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Chicago Bears cut 20 players, but keep OLB Willie Young

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      Dickerson covers the Chicago Bears for ESPN's NFL Nation. He is the co-host of "Dickerson & Hood" on the ESPN Radio national network, and is heard in Chicago on ESPN 1000.
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Most significant move: It’s a move the Bears did not make, at least for now. Converted outside linebacker Willie Young made the original 53 man roster despite rupturing his torn left Achilles tendon in Week 16 of last year, and moving to outside linebacker; a position Young never played before in his life.