The Bears’ 2018 preseason covered six weeks of practices and games, giving coaches and front office personnel plenty of time to evaluate who’s in and who’s out on their initial 53-man roster, which will be released Saturday.
This projection comes with a caveat: The Bears can, and likely will, scour the waiver wire for players to add Saturday into Sunday. Three players were claimed on waivers and added to the 53-man roster last year (running back Taquan Mizzell, wide receiver Tre McBride and long snapper Andrew DePaola), replacing running back Jeremy Langford, tight end Ben Braunecker and long snapper Jeff Overbaugh.