Biggest cap hits for Chicago Bears ahead of 2025 season

The Chicago Bears are sitting at 4-2 at the bye week, where they're positioning themselves to make a run for a postseason spot in a loaded NFC North. But with the bye week coming to an end, we thought we'd take a quick look ahead at the 2025 offseason.

Bears general manager Ryan Poles will have roughly $73 million in salary cap space, which could make for a busy free agency. There will be a number of new faces this offseason and some big decisions that need to be made for pending free agents, although there are a number of key contributors who will be back in 2025.

While there's still 11 games left in the 2024 season, we're taking a look at the Bears' 10 biggest salary cap hits ahead of the 2025 offseason.

Salary cap numbers courtesy of Over The Cap.

Bears' biggest salary cap hits ahead of 2025 offseason

1. DE Montez Sweat - $25.08 million

2. WR DJ Moore - $24.9 million

3. CB Jaylon Johnson - $21 million

4. LB Tremaine Edmunds - $17.43 million

5. TE Cole Kmet - $11.6 million

6. OL Nate Davis - $11.5 million

7. RB D'Andre Swift - $9.33 million

8. QB Caleb Williams - $8.97 million

9. S Kevin Byard - $8.5 million

10. LB T.J. Edwards - $7 million

Notable Bears free agents in 2025

• WR Keenan Allen (UFA)

• OL Teven Jenkins (UFA)

• RB Khalil Herbert (UFA)

• DE Darrell Taylor (UFA)

• OL Coleman Shelton (UFA)

• LB Amen Ogbongbemiga (UFA)

• TE Marcedes Lewis (UFA)

• LS Patrick Scales (UFA)

• FB Khari Blasingame (UFA)

• LB Jack Sanborn (RFA)

• OL Larry Borom (UFA)

• CB Jaylon Jones (RFA)

• CB Josh Blackwell (RFA)

This article originally appeared on Bears Wire: 10 biggest cap hits for the Bears ahead of 2025 season