Chicago Bears 53-Man Roster Prediction

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The Chicago Bears concluded the 2025 preseason with a 2-0-1 record, but their biggest challenge is yet to come.

Bears general manager Ryan Poles and the rest of the front office are tasked with cutting the 90-man preseason roster down to the final 53 before the NFL’s Tuesday deadline at 3 p.m. CT.

While the Bears have already made a flurry of moves, they still sit at 83.

Just like previous years, I will give my prediction on who makes the final roster and some others who find themselves on the bubble.

Before we get into it, I decided to break down the players into multiple categories:

Green = Safe on the roster

Yellow = Likely on the roster

Red = Could go either direction

53-Man Roster Prediction

Offense (25):

QB (3): Caleb Williams, Tyson Bagent, Case Keenum 

RB (4): D’Andre Swift, Kyle Monangai, Travis Homer, Roschon Johnson 

WR (6): DJ Moore, Rome Odunze, Olamide Zaccheus, Luther Burden III, Devin Duvernay, Jahdae Walker

TE (3): Cole Kmet, Colston Loveland, Durham Smythe

OT (4): Darnell Wright, Braxton Jones, Theo Benedet, Ozzy Trapillo

IOL (5): Joe Thuney, Drew Dalman, Jonah Jackson, Luke Newman, Ryan Bates

Defense:

EDGE (5): Montez Sweat, Dayo Odeyingbo, Austin Booker (IR after initial roster), Daniel Hardy, Dominique Robinson

DT (5): Grady Jarrett, Gervon Dexter Sr, Andrew Billings, Shemar Turner, Chris Williams

LB (5): Tremaine Edmunds, TJ Edwards, Noah Sewell, Ruben Hyppolite II, Amen Ogbongbemiga 

CB (5): Jaylon Johnson, Tyrique Stevenson, Kyler Gordon, Nashon Wright, Josh Blackwell

S (4): Jaquan Brisker, Kevin Byard III, Elijah Hicks, Jonathan Owens, Tysheem Johnson 

Special Teams (3):

K (1): Cairo Santos

P (1): Tory Taylor

LS (1): Scott Daly

Players on the bubble:

WR Maurice Alexander

WR Tyler Scott

RB Brittain Brown

OL Jordan McFadden

DL Zacch Pickens