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With their 2020 season now complete, the Chicago Bears now turn their attention towards the 2021 season and the first step in that is signing some players for their offseason roster. On Monday the Bears announced that they were adding ten players to reserve/future deals; five on each side of the ball.
Offense:
WR - Rodney Adams
WR - Thomas Ives
OL - Dieter Eiselen
OL - Badara Traore
TE - Jesper Horsted
Defense:
DB - Marqui Christian
DB - Xavier Crawford
DB - Teez Tabor
DL - LaCale London
LB - Ledarius Mack
All ten of these players ended the season on the Bears practice squad with a few of them seeing some game day action in 2020.
The six practice squad players that were not brought back were linebacker Manti Te’o, defensive back Sojourn Shelton, running back Spencer Ware, quarterbacks Tyler Bray and Kyle Sloter, and offensive lineman Eric Kush.
The Bears could add a few more players on a reserve/future contract as they don’t technically count until the start of the 2021 league year.