Good morning, Bears fans!
The team’s first set of OTAs starts next Wednesday and the front office is busy filling out the 90-man roster to keep all the fields full.
Did you know?: The preseason cap used to be 80 players until the 2011 CBA increased it another 10.
— Kevin Kaduk
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01 Roster News
RB Salvon Ahmed signs with Bears
The 5-foot-10, 197-pound running back spent four years with the Dolphins and racked a total of 593 yards and five touchdowns. Ahmed then moved to a year on the Broncos practice squad and then Indy where he suffered a gruesome ankle injury in training camp and never played a down. His RB coach in Miami was Eric Studesville, now in the same position with the Bears
02 Roster News
S Anthony Johnson Jr. does too
Johnson was drafted by the Packers in the seventh round of the 2023 draft and started four games that season. He the moved onto play for the Giants and spent 2025 on their injured reserve. The team also worked out CB Sam Webb on Wednesday, according to Jordan Schultz, who reported both of the signings above.
02 NFL News
Aaron Rodgers says ‘this is it’
The Steelers QB says 2026 will be his final season. Can we get that in writing?
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“You gotta pick the guy who throws the ball like that. If you can achieve things on the football field that are geometrically unsound, that are reality breaking, that are coverage unspooling, you gotta get that guy in the room.
“And what Caleb can pull off in terms of velocity on his throws, to get them up and down over coverage, the touch that he gets into the sideline, and then to throw on the move and to throw from bad platform … We have so much evidence from last season that you never have to say die with this guy.”
It’s a little concerning how at ease this made me feel.
Austin Booker stopped by the CHGO studios to talk about the 2026 season and the big expectations that are facing him. (YouTube)
Did the Bears reach out to the city of Chicago with a hypothetical situation about Arlington Heights plans falling through … a call that spurred Brandon Johnson into his recent round of opposition? Mary Ann Ahern reports they did. (NBC Chicago)
Meanwhile, Indiana governor Mike Braun is optimistic the Bears are moving to Hammond. (ABC 7 Chicago)
Kyle Monangai hosted 175 girls for a flag football clinic in Rockford. (Chicago Bears)
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