The Bears have one more week to hone their contingency plans for the start of the NFL’s legal tampering period March 16. Why contingency plans? Because there’s quite a bit of uncertainty still looming over Halas Hall, and the league, ahead of 2020’s free agency period.
There are three major questions that need to be answered before the Bears can proceed with a plan. Consider these the biggest stories to follow leading up to Monday, March 16:
1. Is the new CBA ratified by the NFLPA?
The NFLPA on Monday extended its member voting deadline to midnight Saturday, meaning we won’t know until the wee hours of Sunday morning if the league will have a new collective bargaining agreement or not.