Bears HC Ryan Pace announced Monday that they will pick up OLB Leonard Floyd‘s fifth-year option before the April deadline, per Jeff Dickerson.
According to Joel Corry, the franchise tag for linebackers should teams around $15,591,000 for the 2019 season.
Floyd, 26, is a former first-round pick of the Bears back in 2016. He’s entering the final year of his four-year, $15.7 million contract and stands to make a base salary of $2.6 million for the 2019 season.
In 2018, Floyd appeared in all 16 games and recorded 47 tackles, four sacks, an interception returned for a touchdown, a fumble recovery, and four pass defenses for the Bears.
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