[Megathread] Bears 2020 Off-Season Tracker

Here's your r/CHIBears 2020 off-season tracker thread, which will feature ongoing updates of team activities, player transactions, training camp, and more. Feel free to drop any major news you come across here and we'll add it below.

Latest Update: September 9

  • Placed K Eddy Pineiro on IR, Signed DE Mario Edwards.

  • Signed to Practice Squad: QB Tyler Bray, RB Artavis Pierce, WR Rodeny Adams, WR Thomas Ives, WR Reggie Davis, TE Jesper Horsted, OL Badara Traore, OL Sam Mustipher, OL Lachavious Simmons, OL Jamon Brown, DT Abdullah Anderson, DE LaCale London, LB Rashad Smith, S Stephen Denmark, S Xavier Crawford, K Cairo Santos.

  • Added link to 2020 Rules Changes to Roster per CBA and Covid in 'See Also' section.

Previous Update: September 5

  • Released/Waived: QB Tyler Bray, RB Napoleon Maxwell, RB Artavis Pierce, WR Rodeny Adams, WR Thomas Ives, WR Reggie Davis, WR Alex Wesley, WR Ahmad Wagner, TE Jesper Horsted, OL Corey Levin, OL Dieter Eiselen, OL Badara Traore, OL Sam Mustipher, OL Lachavious Simmons, DL Lee Autry, DT Trevon McSwain, DT Abdullah Anderson, DE LaCale London, OLB Isaiah Irving, LB Rashad Smith, LB Ledarius Mack, LB Keandre Jones, CB Kevin Toliver, DB Stephen Denmark, S Xavier Crawford, K Cairo Santos.

See Also:

32 Teams / 32 Days: The Chicago Bears written by /u/Butkus69

Offseason Review Series: Chicago Bears written by /u/PlatypusOfDeath

2020 Rules Changes to Roster per CBA and Covid

2020 SCHEDULE

PRE SEASON

QUARANTINED

REGULAR SEASON

Wk Away @ Home Time (ET) Date Net
1 Bears @ Lions 1pm 9/13 (Sun) FOX
2 Giants @ Bears 1pm 9/20 (Sun) CBS
3 Bears @ Falcons 1pm 9/27 (Sun) FOX
4 Colts @ Bears 1pm 10/4 (Sun) CBS
5 Buccaneers @ Bears 8:20p 10/8 (Thu) FOX
6 Bears @ Panthers 1pm 10/18 (Sun) FOX
7 Bears @ Rams 8:15p 10/26 (Mon) ESPN
8 Saints @ Bears 4:25p 11/1 (Sun) FOX
9 Bears @ Titans 1pm 11/08 (Sun) FOX
10 Vikings @ Bears 8:15p 11/16 (Mon) ESPN
11 BYE WEEK
12 Bears @ Packers 8:20p 11/29 (Sun) NBC
13 Lions @ Bears 1pm 12/6 (Sun) FOX
14 Texans @ Bears 1pm 12/13 (Sun) CBS
15 Bears @ Vikings 1pm 12/20 (Sun) FOX
16 Bears @ Jaguars 1pm 12/27 (Sun FOX
17 Packers @ Bears 1pm 1/3 (Sun) FOX

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ROSTER
Position
OFFENSE
C Cody Whitehair
LG James Daniels Alex Bars
RG Germain Ifedi Rashaad Coward
LT Charles Leno Jr Arlington Hambright
RT Bobby Massie Jason Spriggs
QB Mitchell Trubisky Nick Foles
RB David Montgomery Tarik Cohen Ryan Nall Cordarrelle Patterson
TE Jimmy Graham Cole Kmet Eric Saubert
TE Demetrius Harris J.P. Holtz
WR Allen Robinson Javon Wims
WR Riley Ridley Ted Ginn Jr
WR Anthony Miller Darnell Mooney
DEFENSE
DT Bilal Nichols John Jenkins
DE Akiem Hicks Brent Urban
DE Roy Robertson-Harris Mario Edwards
OLB Khalil Mack Trevis Gipson James Vaughters
OLB Robert Quinn Barkevious Mingo
ILB Roquan Smith Joel Iyiegbuniwe
ILB Danny Trevathan Josh Woods
CB Kyle Fuller Kindle Vindor
CB Jaylon Johnson
NCB Buster Skrine Duke Shelley
S Eddie Jackson Deon Bush DeAndre Houston-Carson
S Tashaun Gipson Sherrick McManis Marqui Christian(suspended)
SPECIAL TEAMS
K Eddy Pineiro(IR)
P Pat O'Donnel
LS Patrick Scales
KR Cordarrelle Patterson
PR Tarik Cohen
PRACTICE SQUAD

