The Chicago Bears have until Tuesday (8/27) at 3:00 p.m. Central to submit their initial 53-man roster for the 2024 season, and they’ve already started tweaking things.
Before we get into the latest, here’s a reminder about the new injured reserve rule that could affect who the Bears open up with. This season, teams can place up to two players on injured reserve (with a designation to return) while establishing the 53-man roster on Tuesday. Those two players would count toward the eight that each team is allowed to designate for return from IR.
In previous years, the team had to initially place their injured player on the 53-man roster before moving him to IR the next day.
The emergency third quarterback rule was tweaked earlier this offseason, but on Monday, August 26, clubs were notified that the NFLPA vetoed the change. The previous rule that stated a QB must be on the active 53-man roster to take advantage of the inactive emergency quarterback on game days is back in play.
On her latest Making Monsters podcast, Taylor Doll and Robert Mays of The Athletic Football Show chat about Caleb Williams' preseason performance, the offensive strengths, concerns about the defensive front, and what expectations are heading into the regular season.
QB: Caleb Williams, Tyson Bagent, Austin Reed
RB: D’Andre Swift, Khalil Herbert, Roschon Johnson, Travis Homer, Khari Blasingame (FB)
WR: Keenan Allen, Rome Odunze, DJ Moore, Tyler Scott, Velus Jones Jr., DeAndre Carter, Dante Pettis
TE: Cole Kmet, Gerald Everett, Marcedes Lewis, Brenden Bates
OL: Braxton Jones, Larry Borom, Kiran Amegadjie, Teven Jenkins, Nate Davis, Matt Pryor, Ryan Bates, Coleman Shelton, Doug Kramer Jr., Bill Murray, Darnell Wright, Theo Benedet
DE: Montez Sweat, Dominique Robinson, Austin Booker, Darrell Taylor, DeMarcus Walker, Jacob Martin, Daniel Hardy, Jamree Kromah
DT: Andrew Billings, Zacch Pickens, Gervon Dexter Sr., Chris Williams
LB: T.J. Edwards, Tremaine Edmunds, Jack Sanborn, Amen Ogbongbemiga, Noah Sewell, Micah Baskerville
CB: Kyler Gordon, Greg Stroman Jr., Josh Blackwell, Reddy Steward, Tyrique Stevenson, Terell Smith, Jaylon Johnson, Jaylon Jones, Ro Torrence
S: Jaquan Brisker, Kevin Byard III, Jonathan Owens, Elijah Hicks, Tarvarius Moore
K: Cairo Santos
P: Tory Taylor
LS: Patrick Scales
Season-ending injured reserve: Nsimba Webster, Ian Wheeler, Douglas Coleman III (if he clears waivers)
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