LAKE FOREST, Ill. – Inspired by the Chicago Bears’ history of producing some of the greatest middle linebackers in NFL history, Tremaine Edmunds summed up his decision to sign with Chicago in free agency as a no-brainer.
“When you talk about great linebackers — in particular, middle linebackers — I mean, why wouldn’t you want to come to a place like this?” Edmunds said. “It’s such a great tradition.”
The Bears’ tradition of great middle linebackers stretches from Bill George and Dick Butkus to Mike Singletary and Brian Urlacher.