Tracking the Bears’ comings and goings in free agency, which started with the opening of the legal tampering period and extends through the start of the league year Wednesday:
March 16
The Bears agreed to sign free agent defensive end Jake Martin to a one-year deal.
March 15
Wide receiver Dante Pettis is returning to the Bears. He agreed to a one-year deal Friday. Pettis was hurt during training camp and was later released with an injury designation.
March 14
The Bears traded a fourth-round pick to the Chargers for wide receiver Keenan Allen.
The Bears agreed to terms with offensive lineman Jake Curhan, who will reunite with offensive coordinator Shane Waldron after three years together in Seattle. Curhan, 26, started nine games at tackle, four last season. The 6-foot-6, 316-pounder is an undrafted free agent from Cal.
The Bears signed Coleman Shelton, who spent the last two years as the Rams’ starting center, to a one-year deal. He’ll compete with Ryan Bates, whom the Bears traded for earlier this offseason, for the starting job.
Shelton is an undrafted free agent from Washington who’s spent his first five years with the Rams, the first three as a backup. He’s expected to compete with Ryan Bates for the starting center job. The Bears traded for Bates, a former Bills player whom they’d chased for years, last month.
March 13
Quarterback Brett Rypien agreed to sign with the Bears.
The Bears added to their offensive line depth Wednesday by agreeing to sign Matt Pryor, a source confirmed. Pryor has played tackle and guard for three teams, starting 24 games in five seasons. He was with the Colts in 2021 when Matt Eberflus was the head coach and with the Eagles from 2019-20 while Bears assistant general manager Ian Cunningham was there.
The former sixth-round pick played 42 snaps for the 49ers last season across right tackle, left tackle and left guard.
March 12
The Bears agreed to sign former Packers safety Jonathan Owens to a two-year deal, a source confirmed.
The Bears are signing former Chargers tight end Gerald Everett to a two-year, $12 million deal with $6.1 million guaranteed.
Ex-Bears wide receiver Darnell Mooney, one of the team’s best recent success stories, agreed to a three-year, $39 million deal with the Falcons.
March 11
Defensive tackle Justin Jones is signing with the Cardinals.
The Bears agreed to a three-year, $24 million deal with Pro Bowl running back D’Andre Swift, formerly of the Eagles. He’ll get $15.3 million guaranteed.
March 10
The Bears agreed to a two-year deal with veteran safety Kevin Byard, a source confirmed. He’ll take the place of Eddie Jackson, who was released last month.
March 8
The Bears agreed to re-sign snapper Patrick Scales to a one-year contact, his agent wrote on social media.
The Bears signed safety Tarvarius Moore and re-signed receiver Collin Johnson. Moore played special teams for Bears coordinator Richard Hightower in San Francisco.
March 7
The Bears signed cornerback Jaylon Johnson to a four-year contract extension worth $76 million. They’d inked him to the franchise tag just two days earlier.
March 4
The Bears traded a fifth-round pick in this year’s draft for Bills center/guard Ryan Bates. Bears general manager Ryan Pace had chased Bates before, signing him to a contract as a restricted free agent two years ago before the Bills matched the deal.
February 15
The Bears cut two of their longest-tenured players, guard Cody Whitehair and safety Eddie Jackson. They’d combined to reach the Pro Bowl three times but had 2024 salary cap hits that the Bears felt outstripped their worth.
