The Buffalo Bills have agreed to trade offensive lineman Ryan Bates to the Chicago Bears, the team announced Monday night. The Bills will receive a fifth-round pick in the 2024 NFL Draft in return for Bates. The deal is pending a physical to be completed on March 13.
Bates, 27, has spent the last five seasons with the Bills. He originally entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent in 2019, signing with the Philadelphia Eagles. The Bills acquired him in August 2019 in a trade for linebacker Eli Harold.