Some NFL owners have discussed a CAP for QB's

Sometimes I think it might be best to just set the cap and let the teams figure out how they spend their cap.  If a team chooses to overspend on one position and the consequence of that is that the overall team is not good - well, that's a self-inflicted wound.  Let them do what they want to do.

What that means for the Bears though, is that the GM and front office (and the player evaluation personnel) needs to be really really good.  If the Bears have this at a solid level, then they will adjust to the QB costs rising and still build a solid team... to do that the team will have to be mighty skilled hitting on their draft picks though.  A healthy and constant inflow of draft talent on rookie contracts is the only way I see to live with 20% or more of your cap going to the QB1 position.  What that means is that the old school way of just "buying" high priced veteran talent at full retail prices... just isn't an option anymore.  That model isn't sustainable now.  If the team can just re-sign their best veterans they already have, and let others go (and reap the compensation draft picks that come from that) then the team can be solid over the years.  The draft picks will be far more valuable than ever before.  Gotta hope Poles is a solid GM in order to sustain this model.