Today is a huge day for the NFL as the legal tampering negotiation window opens allowing teams to start talking to 2018 free agents. Nothing can be made official until the 2018 league year starts on Wednesday, March 14 at 3 pm Chicago time, but some handshake deals may take place. Expect agents to leak rumors to try and drum up more business for their clients.
There have been plenty of Chicago Bears rumors floating around so far, so we’ll track them, along with the legitimate reports, right here.
Bears cap space - $64,561,002 according to Spotrac (Note: This is not confirmed by the NFL)
Bears unrestricted free agents - Dontrelle Inman WR, Kendall Wright WR, Zach Miller TE, Tom Compton OL, Benny Cunningham RB, Mark Sanchez QB, Pat O’Donnell P, Andrew DePaola LS, Mike Nugent K, Cairo Santos K, Lamarr Houston OLB, Sam Acho OLB, Christian Jones ILB, Mitch Unrein DE, John Jenkins NT, Prince Amukamara CB, Sherrick McManis CB
Bears restricted free agents - Josh Bellamy WR, Cameron Meredith WR, John Timu ILB, Bryce Callahan CB
Bears exclusive rights free agents - Daniel Brown TE, Patrick Scales LS
For definitions on these types of free agents you can click here.