Chicago Bears: 5 players breathing sigh of relief after 2021 NFL Draft
By Ryan Heckman
Chicago Bears linebacker Danny Trevathan should feel relieved after the 2021 NFL Draft
Inside linebacker Danny Trevathan only counts $5 million against the cap over the next two seasons, and with the way his play has taken a dip, the Bears should be looking at his successor. The positive for Trevathan after this past weekend is that they did not look to do so via this year’s draft.
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Trevathan has been a very good player for the Bears at times. After all, he does have two seasons with 100-plus total tackles in Chicago — last year included. But, don’t let that fool you. His age is definitely starting to show, as Trevathan is consistently a step behind. He’s lost a lot of his speed over the past two seasons and gets caught out of position often.
Out of all seven of their picks, the Bears didn’t use a single one on a linebacker. They must be pretty confident in that crew, Trevathan included. That actually says a lot about new defensive coordinator Sean Desai, who comes in to replace Chuck Pagano. Desai should be a little more aggressive than Pagano was, which could end up helping Trevathan make a couple more game-changing plays here and there.
Again, with Trevathan’s contract situation, the Bears easily could have gone to find his eventual replacement. They cannot cut Trevathan without eating over $13 million in dead cap this year and over $8 million next year, but the simple cap hit of roughly $5 million is easy enough on the team to try and find a replacement. They didn’t do that, so Trevathan should be breathing easy right now.