The Bears will not pick up the fifth-year option on quarterback Mitch Trubisky’s rookie contract, allowing him to be an unrestricted free agent after this season, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
The option would’ve paid him around $24 million, though the team could’ve released him by the start of the next league year in March and avoided paying it.
Trubisky’s outlook was bleak once the Bears traded for veteran Nick Foles and declared an open competition for the starting job. They guaranteed him $21 million and his contract runs through 2022 unless he opts out.