2025 Offseason Tracker

This will be continuously updated. Please comment if anything is missing.

 

As of March 11th - From overthecap.com

 

Players on the roster - 59 (Not including Smythe) Bears Cap Space - $42,419,070 Bears Dead Cap - $4,051,895

  • Cap does not yet include Odeyingbo, Jarrett, Dalman or Smythe.

 

Front Office Changes

Owner and Secretary of the Board of Directors, Virginia McCaskey, died on February 6th. A new ownership structure has not yet been announced.

 

Coaching Changes

 

New Coaches

Name Title Previous Team Previous Role
Ben Johnson Head Coach DET OC
Dennis Allen Defensive Co. NO HC
Declan Doyle Offensive Co. DEN TE
Press Taylor Passing Game Co. JAC OC
JT Barrett QB DET Ast. QB
Eric Bienemy RB UCLA Ast HC & OC
Dan Roushar OL Tulane OL
Antwaan Randle El WR & Ast. HC DET WR
Jeremy Garrett DL JAC DL
Bill Johnson Sr. Def. Ast. Birmingham Stallions DL
Al Harris Secondary Coach DAl Ast. HC & DBs
Richard Smith LB IND LB

 

Promotions or Retentions

Name New Role Previous Role
Richard Hightower STC STC
Jim Dray TE Coach TE Coach
Kenny Norton III Def Quality Control Def QC
Robbie Picazo Off. Ast Off. Ast.
Zach Cable Off QC Off QC
Allison Haley Ast. Strength & Conditioning Seasonal Str & Con.
Kevin Koch Ast. LB Def. QC
Pierre Ngo Head of Str. & Con. Ast. Str. & Con.

 

Coaches Lost

Name Title New Team New Role
Matt Eberflus HC DAL DC
Thomas Brown PGC > OC > IHC NE PGC & TEs
Shane Waldron OC JAC PGC
Eric Washington DC NYJ DL
Travis Smith DL TEN Def RGC
Brian Bing Ast. DL DAL Ast. DL
Dave Borgonzi LB DAL LB
Jon Hoke CB & Def. PGC - -
David Overstreet II NB DAL DB
Andre Curtis S DAL Def PGC
Matt Pees Def Analyst BAL Ast. LB
Carlos Polk Ast ST DAL Ast. ST
Chris Beatty WR > IHC LVR WR
Kerry Joseph QBs - -
Chad Morton RBs JAC RBs
Jenifer King Ast. RBs - -
Chris Morgan OL & Off. RGC DEN Ast. OL
Jason Houghtaling Ast. OL NE Ast. OL
Ryan Griffin Off. Ast. - -

 

Player Changes

 

Players Newly Acquired

Name/Age Position Previous Team Previous Contract New Contract
Jordan McFadden (25) G LAC 4yrs/4.15M 2yrs/1.18M
Jonah Jackson (28) G LAR 3yrs/51M 2yrs/34.5M
Joe Thuney (31) G KC 5yrs/80M 1yr/16M
Durham Smythe (29) TE MIA 2yrs/7.75M 1yr/-
Drew Dalman (26) C ATL 4yrs.4.26M 3yrs/42M
Dayo Odeyingbo (26) DE IND 4yrs/6.18M 3yrs/48M
Grady Jarrett (31) DT ATL 3yrs/50.05M 3yrs/43.5M

 

  • Jackson was traded in return for a 2025 6th. Thuney was traded for a 2026 4th.

