Upgrading their linebacking corps was clearly the Bears' No. 1 priority last offseason.
After signing veteran inside linebackers Danny Trevathan and Jerrell Freeman in free agency, they selected outside linebacker Leonard Floyd with the ninth pick in the draft. All three produced when available, but they combined to miss 15 games.
Trevathan sat out two weeks early in the season with a thumb injury before rupturing the patellar tendon in his right knee in a Week 12 loss to the Titans, sidelining him for the final five games.
