The Chicago Bears trimmed their roster to 53 players on Tuesday, and it’s almost time for them to start building their 16-player practice squad and potentially make some changes to their roster.
While the Bears released a handful of players, so did the rest of the NFL, which means there are a slew of players on the waiver wire that might interest the Bears, especially at areas of concern like offensive line, safety and defensive line.
But teams can’t just go out and sign any player. They’ll need to hope that another team ahead of them in the waiver order doesn’t also want that player. But Chicago is sitting in the top spot in the waiver wire priority, giving them any pick of players to claim.
The waiver claim deadline is Wednesday at 11 a.m. CT. Those waiver claims will be announced an hour later and then teams can begin filling out their practice squads.
Here’s the order of the waiver priority list, which is identical to the 2023 draft order:
1
Chicago Bears
2
Houston Texans
3
Arizona Cardinals
4
Indianapolis Colts
5
Denver Broncos
6
Los Angeles Rams
7
Las Vegas Raiders
8
Atlanta Falcons
9
Carolina Panthers
10
New Orleans Saints
11
Tennessee Titans
12
Cleveland Browns
13
New York Jets
14
New England Patriots
15
Green Bay Packers
16
Washington Commanders
17
Pittsburgh Steelers
18
Detroit Lions
19
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
20
Seattle Seahawks
21
Miami Dolphins
22
Los Angeles Chargers
23
Baltimore Ravens
24
Minnesota Vikings
25
Jacksonville Jaguars
26
New York Giants
27
Dallas Cowboys
28
Buffalo Bills
29
Cincinnati Bengals
30
San Francisco 49ers
31
Philadelphia Eagles
32
Kansas City Chiefs
