Chicago Bears: Should Ryan Pace cut the team’s most overpaid player?

The Chicago Bears did not meet expectations in 2019. As the team prepares for 2020, should Ryan Pace cut the team’s most overpaid player?

Every year Bleacher Report lists every team’s most overpaid player. According to them, the most overpaid player on the Chicago Bears is Trey Burton. To be honest, I cannot disagree with Bleacher Report on this one. Burton is clearly the right answer here.

Burton signed a four year, $32 million dollar contract, of which $22 million was guaranteed. Going into the 2020 season, Burton is set to make the sixth-most amount of money in AAV among tight ends. Last season, Burton was paid $8.55 million dollars. I wanted to use the word earned, but really he did not…