QB Tyler Bray

RB Artavis Pierce

WR Rodeny Adams, WR Thomas Ives, WR Reggie Davis

TE Jesper Horsted

OL Badara Traore, OL Sam Mustipher, OL Lachavious Simmons, OL Jamon Brown

DT Abdullah Anderson, DE LaCale London

LB Rashad Smith

S Stephen Denmark, S Xavier Crawford

K Cairo Santos

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CHICAGO FREE AGENTS
Player Pos FA Signed by Contract
OFFENSE
TJ Clemmings OT UFA
Rashaad Coward OL ERFA Chicago $675k/1Y
Chase Daniel QB UFA Detroit $13M/3Y
JP Holtz TE ERFA Chicago $675k/1Y
Ted Larsen OL UFA
Cornelius Lucas OT UFA Washington $5.3M/2Y
Bradley Sowell TE UFA
DEFENSE
Deon Bush S UFA Chicago $1.4M/1Y
HaHa Clinton-Dix S UFA Dallas $4M/1Y
DeAndre Houston-Carson S UFA Chicago $840k/1Y
Isaiah Irving OLB RFA Chicago $850k/1Y
Nick Kwiatkoski ILB UFA Las Vegas $21M/3Y
Aaron Lynch OLB UFA Retired
Sherrick McManis S UFA Chicago $888k/1Y
Kevin Pierre-Louis LB UFA Washington $3.45M/1Y
Roy Robertson-Harris DE RFA Chicago $3.26M/1Y
Brent Urban DE UFA Chicago $1M/1Y
Nick Williams DT UFA Detroit $10M/2Y
SPECIAL TEAMS
Patrick Scales LS UFA Chicago $1M/1Y
PLAYER TRANSACTIONS
Player Pos Action Notes
OFFENSE
Ben Braunecker TE Released $800k Cleared
Tyler Bray QB Signed $795/1Y
Trey Burton TE Released $2.8M Cleared
Nick Foles QB Traded a 2020 4th
Ted Ginn Jr WR Signed $888k/1Y
Jimmy Graham TE Signed $16M/2Y
Demetrius Harris TE Signed $1.65M/1Y
Germain Ifedi OL Signed $888k/1Y
Kyle Long G Retired $9.6M Cleared
Taylor Gabriel WR Released $4.5M Cleared
Adam Shaheen TE Traded for 2021 7th
Jason Spriggs T Signed $825/k1Y
Cody Whitehair C Restructured $3.2M Cleared
DEFENSE
Prince Amukamara CB Released $9M Cleared
Devante Bond OLB Signed $735k/1Y
Artie Burns CB Signed $1M/1Y
Leonard Floyd OLB Released $13.2M Cleared
Tashaun Gipson S Signed $1.05M/1Y
Eddie Goldman NT Opt-Out $4.85M Credit
John Jenkins DT Signed $800k1Y
Jordan Lucas SS Signed $1M/1Y
Jordan Lucas SS Opt-Out $1M Credit
Barkevious Mingo OLB Signed $1.2M/1Y
Robert Quinn OLB Signed $70M/5Y
Tre Roberson CB Signed $1.3M/2Y
Josh Simmons CB Waived
Danny Trevathan ILB Extended $24M/3Y
SPECIAL TEAMS
Cairo Santos K Signed 1Y

Estimated current cap space for 2020 per Spotrac: $17,982,831

Projected 2021 Compensatory Picks per OverTheCap:

  • 6th Round for Nick Williams
  • 6th Round for Chase Daniel
  • 6th Round for HaHa Clinton-Dix
  • 7th Round for Kevin Pierre-Louis
  • 7th Round for Cornelius Lucas

