[RobH4413]

Originally Posted by freddyg12

"Safety Adam Archuleta, a free agent bust in 2006, also isn't going anywhere barring the unlikely event of a trade with Chicago, which wanted him before he signed with Washington. Archuleta's $5 million guaranteed bonus for 2007 is due tomorrow."

See the Wash Times article on the Warpath for the link entitled "Gibbs.."

This quote says it all to me. The trade seemed unlikely but they got it done. Compare this to the Coles trade in which we got Moss (an upgrade) but we ate all the cap space. For arch, we managed to get a pick plus they're picking up the 5mil tab!

Yeah, sounds right. This is from a bears forum:

Originally Posted by http://boards.chicagobears.com/forums/thread/414575.aspx

Faced with the deadline, everyone worked on getting a deal done. The Bears will pay Archuleta $8.1 million over the next three years. The Redskins rid themselves of his $25 million contract. A total of $5 million of Archuleta's new deal in Chicago is guaranteed.


1. Chicago Bears- $15.90 M under projected cap(updated)
- $1 million rex grossman bonus
-$7.206 mill. lance briggs franchise tag
+1.912 mill. T. jones traded( 2.72 sal.-8125K sb)
-$2.05 Mill Roster bonus Tillman( $3.3 million 2007 salary)
- $2.67 mill adam archuletta ( 1.67 million SB 1 mill salary)