The Chicago Bears have already had an active offseason, and we are still several days from the start of the legal free agency tampering period. The Bears got their offseason started by parting with – or at least planning to – several key veterans on their roster, including DeMarcus Walker and Jack Sanborn, the latter of whom the Bears decided not to extend a tender to.
Clocker Sports will keep track of all the team’s moves during this frenetic stage.
Offseason Roster Moves Tracker: Bears Cuts, Free Agency & Trades
Bears Roster Additions
Re-Signed/Extended:
- Amen Ogbongbemiga/LB
- Josh Blackwell/DB
- Tarvarius Moore/DB
- Scott Daly/LS
- Travis Homer/RB
- Doug Kramer/OL
Signed:
- Durham Smythe/TE
- Drew Dalman/C
- Dayo Odeyingbo/EDGE
- Grady Jarrett/IDL
- Olamide Zaccheaus/WR
- Devin Duvernay/RS
Traded for:
- Joe Thuney/OL
- Jonah Jackson/OL
Bears Subtractions
Released:
- DeMarcus Walker/DL
- Gerald Everett/TE
Note: None of the reported trades can be made official until March 12.
Free Agency Outlook
Over The Cap projects the Bears have $48.1 million in space as of March 7. Thuney and linebacker T.J. Ewards are extension candidates on the Bears roster, which could lower their 2025 cap hits. DBs Jaquan Brisker and Kyler Gordon are in the final year of their respective deals too.
Chicago could look to restructure deals for recently extended players like Cole Kmet, DJ Moore, Jaylon Johnson, and Montez Sweat, though that often leads to financial strife down the road.
Caleb Williams’ potential second contract will also always be a looming item until it is due or not.
Bears Draft Outlook
The Bears own seven picks in the 2025 draft. Four of those picks fall in the top 100 selections, and five are in the top 150. They are set to select No. 10 overall in the first round and own picks Nos. 39 and 41 in Round 2.
Bears general manager Ryan Poles and new head coach Ben Johnson will have to wait during Day 3 of the draft to add to the roster that way. They do not own a fourth-round pick as of March 7. They are also without a sixth-round pick.
The Bears will go on the clock two times in the seventh round with picks Nos. 235 and 242.