Chicago Bears: Five players the Bears will likely cut before the season

Which players are in danger of getting the ax from the Chicago Bears before the 2018 season starts?

Now that the Super Bowl is over, let’s get back to speculating on who the Chicago Bears will take in the 2018 NFL Draft and sign in free agency to help them make good on those 100/1 Super Bowl odds for next year. By the way, for perspective, the Philadelphia Eagles started out with 40/1 odds before the 2017 season began…

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And to be sure, we will do a ton of speculating about that in the next couple of months.

But with all the excitement around the Chicago Bears and who they might pick up in free agency and the draft, we can’t forget the other side of the business.

As new players come in, a few old players have to hit the road.

It’s the case all the time, whether they’re fan favorites (Matt Slauson), guys they just need to move on from (Jay Cutler) or flat-out nuisances that no one can wait to get rid of (like at least one player on this list).

And with a new coaching staff in town, a couple of players from the John Fox regime are especially in peril.

Let’s take a look at five players who could get the dreaded tap on their shoulder between now and Week 1 of the 2018 season.