The Chicago Bears wrapped their preseason with a 24-21 loss to the Buffalo Bills.
But now is when the real work begins for the Bears, who have to trim their roster from 87 to 53 players by 3 p.m. CT on Tuesday, which means there are going to be some tough cuts.
After looking at some of the players likely to get the axe before Tuesday’s deadline, here are the 39 players who should be locks for the Bears’ roster:
1
DT Andrew Billings
Age: 28
Experience: 6th season
2023 cap hit: $2.69 million
2
FB Khari Blasingame
Age: 27
Experience: 5th season
2023 cap hit: $2 million
3
OT Larry Borom
Age: 24
Experience: 3rd season
2023 cap hit: $1.02 million
4
S Jaquan Brisker
Age: 24
Experience: 2nd season
2023 cap hit: $1.67 million
5
OG Ja'Tyre Carter
Age: 24
Experience: 2nd season
2023 cap hit: $897,328
6
WR Chase Claypool
Age: 25
Experience: 4th season
2023 cap hit: $2.99 million
7
OG Nate Davis
Age: 26
Experience: 5th season
2023 cap hit: $6.92 million
8
DT Gervon Dexter Sr.
Age: 21
Experience: 1st season
2023 cap hit: $1.22 million
9
LB Tremaine Edmunds
Age: 25
Experience: 6th season
2023 cap hit: $14.68 million
10
LB T.J. Edwards
Age: 26
Experience: 5th season
2023 cap hit: $5 million
11
QB Justin Fields
Age: 24
Experience: 3rd season
2023 cap hit: $5.14 million
12
P Trenton Gill
Age: 24
Experience: 2nd season
2023 cap hit: $889,252
13
CB Kyler Gordon
Age: 23
Experience: 2nd season
2023 cap hit: $1.97 million
14
RB Khalil Herbert
Age: 25
Experience: 3rd season
2023 cap hit: $972,677
15
S Elijah Hicks
Age: 23
Experience: 2nd season
2023 cap hit: $889,252
16
S Eddie Jackson
Age: 29
Experience: 7th season
2023 cap hit: $17.09 million
17
OG Teven Jenkins
Age: 25
Experience: 3rd season
2023 cap hit: $2.28 million
18
CB Jaylon Johnson
Age: 24
Experience: 4th season
2023 cap hit: $3.55 million
19
RB Roschon Johnson
Age: 22
Experience: 1st season
2023 cap hit: $942,172
20
OT Braxton Jones
Age: 24
Experience: 2nd season
2023 cap hit: $944,888
21
DT Justin Jones
Age: 26
Experience: 6th season
2023 cap hit: $7.4 million
22
TE Cole Kmet
Age: 24
Experience: 4th season
2023 cap hit: $7.36 million
23
TE Marcedes Lewis
Age: 39
Experience: 18th season
2023 cap hit: $2 million
24
WR Darnell Mooney
Age: 25
Experience: 4th season
2023 cap hit: $3.06 million
25
WR DJ Moore
Age: 26
Experience: 6th season
2023 cap hit: $20.16 million
26
DE Yannick Ngakoue
Age: 28
Experience: 9th season
2023 cap hit: $10.44 million
27
C Lucas Patrick
Age: 30
Experience: 7th season
2023 cap hit: $5.38 million
28
DT Zacch Pickens
Age: 23
Experience: 1st season
2023 cap hit: $1.04 million
29
LB Jack Sanborn
Age: 23
Experience: 2nd season
2023 cap hit: $872,500
30
K Cairo Santos
Age: 31
Experience: 10th season
2023 cap hit: $4.5 million
31
LS Patrick Scales
Age: 35
Experience: 9th season
2023 cap hit: $1.09 million
32
WR Tyler Scott
Age: 21
Experience: 1st season
2023 cap hit: $915,863
33
LB Noah Sewell
Age: 21
Experience: 1st season
2023 cap hit: $831,237
34
CB Terell Smith
Age: 24
Experience: 1st season
2023 cap hit: $818,971
35
CB Tyrique Stevenson
Age: 23
Experience: 1st season
2023 cap hit: $1.17 million
36
TE Robert Tonyan
Age: 29
Experience: 6th season
2023 cap hit: $2.65 million
37
DE DeMarcus Walker
Age: 28
Experience: 7th season
2023 cap hit: $6.41 million
38
C Cody Whitehair
Age: 31
Experience: 8th season
2023 cap hit: $14.1 million
39
OT Darnell Wright
Age: 21
Experience: 1st season
2023 cap hit: $3.81 million
