The Bear’s Den, February 25, 2025

Better late than never edition of The Den

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Bears arrive at NFL Scouting Combine looking for clearer picture of offseason plans – Chicago Sun-Times – The Bears have the Nos. 10, 39 and 41 overall picks but also have the fourth-most salary-cap space in the NFL. They’ll use this week to narrow down which positions they’re targeting with all those resources.

Former Bears DC Sean Desai heads to Bengals as senior assistant – Chicago Sun-Times – Desai spent nine seasons with the Bears, including one as defensive coordinator.

How Ben Johnson aims to build Chicago Bears into a contender – Chicago Tribune – As the Chicago Bears arrive at the NFL scouting combine, most of Ben Johnson’s building projects remain in the early stages.

Bears defensive line woes could be solved by Pro Bowl talent on NFL trade market – SI – The Chicago Bears will explore every avenue to upgrade their defensive line this offseason, and a new Pro Bowl talent just emerged on the NFL trade market

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Falcons, Kirk Cousins could end up playing a game of contract chicken – NBC Sports
A handful of accomplished quarterbacks on the wrong side of 35 will be available in free agency.

Abdul Carter won’t work out at Scouting Combine – NBC Sports – One of the top prospects in this year’s draft class won’t be working out in Indianapolis during this week’s Scouting Combine.

Report: Packers made proposal to ban tush push – NBC Sports – NFL executive vice president of football operations Troy Vincent said on Monday that a team has proposed banning the tush push, but did not identify which club wants to see the play out of the game. Ken’s Note: The Packers love to crash the long snapper and dump him, that’s how the blocked one game ending field goal against Chicago and almost got the other one… blowing over the long snapper. That should be illegal. Oh, wait, what? It already is they just don’t call Green Bay on it? Imagine that.

Giants, Steelers, Browns, Raiders show interest in Matthew Stafford – NBC Sports – Interest is one thing; working out a deal with the Rams and with Stafford is another.

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