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DRAFT PICKS
Round Pick Overall Player Pos School
1 [1] 19
2 11[1] 43 Cole Kmet TE Notre Dame
2 18 50 Jaylon Johnson CB Utah
3 [1] 81
4 [2] 125
4 [3][5] 140
5 [6] 155 Trevis Gipson EDGE Tulsa
5 17 163 Kindle Vindor CB Georgia Southern
5 [7] 173 Darnell Mooney WR Tulane
6 [7] 196
6 [4][7] 200
7 12[1] 226 Arlington Hambright OL CU
7 13[7] 227 Lachavious Simmons OL Tenn St
7 [7] 233

[1] - Chicago trades 2019 pick 1.24, 2019 pick 6.196, 2020 pick 1.19, 2020 pick 3.81 to Las Vegas for 2020 pick 2.43, conditional 2020 7th round pick 7.116, and OLB Khalil Mack

[2] - Chicago trades 2019 picks 3.87 and 5.162 and a 2020 pick 4.125 to New England for 2019 picks 3.73 and 6.205

[3] - Compensatory Pick for Adrian Amos

[4] - Chicago trades Jordan Howard to Philadelphia for conditional 2020 pick 6.200

[5] - Chicago trades compensatory 2020 pick 4.140 to Jacksonville for Nick Foles

[6] - Chicago trades 2021 4th round pick to Minnesota for 2020 pick 5.155

[7] - Chicago trades 2020 picks 6.196, 6.200, and 7.233 to Philadelphia for 2020 picks 5.173 and 7.227

UDFAs Signed
  • OLB LaCale London, WIU
  • OL Dieter J. Eiselen, Yale
  • OT Badara Traore, LSU
  • LB Rashad Smith, FAU
  • RB Artavis Pierce, Ore St
  • DE Ledarius Mack, Buffalo
  • DL Trevon McSwain, Duke
  • WR Ahmad Wagner, Kentucky
  • RB Napoleon Maxwell, FIU
  • LB Keandre Jones, Maryland
  • DL Lee Autry, Miss St

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Draftee Visits / Workouts / Interviews

Taken mostly from walterfootball.com

SR - Senior Bowl meeting.

EW - East-West Shrine meeting.

COM - Combine meeting.

INT - Interested.

VINT - Very Interested.

PRO - Pro Day or campus meeting/workout.

LOC - Local visit. Prospect making a local visit.

PRI - Private visit. Prospect making an official 30 visit.

WOR - Private Workout. Members of an organization working out a player in private.

STM - Some Type of Meeting.

% - indicates more than one meeting at an event.

^ - has met with team at more than one event.

# - indicates meeting set up outside of the 2020 Senior Bowl or the 2020 East-West Shrine Game

OFFENSE

Jet Anderson, RB, TCU (COM)

Ben Bartch, G, St. John's (COM)

Gabriel Davis, WR, Central Florida (COM)

Jake Fromm, QB, Georgia (COM)

Charlie Heck, OT, North Carolina (COM)

Matt Hennessy, C, Temple (COM)

Brycen Hopkins, TE, Purdue (COM

Jason Huntley, RB, New Mexico State (PRO)

Cordel Iwuagwu, OG, TCU (EW)

Van Jefferson, WR, Florida (COM)

Jauan Jennings, WR, Tennessee (SR)

Denzel Mims, WR, Baylor (STM)

Joe Reed, WR, Virginia (EW)

Logan Stenberg, G, Kentucky (COM)

Binjimen Victor, WR, Ohio State (EW)

DEFENSE

Bradley Anae, DE/3-4OLB, Utah (COM)

Antoine Brooks Jr., S, Maryland (SR)

K'Lavon Chaisson, DE/OLB, LSU (COM)

Rodney Clemons, S, SMU (EW)

Jeremiah Dinson, S, Auburn (EW)

Trevis Gipson, DE, Tulsa (SR)

A.J. Green, CB, Oklahoma State (SR)

Michael Pinckney, OLB, Miami (EW)

Curtis Weaver, EDGE, Boise St (WOR)

Logan Wilson, ILB, Wyoming (SR)

SPECIAL TEAMS

Rodrigo Blankenship, K, Georgia (SR)

Blake Ferguson, LS, LSU (SR)

Braden Mann, P, Texas A&M (SR)