The Chicago Bears are giving Buffalo Bills free-agent linebacker Tremaine Edmunds a four-year, $72 million contract that includes $50 million guaranteed, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter.
It is the largest four-year contract for an inside linebacker in the NFL.
Edmunds is the second starting linebacker added by the Bears on Monday. Earlier in the day, the Bears agreed to a three-year contract with Philadelphia Eagles free-agent T.J. Edwards worth $19.5 million, including $12 million in guaranteed money, a source told ESPN's Courtney Cronin.
Over Edmunds' five years with the Bills, the linebacker has developed into one of the defense's leaders and key players.