G Jonah Jackson and his salary traded to the Bears for 2025 6th rd pick

[Allen2McVay]

So am I correct in thinking there is no cap hit and we get a 6th?

Unfortunately, that can not be correct.

 

[RamDino]

We can get depth players in the 6th round... think Tyler Davis, whittington, karts, etc

 

[Turducken]

And they are taking the entire contract on, $17.5m. That should give us a lot of cap relief. Not bad actually.

Looks like we eat $8.5m in dead money over next two seasons, but clear $15.2m over that time.

 

[Memphis Ram]

The numbers in a trade are likely a bit different. Jackson’s contract is a rare one in which the Rams opted to prorate the 2025 roster bonus a year early. I believe in a trade the team would carry the proration from this year but not the acceleration from 2026. If traded the Rams would get a credit in 2026 for prorated money that counted against the cap in 2024 and 2025 (and 2026 if that does indeed accelerate). So my assumption is the dead money in a trade would be $8.5M with some credit the following year.

Rams Allow Jonah Jackson to Seek Trade | Over the Cap

Rams Allow Jonah Jackson to Seek Trade | Over the Cap

overthecap.com

 

[Merlin]

And it's a high 6th unless they are trading an acquired pick.

I expect nothing short of a Hall of Fame player.

 

[El Chapo Jr]

Snead and his fucking 6th rd picks

 

[ottoman89]

Snead and his fucking 6th rd picks

I would've traded him for a 2065 7th RD pick of it means we get away from that contract.

 

[Jacobarch]

If Jackson can stay healthy this is a good deal for the Bears. While Jackson is expensive he's also very good at the Guard position. While I'm not totally stoked on the trade because we lack depth, I'll take it because I trust the FO to draft well.

 

[ottoman89]

View: https://x.com/spotrac/status/1896989753901507018?t=qMlA1OGIdE86dXXAb0Opfg&s=19

 

[Ramhusker]

View: https://x.com/spotrac/status/1896989753901507018?t=qMlA1OGIdE86dXXAb0Opfg&s=19

Feel good about this one. We will draft an OL relatively early.

 

[Jacobarch]

I'll be interested what our Cap situation is like once Staffords #s come out and Kupp is moved. Seems like we'll have a good amount of cap space to work with this year.

 

[Ram Ts]

14.6M in cap savings is even more than I expected. Only 5.6M dead hit. Great deal getting out of that. This savings probably offsets the increase we gave to Stafford this year (guessing 10-15M…but hoping it’s only 5-8M).

 

[Psycho_X]

View: https://x.com/spotrac/status/1896989753901507018?t=qMlA1OGIdE86dXXAb0Opfg&s=19

freeing up $14.6M of space

 

[Psycho_X]

This is what was throwing us all off in regards to what this trade actually meant. So a pleasant surprise.

View: https://x.com/spotrac/status/1896994338506498138

 

[Allen2McVay]

I don't know that the above-reported $14.6M cap savings in 2025 is correct ... Hope so but that seems high.

 

[Corbin]

Damn Cap space already updated

 

[Faceplant]

I gotta admit, we got out of that better than we usually do...

 

[Psycho_X]

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Damn Cap space already updated

I'm assuming once Stafford's details come out it'll eat another $10-15 mil off that number but not bad. With us trimming a ton of room off of 2026 there's plenty of space for us to sign a few good free agents this year with lower first years.

 

[Allen2McVay]

View attachment 70083

Damn Cap space already updated

Hope it's correct regarding Jonah Jackson.
Even if it is, that $54.5M amount does not reflect the Stafford restructure, or the Alaric Jackson signing.

 

[Elmgrovegnome]

Les Snead lives for sixth-round picks.

Bears GM Ryan Poles - “I’ll give you two 4th round picks and take on Jonah’s full contract”

Les -“Make it one 6th round pick and we have a deal.”