The Packers have signed Bears cornerback Kyle Fuller to an offer sheet, Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune tweets. The Bears placed the transition tag on Fuller, so Chicago will have five days to match. The Bears tried to keep Fuller in place with a one-year, $12.9MM placeholder, but they may lose the former first-round pick to a rival. 
While the franchise tag entitles the incumbent team to two first-round draft picks in the event of a player leaving, the transition tag grants a club only the right of first refusal. The upside to the transition tag is that it is slightly cheaper. The franchise tag for cornerbacks this year was nearly $15MM.
Last year, Fuller racked up 68 tackles and ranked as PFF’s No. 22 ranked cornerback over notable names like Ronald Darby, Byron Maxwell, Jason McCourty, Richard Sherman. However, it wasn’t exactly smooth sailing over the three previous seasons. The former No. 14 overall selection did well as a rookie in 2014 and followed that up with a decent showing in 2015, but his entire 2016 campaign was lost due to a knee injury. The Bears had the option of keeping Fuller under the fifth-year option for just $8.526MM. In hindsight, it’s a move they regret.
The Packers may lose cornerback/safety Morgan Burnett and Davon House to free agency, so they’re in need of some help in the secondary. Fuller would represent a major upgrade over both and would become the team’s top cornerback with Kevin King guarding the opposition’s No. 2 wide receiver.
An unknown team also attempted to sign Fuller to an offer sheet, Ian Rapoport of NFL.com (on Twitter) hears, but one that was not accepted.
green Bay is going to get a good CB that they need badly or they are forcing the Bears to pay a big check
9 mil would have been cheap
Not sure what the Bears cap space is after all of their moves, but if the contract makes it rough for the Bears to match, it likely means the Packers will have a hard time keeping it on their books in the future (i.e. will need to restructure and/or let veterans go). I imagine the Bears have a little more space since Trubisky’s cap hit is lower than Rodgers’ but all of the other moves might make it a more even number.
They still have plenty of space left.
The Bears may have put a couple receivers around Trubisky but he still has to throw them the Ball, not get sacked and not throw interceptions. He was anything but Clutch late in games last year. The Bears M.O. should be to lean on the Ground game. Kyle Fuller has 3 Brothers who played at Virginia Teach Two as Defensive backs and all of them played in the NFL. Corey a WR. Kendall is playing now and was involved in a Trade already. As well as Vincent Fuller another DB not currently in the league. Kendall is now with the Chiefs. The Packers traded Randall to the Browns. So they obviously need a High level Corner. Sometimes numbers do lie like when calling Receivers Elite!!!! Like Jarvis Landry. That is exactly why guys from the old Days like Cliff Branch and Art Powell are not in the Hall of Fame because of these inflated pass receiving numbers. Branch and Powell played back when the league was predominately run oriented though Powell played in the AFL days. But Defensive backs did not have to abide by the 5 yard bump rule and could bump downfield the heyday of the Bump and Run!!!!!!!!!!! It is tough to play CB these days in the NFL. In 3 seasons Fuller has played well he was hurt in 2016. 48 games 46 starts with the Bears 8 Ints, 41 Passes defensed 22 this past season. Forced 3 Fumbles, 186 total Tackles His original Contract says 4 yr contract with a club option for a 5th yr. So apparently the Bears decided to decline the 5th yr option and Transitioned him instead. He is a 26 yr old CB in the Prime of his Career.
To my Point Trubisky is Generally listed as having one Game winning Drive for the Bears. Tarik Cohen threw a TD pass in that Game, Amos Returned an Interception. Trubisky did throw a TD pass. but on the game winning Drive in OT he made one Throw. for 18 yards 1 of 2 passing. 53 Yard Run by Jordan Howard led to the win. Barth kicked a 40 yard FG for the win. Trubisky Starts
12-25 against Minnesota
blew that game at the end
with Bad INT
1 TD pass against Baltimore
Jordan Howard, Tarik Cohen
and Amos pretty much won that game.
Along with Barth
The Carolina Game completed 4 of 7 passes
Eddie Jackson won that game all by himself.
His Record should be 2-8 with 2 No decisions
330 attempts 196 Completions 2193 yards
7 Touchdowns and 7 Interceptions
41 Rushes 248 yards 2 Tds
Sacked 8.6 percent of the time.
10 Fumbles recovered 6 of those.
Looking thru these games
The 12 Trubisky Started
363 Pass plays at least counting
the ones by Cohen and O’Donnell
that were completed for Touchdwowns
319 Runs depending on how many were
Trubisky Scrambles on pass plays.
46.8 Percent Run.
The 4 Wins under Trubisky
which I would only count 2.
The Baltimore game 54 runs 21 Passes
The Carolina game or the Eddie Jackson
Victory. 26 Runs 11 Passes.
On 11 dropbacks Trubisky sacked 4 times
Against the Bengals 38 Runs 34 Passes
and against the Browns and another QB
who should have stayed in College like Trubisky
31 Runs 28 Passes.
Trubisky played in that Circus offense at North Carolina
and had a very suspect Record.
Blew some games. Oh and funny how two guys who
will have more impactful careers then Trubisky
were essentially traded for him. DL Solomon Thomas
out of Stanford who he and his Teammates made Trubisky
look bad in a Bowl game. Trubisky looked bad against Duke
also. And the fine RB Alvin Kamara. Enuff said on that
subject.
The Loss against the Niners the 49ers controlled the clock
and the Bears one score was on a PR.
When the Dowell Rod had Trubisky throw
the Team Lossed. Trubisky played in a Circus offense
in High School and I happen to live in Mentor, OH.
