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  "path": "/bears/2026/03/05/bears-release-tremaine-edmunds-linebacker-salary-cap-nfl",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-06T02:43:06.462Z",
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  "textContent": "<p>The <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears\" target=\"_blank\" >Bears</a>, as expected, are releasing linebacker Tremaine Edmunds, a source confirmed to the Sun-Times. </p><p>The team made the move Thursday night, eight days after the Bears gave Edmunds and his agent permission to seek a trade. </p><p>The Bears will save $15 million. He would have counted as a $17.4 million cap hit in the last year of his deal were the team to keep him on the roster. Instead, the Bears will pay a $2.4 million dead-cap charge.</p><p>Edmunds’ release comes during a busy week for the Bears. Center Drew Dalman told them this week he intends to retire. Earlier Thursday, the Bears agreed to <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/halas-intrigue/2026/03/05/halas-intrigue-podcast-breaking-down-bears-dj-moore-trade-nfl\" target=\"_blank\" >trade receiver DJ Moore </a>to the Bills, along with a fifth-round pick, for a second-rounder.</p><p>The Bears were over the cap entering the week but have since gained about $44 million in cap space, putting them under the threshold. </p><p>Edmunds spent three years with the Bears. He had four interceptions last year, the second-most among all NFL linebackers, despite missing four starts because of injury.</p>",
  "title": "Bears release LB Tremaine Edmunds",
  "updatedAt": "2026-03-06T03:17:57.390Z"
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