After the Bears play their final preseason game against the Buffalo Bills, Ryan Pace will only have a few days to trim his roster down to 53 players.
Cuts could begin as early as Thursday night after the games, and the waiver wire will be active throughout the weekend.
Once the dust settles and the Bears’ roster is set, the second scramble begins as every team races to fill their 10-player practice squads.
The collective bargaining agreement has complicated rules about which players are eligible, and there are different types of eligibility that limit how many experienced players a team can keep on their squad.