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The Chicago Bears have over 50 players who could be subject to waivers as they look to cut down from 90 players to 53 by the August 26 deadline and beyond.
Of course, several players on their rookie contracts should be safe from getting waived, such as franchise quarterback Caleb Williams. But, if any of these players are waived this week, they will be subject to the waiver wire pool and can be claimed by another team.
If not, they can be a part of Chicago’s 16-man practice squad, which will likely be finalized the day after the cutdown date.
WR Luther Burden III
DL Xavier Carlton
LB Power Echols
LS Luke Elkin
DB Zah Frazier
TE Thomas Gordon (Waived on Sunday)
LB Ruben Hyppolite II
DB Tysheem Johnson
TE Colston Loveland
RB Kyle Monangai
OL Luke Newman
WR JP Richardson
OL Ozzy Trapilo
DL Shemar Turner
WR Jahdae Walker
DB Jeremiah Walker (Waived on Sunday)
WR Maurice Alexander
OL Theo Benedet
LB Swayze Bozeman (Waived on Sunday)
DB Millard Bradford
DB Mekhi Garner
DB Kaleb Hayes
LB Carl Jones
DL Jamree Kromah
DB Mark Perry (Waived on Sunday)
QB Austin Reed
TE Joel Wilson
OL Kiran Amegadjie
DL Austin Booker
DB Alex Cook
OL Chris Glaser (Waived on Sunday)
OL Bill Murray
WR Rome Odunze
OL Ricky Stromberg
P Tory Taylor
RB Ian Wheeler
QB Caleb Williams
QB Tyson Bagent
RB Brittain Brown
DL Gervon Dexter Sr.
DL Jonathan Ford
DL Daniel Hardy
RB Roschon Johnson
OL Jordan McFadden
DL Zacch Pickens
WR Tyler Scott
LB Noah Sewell
DB Terell Smith
DB Tyrique Stevenson
WR Samori Toure (Waived on Sunday)
OL Darnell Wright
As the final preparations begin for the season, teams will make massive changes to their roster, either waiving or releasing players. But not all players instantly become free agents and free to sign with any team.
Well, when a player is ‘waived’, they are subject to the waiver wire, where any team can claim them and assume their current contract. Currently, the waiver wire order (listed below) is dependent on the NFL Draft order from this past April, but without any trades.
Teams will file waiver claims at the same time, but only the team with the highest claim will successfully ‘claim’ the player and their current contract.
Whether or not a player enters the waiver wire of becomes a free agent depends on a player’s NFL service time. Players with at least four years of accrued NFL service time are outright released. If a player is released, their contract has ended, and they’re eligible to sign with any team.
However, if a player has less than four years of service time, they are waived and subject to waiver wire claims. Any player who is not claimed after being waived is eligible to sign wherever they’d like,...
