Winners and losers of trade Dead Line

I'm just a meatball fan and admit it... but I've got to believe the Bears did not make this move without having an agreement for a multiyear contract - and we'll see that signed.  I don't doubt it will be substantial, but it will be what they are comfortable with.  And if that's the case then this all makes sense.  It does sound like the Bears and Washington have been working on this for awhile and it wasn't some spur of the moment thing.  And of course it would have included Sweat in the process.  

Ironically, both Johnson AND Sweat have a 1/2 share of leverage right now. As long as both remain unsigned, one of them hits the open market. By working together they could max the contract potential of one of them but the other gets tagged. As soon as one of the two signs, the other would be better off signing than getting tagged. Its going to boil down, as always, to the player who realizes that signing the best offer he can get is better than being tagged. Johnson, because of his injury history, would be better off signing as soon as he gets what he thinks is the best offer. If he goes down again this year, he's not going to get anywhere close to what he thinks he is worth.

If Johnson doesn't go down and plays as great as he's doing. He's bound to make more money than Sweat. 24 year old vs 27 year old. Big difference. Sweat is bound for one last big contract while Johnson has the chance for two big contracts. 

Shortly after passing his physical on Wednesday, Sweat said he was letting his agents handle contract negotiations and that he would need to account for multiple factors before agreeing to sign an extension with the Bears.

"I think all that goes into play from financial to the people around me to the players in the building, all that type of stuff like that," Sweat said. "I just got here. I'm still trying to figure out where I'm going to lay my head at tonight."

www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/38796184/bears-confident-sign-montez-sweat-new-deal

So as of right now. Zero deals in place. This isn't looking good for Poles.