 

Reserve/Futures Contracts

 

Name/Age Position Previous Team Previous Contract New Contract
Theo Benedet (23) G CHI 3yrs/2.85M 1yr/840K
Chris Glaser (25) C NYJ 2yrs/1.67M 1yr/1.03M
John Jackson (25) WR CHI 3yrs/2.83M 1yr/840K
Carl Jones Jr (23) OLB CHI 3yrs/2.85M 1yr/840K
Jamree Kromah (23) DE NE 1yr/795K 1yr/960K
Austin Reed (24) QB CHI 3/2.84M 1yr/840K
Ricky Stromberg (24) C WAS 4 yrs/5.34M 1yr/960K
Samori Toure (26) WR GB 4ys/3.74M 1yr/1.03M
Joel Wilson (24) TE GB 1yr/795K 1yr/840K
Jordan Murray (24) TE IND 1yr/795K 1yr/840K
Alex Cook (25) S CAR 1yr/750K 1yr/960K
Joshua Miles (29) RT NYG 1yr/1.13M 1yr/1.17M
Maurice Alexander (28) WR DET 1yr/915K 1yr/1.03M
Swayze Bozeman (26) OLB KC 3yrs/2.84M 1yr/960K

 

Players Re-signed

Name/Age Position Previous Contract New Contract
Amen Ogbongbemiga (26) OLB 1yr/2.1M 2yrs/4.97M
Josh Blackwell (25) CB 1yr/960k 2yrs/6M
Daniel Hardy (27) EDGE 1yr/915K 1yr/1.03M
Bill Murray (28) G 1yr/915K 1yr/1.03M
Chris Williams (26) DT 1yr/985K 1yr/3.26M
Ameer Speed (24) CB 1yr/915K 1yr/1.03M
Jonathan Ford (26) DT 1yr/915K 1yr/1.03M
Tarvarius Moore (29) S 1yr/1.13M 1yr/-
Scott Daly (31) LS 1yr/1.55M 1yr/-

 

Players Lost

Name/Age Position Previous Contract New Team New Contract
DeMarcus Walker (30) IDL 3yrs/21M - -
Gerald Everett (30) TE 2yrs/12M - -
Darrell Taylor (28) Edge 1yr/3.12M HOU 1yr/5.25M
Larry Borom (26) LT 4yrs/3.81M MIA -
Patrick Scales (37) LS 1yr/1.21M -
Darrynton Evans (27) RB 1yr/1.55M BUF
Coleman Shelton (30) C 1yr/1.81M LAR 2yrs/-

 

  • Walker and Everett's release saved 10.75 (5.25 & 5.5M) in cap space, leaving only 1.66M in 2025 dead cap.

 

Free Agents

Name/Age Position Previous Contract Type
Keenan Allen (33) WR 1yr/23.1M UFA
Teven Jenkins (27) LG 4yrs/8.39M UFA
Travis Homer (27) RB 2yrs/4M UFA
Marcedes Lewis (41) TE 1yr/1.6M UFA
Jacob Martin (30) EDGE 1yr/1.13M UFA
DeAndre Carter (32) WR 1yr/1.13M UFA
Matt Pryor (31) RG 1yr/1.13M UFA
Byron Cowart (29) IDL 1yr/1.13M UFA
Adrian Colbert (32) S 1yr/1.13M UFA
Nsimba Webster (29) WR 1yr/1.55M UFA
Jake Curhan (27) RT 1yr/1.55M UFA
Collin Johnson (28) WR 1yr/1.55M UFA
Stephen Carlson (29) TE 1yr/985K UFA
Doug Kramer (27) C 1yr/915K RFA
Jaylon Jones (28) CB 3yrs/2.56M RFA
Douglas Coleman III (27) S 1yr/795K ERFA
Tommy Sweeney (29) TE 1yr/1.13M SFA
Jack Sanborn (25) LB 3yrs/2.56M UFA

 

  • Sanborn was not tendered as is now an UFA

 

Draft

 

Round Pick Notes
1 10 -
2 39 From CAR
2 41 -
3 72 -
5 149 -
7 235 From CIN
7 242 From MIN/CLE

 

Notes

  • As of March 9th 11th, we are not expected to receive any compensatory picks in 2024

  • Our 4th round pick was sent to BUF in 2024 to move back into the 5th round and select DE Austin Booker.

  • Our 6th round pick was sent to SEA for DE Darrell Taylor.

  • Pick 235 was recieved in return for Khalil Herbert

  • Pick 242 and DT Chris Williams were sent from CLE in return for a 6th round pick.

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