{"id":661056,"date":"2026-03-17T02:38:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T02:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/661056\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T02:38:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T02:38:28","slug":"what-is-the-chicago-bears-biggest-remaining-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/661056\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Chicago Bears biggest remaining need?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year, we ask questions of the most plugged-in Bears fans and fans across the country. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartsurvey.co.uk\/s\/EFIUQ7\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sign up here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Sign up here&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Sign up here<\/a> to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Free agency is a week old, and while there are still a few veteran players on the market, it seems like the Chicago Bears could be done.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">They added new starters at center, safety, and linebacker, plus a defensive tackle who may not start but will be in the rotation at the very least. They also added a return specialist who could get some reps as WR3 on offense, and a few new depth players.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">They re-signed a linebacker and left tackle who could start in 2026, and brought back some other veterans who will compete for roster spots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">They lost a Pro Bowl center to retirement, a bunch of defensive backs, including two Pro Bowlers, a receiver via trade, and several other contributors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Their departures outweigh the newcomers, but that\u2019s to be expected as the roster is turned over in year two of a new coaching regime. Last year was the offense\u2019s makeover, and this year the defense receives a fresh coat of paint.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">You can recap all their moves so far in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.windycitygridiron.com\/chicago-bears-free-agency\/111928\/2026-chicago-bears-free-agency-transaction-tracker-story-stream-agent-ryan-poles-ben-johnson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:transaction tracker here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;transaction tracker here&quot;}\" class=\"link \">transaction tracker here<\/a>, and be sure you vote in this week\u2019s Reacts question below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>After voting, let us know in the comment section who you\u2019d like to see them add at the position you picked, whether that be in free agency or the draft.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year, we ask questions&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":661057,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,531,279795,123226,26250,53897,5386,1818,20025],"class_list":["post-661056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-bears","tag-defensive-backs","tag-defensive-coordinator","tag-defensive-tackle","tag-dennis-allen","tag-il","tag-illinois","tag-lake-forest"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116242200286699233","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}