Chicago Bears Expected To Pursue $35 Million Star in Free Agency

The Chicago Bears once again have cap space and draft capital, and executives around the NFL believe they will make some major splashes with both.

Jeremy Fowler of ESPN recently polled several front office members around the league, posing questions ranging from the landing spots of various big-name quarterbacks to predictions about the immediate futures of varying teams. The query that pertained most specifically to the Bears had to do with former Washington Commanders defensive end and current San Francisco 49ers pass-rusher Chase Young.

 

“Washington traded its star defensive line bookends at the 2023 trade deadline, with Sweat then thriving as the Chicago Bears’ lead rusher and Young now competing for a Super Bowl with the San Francisco 49ers,” Fowler wrote on Wednesday January 24. “Chicago, in its efforts to bolster its pass rush, evaluated both Young and Sweat in the months leading up to the deadline. Sweat landed a four-year, $98 million extension with the Bears, who could spend more money in free agency to sign a pass-rusher such as Young.”