Bears’ offseason gaffe looks even worse after newest development

The Chicago Bears have not exactly had a banner offseason, as they have lost some key pieces and have failed to address some pretty clear needs.

The Bears didn’t add an edge rusher, they didn’t pick up any notable wide receivers and they have also done a pretty poor job of repairing the secondary, which lost Nahshon Wright to free agency over $5 million and has a couple of huge question marks in Jaylon Johnson and Tyrique Stevenson at cornerback.

Yes, Chicago selected safety Dillon Thieneman in the first round of the NFL Draft and then circled back around to nab Malik Muhammad in Round 4, but the Bears’ refusal to bring in any established veterans at cornerback is now coming back to bite them.

Not only is Chicago incredibly shaky at corner, but nickelback Kyler Gordon is now nursing a soft tissue injury that has kept him out of Bears organized team activities.

Considering Gordon played in just three games last season, his absence should not come as much of a surprise, and it makes Chicago’s offseason negligence look even worse.

The Kyler Gordon news is awful for the Chicago Bears

The Bears don’t have much depth in their secondary as it is. Coby Bryant was a nice free-agent pickup at safety, but when you look at the cornerback position and the nickel slot, Chicago doesn’t have many answers.

Terell Smith getting healthy after missing all of 2025 is nice, so perhaps he could step in if Gordon misses any time, but then the Bears are relying on a player in Smith who is coming off of a torn patellar tendon. How effective will he be?

Really, this boils down to Chicago letting Wright go for such a cheap contract after a Pro Bowl seasons. Having him back in the fold would have given the team so much more flexibility in its defensive backfield, but instead, the Bears decided to save that money.

Chicago’s offseason strategy was certainly strange, especially considering it won 11 games and captured the NFC North division title last year. You would have thought the Bears would be dedicated to patching up any holes that existed, but instead, they made them worse and also created some new ones.

There is still plenty of time between now and Week 1, but there is no doubt that Chicago’s questionable decisions this spring are rearing their ugly heads now.

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