick off their 2022 season, but with a new regime coming in, nothing is certain. Foles is under contract with the Bears for the 2022 season, and he carries a $10.67 million cap hit. Chicago could save $3 million against the cap and would be left with $7.6 million in dead money if they let Foles walk next year, per Spotrac. Will they? One analyst thinks it’s a definite possibility. Michelle Bruton of Bleacher Report identified “six big-name NFL players” that could be “potential cap casualties” this offseason, and Foles was among the six listed. ALL the latest Bears news straight to your inbox! Subscribe to the Heavy on Bears newsletter here! Join Heavy on Bears! After the Bears signed veteran quarterback Andy Dalton to a 1-year, $10 million deal in spring of 2021 and moved up in the draft a month later to select Fields at No.11 overall in the first round, Foles’ place on the team has been in question. The MVP of Super Bowl 52 was relegated to the role of third-string QB — something he had never experienced before in his 10 seasons. “Is aspiring to be a three what I want?” Foles said during training camp leading up to the 2021 season, per Alex Shapiro of NBC Sports.
