BOURBONNAIS — Free agency was yet another humbling experience for star-crossed linebacker Aaron Lynch this year. Hoping for a multi-year contract after re-establishing himself as a productive NFL player with the Bears in 2018 — and still only 26 — he instead settled for a one-year, $1.45 million contract with the Bears.
Disappointed? “Yes and no,” Lynch said. “I hit the market when a bunch of other dudes hit the market, too. You’re always got Tier 1 guy and a Tier 2 guy. I was in the middle of that — ‘Well, if we can get this guy than we don’t need him.