{"id":732386,"date":"2026-02-06T01:26:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T01:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/732386\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T01:26:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T01:26:20","slug":"chicago-bears-re-sign-theo-benedet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/732386\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Bears re-sign Theo Benedet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">On Thursday, the Chicago Bears re-signed offensive lineman Theo Benedet to a one-year, $1 million deal. The Athletic\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kfishbain\/status\/2019524576695460254\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kevin Fishbain<\/a> was the first to report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Benedet, an exclusive-rights free agent, was originally an undrafted free agent by the Bears in 2024 after playing at the University of British Columbia. He was also a second-round pick by the B.C. Lions of the Canadian Football League.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">He spent 2024 on Chicago\u2019s practice squad, but was thrust into the left tackle competition after a solid 2025 offseason. He ended up appearing in 16 games, with 8 starts (7 at left tackle and 1 at right tackle), but he also played some OL6 as a jumbo tight end and even had some reps at wide receiver.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">A quad injury in November opened the door for rookie Ozzy Trapilo to play left tackle, and he remained the starter even when Benedet returned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">However, a patellar tendon injury now has Ozzy\u2019s 2026 season in doubt, which may open the door for Benedet this offseason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Regardless of whether Benedet is given the shot at left tackle or not, the Bears bring back a promising member of their offensive line to continue development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Thursday, the Chicago Bears re-signed offensive lineman Theo Benedet to a one-year, $1 million deal. The Athletic\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":732387,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2070],"tags":[374,692,391,2672,741,742,2493,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-732386","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-bears","8":"tag-bears","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-chicago-bears","11":"tag-chicago-bears-free-agency","12":"tag-chicago-bears-news","13":"tag-chicago-bears-roster","14":"tag-chicagobears","15":"tag-football","16":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116021086541794269","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732386","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=732386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/732387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=732386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=732386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=732386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}