Bears reportedly release Pro Bowl LB Tremaine Edmunds, clearing $15 million in cap space

The Chicago Bears have agreed to release Pro Bowl linebacker Tremaine Edmunds, in accordance with ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Edmunds turns into the second notable participant the Bears parted methods with, following the crew’s determination to send wide receiver DJ Moore to the Buffalo Bills.

The Bears initially granted Edmunds permission to seek a trade again in February. He was due a non-guaranteed $13.9 million wage in 2026 plus roster and exercise bonuses, in the ultimate 12 months of a four-year, $72 million contract that he signed with Chicago as a free agent again in 2023.

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Edmunds was set to have a $17.4 million cap hit by 2026, however the Bears will now save $15 million of that. Between the release of Edmunds and the commerce of Moore, Chicago will acquire $31.5 million in salary-cap space via roster strikes on Thursday.

Edmunds has spent the previous three seasons with the Bears after beginning his profession in Buffalo. The 27-year-old completed the 12 months main the crew with 112 tackles, regardless of lacking 4 video games as a consequence of a groin harm. He additionally had 4 interceptions, tying a profession excessive.

The Bills chosen Edmunds with the sixteenth total decide in the 2018 NFL Draft out of Virginia Tech. He made the Pro Bowl in his second and third NFL seasons, logging 100-plus tackles in every of his eight years in the league.