Bears Pick Up $6M Of 2020 Cap Space By Reworking CB Kyle Fuller’s Deal

Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune reports that the Bears restructured the contract of CB Kyle Fuller and in turn created $6 million of 2020 cap space. 

According to Biggs, the Bears added two voidable years to Fuller’s contract and gave him a $7.5 million signing bonus that is pro-rated over a total of five years, starting in 2019. 

This move lowered Fuller’s cap hit from $17.5 million to 11.5 million. Conversely, Fuller’s 2021 cap figure rises from $18.5 million to $20 million.

Fuller, 27, is a former first-round pick of the Bears back in 2014. He played out the final year of his four-year, $9,687,002 contract but Chicago declined his fifth-year option which allowed him to become an unrestricted free agent. 

The Bears used the transition tag on Fuller in 2018, which allowed them to match the Packers’ four-year, $56 million offer sheet. 

In 2019, Fuller appeared in all 16 games for the Bears and recorded 82 tackles, three interceptions, and 12 passes defended.

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