Chicago Bears: Don’t sweat Kyle Fuller’s offer sheet from Packers

The Green Bay Packers signed Kyle Fuller to an offer sheet to try and poach him from the Chicago Bears. But don’t worry, Bears fans: he’s not going anywhere.

If you’re a Chicago Bears fans, you don’t really need to look far for a reason to hate the Green Bay Packers. Then again, in case you had an itch to find one, the Packers didn’t disappoint today.

The Packers made a move to try and steal cornerback Kyle Fuller from the Bears today, signing him to an offer sheet that the Bears now have five days to match. The details aren’t known at this time, but one has to believe it’s a multi-year deal.

As you’ll remember, the Chicago Bears signed Fuller to a transition tag worth $12.9 million before free agency started.

That allowed them to keep Fuller in town for less money than a franchise tag while also giving them time to work out a long-term contract.

However, any team could then sign Fuller to an offer sheet and force the Bears to pay up to keep him in town. Apparently, more than one team has already tried to do this, but only the Packers’ offer was accepted by Fuller’s camp.

This was certainly the fear for Chicago Bears fans: that Ryan Pace’s inability to sign him to a long-term deal/confidence in using the transition tag versus the franchise tag would backfire. And if they lost Fuller to the Packers, they also wouldn’t receive any draft compensation in return.

And yet, there’s probably no need to worry at all. Everything the Bears have done to this point regarding Fuller suggests that they fully intend to keep him in town.

If they didn’t think they could/would sign him to a multi-year contract soon, they wouldn’t have used the transition tag on him.

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Plus, the fact that they did so with the clear knowledge that other teams might sign him to an offer suggests that they always intended to match any offer sheet put on the table unless it were something outlandish.

And unless the Packers are crazy, they won’t be paying him like a top-five corner anyway. Even if they did drop $14-15 million a year on him, I still think the Bears will match it.

For one thing, they’ve likely been looking to sign him to something for a while and just wanted to get a feel for the market.

Secondly, come on. The Chicago Bears are not letting Kyle Fuller play for the Green Bay Packers. Not like that.

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Bottom line: don’t sweat this, Bears fans. Before five days are up, expect Fuller to have a 3-5 year deal with the Bears signed, sealed and delivered.

If it doesn’t happen…well, that’s going to sting.