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BEN JOHNSON vs MIKE VRABEL Which Coach Has the EDGE Thursday Night? | Kevin Byard RETURNS After Bears Paid His Replacement $40M
Kevin Byard is coming back to Chicago — and Bears fans have a legitimate question for Ryan Poles.
After an outstanding 2025 season in which Byard led the NFL with seven interceptions, earned first-team All-Pro honors, helped Chicago win the NFC North and was named the Bears’ Defensive Player of the Year, Chicago allowed the veteran safety to leave in free agency. New England signed him to a one-year, $9 million deal, while the Bears committed three years and $40 million to Coby Bryant.
Bryant then suffered a serious knee injury in training camp and has yet to play a regular-season snap for…
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