said<\/a> again recently, \u201cbut I don\u2019t necessarily know exactly what\u2019s going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\nAdvertisement<\/p>\n
For what it\u2019s worth, Wright and his representation do have a meeting scheduled with the Bears.<\/p>\n
Tyrique Stevenson \u2013 Signed through 2026 \u2013\u00a0Did you know that of all Chicago\u2019s defensive backs, Stevenson had the lowest passer rating allowed when targeted at 86.3? He was also the third most targeted Bears\u2019 defender, so it\u2019s not like the sample size was tiny.<\/p>\n
Kyler Gordon \u2013 Signed through 2028 \u2013 When Gordon plays, he\u2019s one of the best nicklebacks in the game, which is how he earned his contract extension. In 2025, he played only three regular-season games after two separate stints on injured reserve. He also appeared in both playoff games, making it a nearly two-month stretch of healthy play.<\/p>\n
C.J. Gardner-Johnson \u2013 Free agent \u2013 I mentioned C.J. in my safety article, so I\u2019ll reiterate that here. I\u2019d like him back on a one-year deal to provide depth at both safety (where he spent all of 2024) and nickel (where he also has plenty of experience).<\/p>\n
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Terell Smith \u2013 Signed through 2026 \u2013\u00a0Smith missed the entire 2025 season with a\u00a0torn patellar tendon he suffered in the preseason.<\/p>\n
Jaylon Jones \u2013 Free agent \u2013 Jones is an experienced special teamer, and he may be back on a vet min deal to compete for a depth spot.<\/p>\n
Nick McCloud \u2013 Free agent \u2013 I don\u2019t think McCloud was a big part of the Bears\u2019 plans, but injuries forced him into 15 games.<\/p>\n
Josh Blackwell \u2013 Signed through 2026 \u2013\u00a0Blackwell has been a core special teamer, but in 2025 he only played 3 snaps on defense.<\/p>\n
Dallis Flowers \u2013 Signed through 2026 \u2013 Flowers is a 4-year vet who has 5 starts and 24 games played. He played in 1 game for the Bears last year on special teams and spent the rest of the season on the practice squad.<\/p>\n
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Dontae Manning \u2013 Signed through 2026 \u2013 A 2024 UDFA who spent the year on the practice squad.<\/p>\n
Zah Frazier \u2013 Signed through 2028 \u2013 Frazier missed his whole rookie year on the non-football injury list (neither the team nor the player ever gave specifics), but reports are that he\u2019ll be back in 2026 to compete for a roster spot.<\/p>\n
2026 OUTLOOK \u2013\u00a0At times, it felt like the Bears were phasing Stevenson out last season, but with all the injuries, they needed him on the field. Cutting him wouldn\u2019t make sense unless they truly want to move on, in which case, they could save about $3.5M.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s been some buzz about the Bears having interest in New Orleans Saints free agent Alontae Taylor, who was coached previously by Dennis Allen. Taylor mostly played nickel for the Saints, but he has also played outside, which sounds a lot like Kyler Gordon. Perhaps the Bears want to be interchangeable at corner to help disguise some stuff.<\/p>\n
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Re-signing Gardner-Johnson (who just turned 28 two months ago) could help with some lineup versatility.<\/p>\n
Whether the Bears target a slot corner or not, I think this coaching staff may take a look at Gordon outside.<\/p>\n
I wouldn\u2019t expect a cornerback to be a high target in the draft, though Ryan Poles said they were taking a best-player-available philosophy early. That said, this is a good draft for the trenches, which the Bears could use, so I don\u2019t see a place for a corner to hit on their board until day three.<\/p>\n
What do you think the Bears will do at corner?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chicago Bears\u2019 defense was decimated by injury, with linebackers and cornerbacks getting hit especially hard. The Bears…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2070],"tags":[14134,374,1172,692,391,2493,229,14110,7,16149,4979,15097,4422,10378,55,56,6,29348,23511,3394,1471,2114],"class_list":{"0":"post-775255","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-bears","8":"tag-alontae-taylor","9":"tag-bears","10":"tag-c-j-gardner-johnson","11":"tag-chicago","12":"tag-chicago-bears","13":"tag-chicagobears","14":"tag-dallas","15":"tag-dallis-flowers","16":"tag-football","17":"tag-jaylon-johnson","18":"tag-jaylon-jones","19":"tag-josh-blackwell","20":"tag-kyler-gordon","21":"tag-nahshon-wright","22":"tag-new-orleans-saints","23":"tag-new-york-giants","24":"tag-nfl","25":"tag-nick-mccloud","26":"tag-terell-smith","27":"tag-the-bears","28":"tag-tyrique-stevenson","29":"tag-zah-frazier"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116130986372594891","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775255","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=775255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=775255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=775255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}