But Grew up in Euclid and went to a High School
that played Great Football for Decades!!!!!!!
A School that produced a Super Bowl MVP ST. Joes!!!!!!
the Vikings!!!!!!. So when I got there we became
known as Villa Angela-St. Joseph because we had merged
with a Girls School. I played one year of Football
with London Fletcher who went to John Carroll on a
Basketball Scholarship. He only played HS Football One
year as a RB/LB.
Bob Golic, Mike Golic, Elvis Grbac, and Desmond Howard
roamed those Hallowed Halls!!!!!!
The School has a better Pedigree over the years in
High School Hoops. But won a State Title in 89 in Football
before the merger of 1990.
I touted the other guy that came out of the area last
season Kareem Hunt the RB.
Trubisky in my Opinion does not have the Clutch Gene
that most Good Quarterbacks in the Pros have.
He will be a Journeyman at best!!!!!
There are more of those then Franchise Quarterbacks
or Elite Level backups!!!!. I also touted the best QB
Period in last years draft Deshaun Watson!!!!!!!.
The guy that went Toe to Toe with an Elite NFL defense
twice in College and Torched them in Alabama.
A Guy who was the Real Heisman Trophy winner.
The Red Flags went up for me when Trubisky only started
one year and only after Marquise Williams Left
Green Bay hardly ever pays over market for anyone. Since the Bears didn’t go after any of the other top CBs, it’s pretty obvious they want to do a deal with Fuller. The transition tag simply allows them to see what his value is to other teams. I don’t think it’s that big a deal.
You can have him.
Great move….either way….kill the bears cap space or sign one of the best cbs left
Haha kill the Bears cap space? Its like a million dollars over what the Bears budgeted for Fuller. Big deal.
no way Chicago lets him go to GB. Pace is gonna tell Vangio to suck it up and make it work.
Love to know these contract details though…
As a Vikings fan this seems like a win-win for us as the Bears and Packers fight to overpay an above average CB.
Says the guy who’s team just signed Kirk Cousins????
HaHa! So right. Vastly overpaid a guy who’s stats are hardly better than Keenum’s. Unreal.
I love the Cousins deal, do you know how much they were paying Keenum, Bradford and Bridgewater last year? Oh it was basically the same per year as Cousins. Case was fine but if you guys think he’s half as good as Cousins you’re on drugs. I’ll take 3 years of great stats on an atrocious team like the Redskins over 1 miraculous year on this Vikes high powered team.
Let’s not forget that Case’s mobility saved the Vikings crap OL about 3x a game last year. Cousins isn’t a statue, but he’s not mobile. Look for team purple’s sacks to go waayyyyy up in 2018.
Like most Vikings QBs in the last three decades, Cousins sure seems to head to the losers locker room after a lot of games. That will continue.
Stats. That’s funny. Using your fantasy football analysis to gauge Cousins ability. This is going to be delicious as the Vikings ship sinks. Again.
Using wins and loses in a team sport is way more illogical than stats my dude.
Wow this is the most un-Ted Thompson like move yet.
That being said, no way CHI lets him go.
as much as I don’t want Chicago to match the offer sheet I think he will stay with the Chicago bears but green bay Will be forcing them to spend more than they would like to
First off, as with most NFL fans, no one cares about the Vikings. This is a very loose interpretation of how it affects anything Minnesota. Second, how do you know it’s an overpay? You don’t know the offer. Finally, is an “above average CB” suppose to be an insult to Fuller? Hahaha, how far or how little “above average” is Fuller in your CLEARLY informed opinion?
Minnesota just spent Aaron Rodgers type money on a average QB
Just wait until you see what Rodgers gets in his next contract. Also Cousins stats over the last 3 years have been top 10 in the league on a very weak Redskins team. The only people I’ve seen hating on the deal have been fans of opposing teams, sounds like jealousy or fear to me.
Stats. Hahaha.
I really would love to know how you analyse players.
You sound really upset my dude. He’s overpayed because they could have had him for 8m had they not bungled things in the typical Bears way. And no above average isn’t an insult, over half the league wishes they were above average. The problem for the Bears under Pace is they’ve often overpaid and not seen a return on value, whether it was Glennon, or any of the receivers, or Sims, or Demps, or McPhee, or Freeman the list goes on. Fuller probably falls into that now too since he’s never played like +12m corner in his career.
wouldn’t be surprised if the 1st year pay is around 15 million
If it is, you absolutely have him. I’ll pay for his train ticket.
I don’t know what the Packers have in cap space but I don’t think it was close to what the Bears have. With that said, if the Packers choose to play the “over pay” game, go ahead. The Bears sitting with the 8th pick, they can easily draft a corner. Or, they can go get Honey Badger.
And when Ray “The Dumbass” GM Farmer for the Browns at the Time. Could have drafted Kyle Fuller instead they moved back in the draft with the Sammy Watkins Trade. But then Stupidly moved up one Spot to take Justin The No Tackle, no Intercept, No PT at DB and barely even a Kick Returner Gilbert!!!!!!!!!. And Ray Farmer allegedly played LB for a couple years with the Eagles. You can’t make this stuff up. That is when the Vikings then took Anthony Barr. I doubt Mike Pettine the Browns HC at the time had Gilbert Rated that high as a CB. He played at Oklahoma State in a Conference that generally plays no DEFENSE!!!!!!!!!!! the Little 12. The Fullers had Three Defensive Back Brothers play in the NFL. Two of them are active now. Kendall and Vincent are the other two.
Are you the Fullers’ agent? You keep bringing up the fact that he has three brothers who played in the NFL and two that are active.