Will Joel Wilson make things interesting this summer for Durham Smythe? We are less than a week away from the Chicago Bears' 2025 training camp opening up, which means we only have a couple of training camp battles left to discuss.
We are in the heart of the NFL offseason that will continue to last until mid-late July for all 32 teams when training camp starts to pick back up. Over the next few days, players will be off on their own doing drills, diving into the playbook, and staying overall in shape before coming back to team facilities.
In the third part of our series, we look at the tight end group. This is the third part of our building block series as we continue to look at each position group and if that room currently has a building block as a part of it that the Chicago Bears will be using to build around moving forward.
Notre Dame has long been a major producer of NFL talent and at the tight end position it puts as much talent into the league as seemingly anyone. Now, two former Notre Dame standouts are set to join forces with the Chicago Bears after Durham Smythe officially signed a free agent deal.
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The Chicago Bears have signed free-agent tight end Durham Smythe to a one-year deal. Smythe was released earlier this offseason by the Miami Dolphins, and the Bears pounced on the opportunity to reunite Smythe with new head coach Ben Johnson.
With the signing of tight end Durham Smythe, it appears as the Chicago Bears’ commitment to Cole Kmet is stronger than it was in 2024. The new NFL year is still days away yet Chicago Bears General Manager Ryan Poles has been busy making over the roster.
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The Bears continue to make moves on offense before the start of the new league year. Tight end Durham Smythe is headed to Chicago. Smythe was among the Dolphins’ recent salary cap cuts, and as a result he was allowed to join an interested team before the start of free agency.
NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports the Bears are signing TE Durham Smythe to a one-year deal. Smythe was free to sign right now unlike most free agents because he was released last month by Miami.
The Miami Dolphins announced they released CB Kendall Fuller, RB Raheem Mostert, and TE Durham Smythe on Friday. Releasing all three players frees up $7,883,353 in cap space and creates $9,068,668 in dead money, per OverTheCap. Fuller, 29, is a former third-round pick of Washington back in 2016.
Tom Pelissero of the NFL Network reports that aside from restricting Jalen Ramsey’s contract, which cleared $19.9 million, they also restructured the contracts
Ahead of the trade deadline Tuesday, Miami Dolphins GM Chris Grier may be working the phones to add depth pieces for his 5-2 team that's first in the AFC East.
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