Overview
- NFL insider Jordan Schultz reported trade discussions about Gervon Dexter on Tuesday, with sources saying there are multiple scenarios in which the Bears could move him.
- Head coach Ben Johnson confirmed on Thursday that Dexter has a hamstring issue and did not travel for the team’s joint practices, a development that limits teams’ ability to evaluate him now.
- Dexter is 24, started all 17 games in 2025 and posted a career-high six sacks and 44 tackles, and he enters the 2026 season in the final year of his rookie contract.
- Trading Dexter would free only modest 2026 cap space (about $1.67 million) but could net draft capital the Bears prefer to losing him in free agency, and Chicago strengthened interior depth this offseason with Neville Gallimore, Kentavius Street and rookie Jordan van den Berg.
- Multiple franchises have been named as potential suitors and any deal will hinge on Dexter’s health and the run-up to final roster cuts and Week 1, so the hamstring issue could delay or depress trade returns while the Bears decide whether to keep a proven starter.