Bears Designating LB Tremaine Edmunds To Return From IR

NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport adds Edmunds has a “real chance” to play Week 16 against the Packers.

Edmunds will have 21 days to return to practice and get activated to the 53-man roster or he will revert to injured reserve for the rest of the year. He’s been out since Week 11 with a groin injury. 

Edmunds, 27, was drafted by the Bills in the first round out of Virginia Tech in 2018. He signed a four-year, $12.659 million dollar rookie deal with the Bills following the 2018 NFL Draft that included a $7.286 million dollar signing bonus.

Buffalo exercised the fifth-year option for Edmunds which paid him $12.726 million in 2022. He later signed a four-year, $72 million contract with the Bears that includes $50 million guaranteed. 

In 2025, Edmunds has appeared in 10 games and recorded 89 tackles and a sack.