The Bears agreed to ship a sixth-round draft choose to the Rams for guard/heart Jonah Jackson on Tuesday, a supply confirmed, with the commerce set to be processed after the beginning of the league yr subsequent week.
The sixth-round choose is the compensation the Bears obtained from the Steelers within the Justin Fields commerce.
Jackson spent the primary 4 years of his profession with the Lions and new Bears head coach Ben Johnson. The previous third-round choose made the Professional Bowl in 2021, his second season.
He signed a three-year, $51 million cope with the Rams a yr in the past however performed solely 4 video games due to a training-camp shoulder damage and an eventual benching. With an $8.5 million roster assure due March 14, the Rams gave Jackson and his agent permission to hunt a commerce final week.
Jackson spent 4 seasons at Rutgers earlier than transferring to play his closing yr at Ohio State, the place he was named a third-team Related Press All-American.
The Bears had been anticipated to remake their offensive line this offseason, changing as many as 4 starters. Outgoing heart Coleman Shelton and guards Teven Jenkins and Matt Pryor are all free brokers. Left sort out Braxton Jones is rehabbing after ankle surgical procedure.
The Bears had been intrigued by the potential for signing Chiefs guard Trey Smith — GM Ryan Poles was a member of the Kansas Metropolis entrance workplace that drafted him — earlier than he was given the franchise tag final week.
Jackson comes at a price — although not essentially by way of the draft choose the Bears are sending out. The Bears pays him a $9 million base wage and $8.5 million roster bonus subsequent week. They’ve loads of cash to spend — getting into Tuesday, that they had the third-most wage cap house within the NFL, per Over the Cap.
