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Everything will be different this season. The expectations will be serious, as opposed to when everyone understood the Bears were in a necessary teardown. Eberflus seemed ready for that as he sat in a banquet room at the Arizona Biltmore on Tuesday
Rodgers wants a trade to the Jets, but the two sides have yet to agree on trade compensation.
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Morrow started all 17 games in his lone season with the Bears, recording 116 tackles. He played middle linebacker before the Bears traded Roquan Smith and outside linebacker afterward.
The verdict might still be out about whether Justin Fields can be the Bears’ franchise quarterback for the next decade, but there’s no doubting that he helped attract free agents to Halas Hall in the first few days of free agency.
Foreman felt he proved last season he’s among the most talented running backs in the NFL and has high expectations with the Bears. “I didn’t come here to take a backseat to anybody,” he said.
The free agent defensive tackle is looking forward to playing the same 1-technique position he played with the Bengals when he entered the NFL as a fourthj-round draft pick in 2016. “I’ll jump right back into it, no problem,” he said.
The new Chicago tight end has a signed Brian Urlacher jersey in his basement. His former Packers teammates understood.
Aaron Rodgers’ pending move to the Jets doesn’t guarantee success for the Monsters of the Midway.
He’s the third Panthers offensive player to land in Chicago in the last two days.
Tonyan, a six-year veteran, played at McHenry East before going on to Indiana State and making the Packers’ roster as an undrafted free agent in 2017.
“The Chicago Bears are known for their linebackers and I want to be able to write my story and be the next great linebacker here,” Edmunds said. He can start by filling the shoes of Roquan Smith.
The Bears released quarterback Trevor Siemian on Friday, an expected move made just hours after they signed ex-Panther P.J. Walker to back up Justin Fields.
That would be necessary if newcomer Nate Davis steps in at left guard.
Insulted by the Panthers giving up on him, Moore is eager to prove them wrong now that he’s “somewhere where I’m loved.”
The Bears made a flurry of deals as free agency opened this week.
One day after the Bears visited Georgia’s pro day en masse, Bears general manager Ryan Poles said the team plans to bring defensive tackle Jalen Carter to Halas Hall for an official visit in the next month.
Had he decided to wait longer, perhaps general manager Ryan Poles could have extracted more for the Bears’ No. 1 overall pick.
Walker, 28, played 15 games (including seven starts) for the Panthers over the last three seasons.
The upside is that general manager Ryan Poles brought in good players without wrecking what should be a similarly enticing opportunity a year from now.
He intends to play for the Jets in 2023 after 18 years in Green Bay
When Georgia defensive tackle Jalen Carter finally took the field Wednesday morning, the Bears weren’t far away.
Speaking at the NFL’s annual meetings Monday morning, Robert Saleh said he’d like to have his quarterback in the Jets’ facility by now.
The Bears are in a different place, with different expectations, than they were at last year’s annual league meeting.
After passing on the best available linemen in free agency and moving out of Will Anderson territory in the draft, the Bears might not get a marquee player to fill one of their biggest needs — their NFL-worst pass rush — unless they get a chance to roll the dice on Georgia standout DT Jalen Carter.
Poles led a strong Bears delegation to scout Alabama’s pro day, but the Crimson Tide’s two biggest stars are out of his reach after trading the No. 1 overall pick to the Panthers.
Cole played a whopping 74% of the Titans’ special teams snaps last season — a figure that’s in line with the way he found his niche in the NFL.
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“At this point, as I sit here, I think since Friday I’ve made it clear that my intention was to play and my intention was to play for the New York Jets,” Rodgers said.
Tracking the Bears’ moves as they approach the start of the league season on Wednesday afternoon.
They’ll also likely scour the late rounds of the draft and more affordable tiers of free agency to round out their running back room.
The franchise’s presence at Ryan Fieldhouse on Tuesday reinforced the feeling of a perfect match. Ryan Poles stopped by for two hours despite being one of the NFL’s most active general managers during the legal tampering period. Head coach Matt Eberflus was there even longer.
Poles resisted the temptation to go crazy at the opening of NFL free agency. Maybe he should have been more aggressive — time will tell — but his patience could be rewarded down the line.