Bears players on the fringe have one last opportunity to state their cases in Thursday night’s preseason finale vs. Buffalo before head coach Matt Nagy, his assistants and G.M. Ryan Pace hammer out the 53-man roster, which must be finalized by 3 p.m. Saturday.
Some of the bubble boys who are Saturday’s casualties will be back the following day, when the Bears begin constructing their 10-man practice squad. Here’s an early look at who the final 53 will be when the smoke clears on Saturday.