{"id":679045,"date":"2026-01-15T11:06:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T11:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/679045\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T11:06:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T11:06:28","slug":"former-detroit-lions-captain-signs-with-chicago-bears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/679045\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Detroit Lions Captain Signs With Chicago Bears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former <a href=\"http:\/\/detroitlions.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Detroit Lions<\/a> special teams captain <a href=\"https:\/\/detroitsportsnation.com\/detroit-lions-announce-decision-on-jalen-reeves-maybin\/wgbrady\/detroit-lions\/03\/13\/2025\/469848\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jalen Reeves-Maybin<\/a> is getting another shot on the postseason stage.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChicagoBears\/status\/2011181660570869842?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chicago Bears have promoted<\/a> the 30-year-old linebacker to their active roster ahead of Sunday\u2019s NFC Divisional Round matchup against the Los Angeles Rams, following a strong performance in their previous playoff game. The move comes after Chicago placed starting linebacker T.J. Edwards on injured reserve, opening the door for the veteran to step into a larger role.<\/p>\n<p>  <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1015\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-14-at-11.16.45-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Jalen Reeves-Maybin Bears playoff\" class=\"wp-image-482596\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Reeves-Maybin, originally selected by the Lions in the fourth round of the 2017 NFL Draft, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/R\/ReevJa00.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">spent seven seasons in Detroit<\/a> and established himself as one of the league\u2019s top special teams players. During his time with the Lions, he appeared in 97 games and recorded 206 total tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 5 quarterback hits, 8 passes defended, 5 forced fumbles, and 2 interceptions. His best defensive season came in 2021, when he posted 82 tackles (53 solo), four tackles for loss, and earned significant snaps as an inside linebacker.<\/p>\n<p>After a brief stop in Houston in 2022, Reeves-Maybin returned to Detroit in 2023, where he was again a core special teams contributor and team leader. Now with Chicago, he has appeared in three games this season, logging two tackles while continuing to provide value on coverage units.<\/p>\n<p>As the Bears prepare for a high-stakes playoff showdown, Reeves-Maybin\u2019s experience, leadership, and special teams excellence could play a key role, adding another chapter to the career of a former Lions captain who continues to find ways to impact winning football in January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Detroit Lions special teams captain Jalen Reeves-Maybin is getting another shot on the postseason stage. The Chicago&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":679046,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2071],"tags":[146,113,2506,7,1217,147,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-679045","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-lions","8":"tag-detroit","9":"tag-detroit-lions","10":"tag-detroitlions","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-jalen-reeves-maybin","13":"tag-lions","14":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115898796396977985","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=679045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/679046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}