Chicago Bears ‘worst-case scenario’ may be offseason’s most likely outcome
The Chicago Bears‘ roster is a bit of a mirror image.
On offense, Chicago has built a young and ascending core around emerging star quarterback Caleb Williams and a plethora of young talent, largely assembled over the past two NFL Draft classes and some marquee offseason additions, all with the intent of maximizing brilliant play-caller head coach Ben Johnson’s system.
Meanwhile, defensively, the Bears have some playmakers at all three levels, but several holes to fill this offseason, but limited resources to do so and an entire position group that could be playing elsewhere in 2026.
Chicago Bears’ worst-case scenario revealed
Last season, the Bears led the league in takeaways, largely buoyed by strong safety play from homegrown talent Jaquan Brisker, and veteran safeties Kevin Byard and C.J. Gardner-Johnson alongside the former Penn State standout.
However, all three veterans are slated to become unrestricted free agents, so it isn’t surprising that Bleacher Report NFL analyst Kristopher Knox suggests that Chicago’s secondary “collapsing” would be the worst-case scenario for the Bears, this offseason.
“The Bears need to improve all three levels of their defense,” Knox writes for B/R. ‘Failing to do so would be detrimental. What would be even worse is watching some of those turnover creators walk without finding upgrades. Safety Kevin Byard III, cornerback Nashon Wright, and safety Jaquan Brisker are among Chicago’s list of impending free agents. Those three combined for 13 of the Bears’ 23 interceptions.
“The Bears can’t bank on their defense being a turnover machine again in 2026. They certainly can’t afford to exit the offseason without a secondary capable of generating takeaways.”
Unfortunately, for general manager Ryan Poles and the Bears, Chicago opens this offeason approximately $5 million over the cap.
While the Bears could certainly target some of the top safeties in this year’s draft class in the early rounds this April or scrape together the cap space to bring at least one of their veterans back, it’s unlikely that this unit is going to take the field in September intact and that could cause a massive regression from where the defense was by the end of the 2025 campaign.
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