Bears to sign DT Neville Gallimore to two-year deal

The Bears are signing veteran defensive sort out Neville Gallimore to a two-year deal price $12 million, NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reported on Monday.

Gallimore, 29, was a third-round decide by the Cowboys in 2020. He performed in all 17 video games for the Colts in 2025, beginning in eight of them. He completed the season with a career-high 3.5 sacks and 38 tackles with 17 quarterback pressures. His 72.6 PFSN DT Impact Score ranked 66th within the league this previous yr.

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An undersized inside defender, Gallimore wins extra along with his athleticism and finesse greater than pure energy plugging up the center. He has been graded higher as a go rusher than as a run defender for a lot of his time within the NFL.

This marks the primary signing of the Bears having been made within the “legal tampering” interval. Chicago’s inside line of defense was a problem for them in 2025, as they did not have a single participant grade within the prime 50 within the aforementioned DT Impact Metric. Their capacity to cease the run proved to be a problem, and producing constant stress was a problem of theirs, as effectively. Gallimore initiatives as a high-level rotational participant to issue into the combination with Gervon Dexter and Grady Jarrett.