Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune is reporting that the Bears are closing in on a four-year, $38 million extension with LT Charles Leno. According to Biggs, the contract would include $21.5 million guaranteed.
Leno, 25, is a former seventh-round pick of the Bears back in 2014. He’s currently in the final year of his four-year, $2,266,512 rookie contract and stands to make a base salary of $690,000 for the 2017 season.
Leno would have been an unrestricted free agent in 2018.
In 2016, Leno appeared in all 16 games for the Bears.