Chicago Bears: 6 Probable salary-cap cuts if team rebuilds in 2021
The final possible cap casualty for the Chicago Bears is Buster Skrine
If we look at the roster fully, the last guy who stands out to me as a potential cap casualty in 2021 is Buster Skrine. Skrine has been the weakest link in the Chicago Bears secondary. His play has dropped off more significantly the last few games as teams have attacked him more. Over the first 10 games, Skrine has given up five touchdowns. That is one more than he gave up all of 2019.
The other thing that stands out this year is the number of targets he has allowed to go for catches when being targeted. In 2018 he allowed a 65.3 percent completion percentage when targeted. Last season, he only allowed a 59.3 percent completion percentage. However, this year he is allowing 78 percent of the passes headed in his direction to go for completions. Not good.
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In 2021, Skrine will be owed $6.1 million dollars — the same he is making in 2020. However, if the Chicago Bears decide to go in a different direction (I think they should), they could cut Skrine in the offseason and recover nearly $3 million dollars. I know this does not sound like much in the grand scheme of things, but Skrine is not playing to the value of his contract and with the decrease in salary cap next year, contracts will shrink. This means the Bears could sign a guy with that money.