Grady Jarrett agrees to terms with Bears hours after Falcons release 2-time Pro Bowler: reports

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Well, escaped bureau didn't past excessively agelong for two-time Pro Bowl antiaircraft tackle Grady Jarrett. 

Just hours aft the Atlanta Falcons released their instrumentality favorite, the Chicago Bears came to Jarrett with the close woody and reportedly agreed to a three-year, $43.5 cardinal contract, per NFL Network. 

A fifth-round NFL Draft prime successful 2015, Jarrett has spent each 10 of his NFL seasons with the Falcons, wherever helium developed into a almighty antiaircraft tackle astatine the enactment of scrimmage. 

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Atlanta Falcons antiaircraft extremity Grady Jarrett (Dale Zanine-Imagn Images)

A premier run-stuffer and idiosyncratic who tin besides get the backmost connected the crushed – 36.5 sacks implicit his 152 vocation games – Jarrett joins a Bears defence that showcased immoderate coagulated play successful 2024 contempt the team's mediocre record. 

The antiaircraft enactment was intelligibly a precedence for Chicago's GM Ryan Poles this offseason arsenic they besides agreed to a woody with erstwhile Indianapolis Colts borderline rusher Dayo Deyingbo for $48 cardinal implicit 3 years, per NFL Network. 

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Jarrett has been accustomed to being the 1 tasked with getting accordant unit successful the interior, but the Bears employment Montez Sweat disconnected the borderline and Gervon Dexter Sr. should beryllium adjacent to Jarrett this play arsenic well. 

Chicago besides returns T.J. Edwards and Tremaine Edmunds astatine mediate linebacker, portion possessing a sometimes-suffocating secondary with Jaquan Brisker, Jaylon Johnson, Kevin Byard III and Tyrique Stevenson. 

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Atlanta Falcons antiaircraft extremity Grady Jarrett (Brett Davis-Imagn Images)

As expected, the Bears person been engaged elsewhere this offseason, desperately looking to physique astir the No. 1 wide prime from a twelvemonth ago, backmost Caleb Williams. 

To assistance Williams specifically, the Bears person added 3 caller violative linemen, including the apical halfway successful escaped agency, Jarrett's erstwhile Falcons teammate, Drew Dalman, connected Monday. Ex-Kansas City Chiefs versatile seasoned Joe Thuney and Los Angeles Rams tackle Jonah Jackson came earlier Dalman arsenic well. 

With a pugnacious NFC North division, the Bears are hoping to limb caller caput manager Ben Johnson, the violative guru from the Detroit Lions, with players connected some sides of the shot to vie for a playoff spot.

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Atlanta Falcons antiaircraft extremity Grady Jarrett (Bob Donnan-Imagn Images)

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Adding a seasoned beingness similar Jarrett connected the antiaircraft enactment seems to beryllium different bully signing for a squad improving connected paper.

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Scott Thompson is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital.

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