Wide receiver Taylor Gabriel had no obvious ties to the Chicago Bears when he signed a four-year contract last week that contained $14 million in guaranteed money.
Gabriel, who spent time with the Cleveland Browns and Atlanta Falcons, never played for new Bears coach Matt Nagy or had any association with the offense that Nagy ran in Kansas City.
And when Gabriel visited Solider Field with the Falcons in Week 1 of the 2017 regular season, Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky -- now the club’s unquestioned starter at quarterback -- was stuck on the bench behind veteran Mike Glennon.