In a recent rundown of bold 2025 free agency and NFL draft projections from ESPN, the Chicago Bears buck conventional wisdom and target an edge rusher in the first round (and free agency).

Now that the NFL news cycle has slowed a tick, we can pause, breathe, and make some wild prognostications about what bombshells we might see from the Chicago Bears ... to take big swings on ...

If Poles decides Jones isn’t worth a big-money contract extension, Ersery could step in and form a strong left side alongside Campbell for years to come. For the Bears' second pick in Round 2 ...