Report: Bears are signing safety Coby Bryant on a 3-year deal
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What are the details of Coby Bryant's signing with the Bears?
Rahimi Harrison-Grody, midday schedule 2, on Chicago Sports Radio 1243. Rivers down the middle of the field and it is intercepted! Deflected and picked off by Kobe Bryant!
That courtesy of CBS. And we do have some significant Bears news. It also makes everything, I think, make a little more sense. This per Tom Pellicero. We heard the news just moments ago that the Bears were looking into the services of Seattle safety Kobe Bryant. And now... According to Tom Pelissero, it is happening. He reported about two minutes ago that the Bears are citing Kobe Bryant, that per sources. Now, Bryant had been a safety with Seattle for the last four years. He has a total of 66 games. Tackles in the 2025 regular season, 39 of those solo, 27 assisted, just part of that outstanding Seattle defense. But when we look at the interception numbers, he also, not bad for himself by any means, four interceptions in the regular season last year.
And that per Tom Pelissero, other sources reporting it as well. So he's 26 years old. I think this does change overall. how we felt about Kevin Bayard and what the hope is and perhaps what the price was for Bayard and maybe his age factors in going into what we're seeing now.
This guy has kind of played all over the place, though, like in specific spots. His 2024 season, he was a strong safety, played in 17 games, started 11 games. That would be obviously last year, two years ago now in the 2024 season. but was still very effective. He's a tackler, too. 73 tackles that year, 66 this year. He was a cornerback for Seattle in 2023, playing nine games at the position, starting twice, and has been relatively durable throughout his career. So on the overall, with the up-and-coming factor, with the four interceptions in a key place for obviously the best team in football last year, this is a good signing for the Chicago Bears.
No, it's a great signing, in my opinion. And the thing that sticks out to me is that versatility, which you're alluding to, Grody, because we know that Dennis Allen likes weapons. He likes guys that he can have do different things depending on the scheme, the down and situation. And. imagine having a guy like kyler gordon but also having more players like that that can play strong whether it's down in the box or in coverage and this guy has experience coverage covering guys i i'm interested to see what else they do because again they didn't have any safeties now they're going to have one more and you got to add more to that whether it's through the draft or through free agency well i wonder who this eliminates like for the bears like is this is this
say is Jaquan Brisker goodbye because he was the young guy and this is the young guy decided to sign that's what I wanted the same year right so that would make it make yeah 2022 there's also this so according to spot rack this was from the fan cited blog 12th man rising They said that SpotRack reported that Bryant's deal would be estimated to be two years in the $28.8 million range. So that means about $14 million or so when it comes to what potentially his cap hit could be, probably more, if there's a signing bonus there or what the discussion is, or what that looks like as far as how the Bears manage this money. So that's significant, too, when you consider that they're only under the cap, according to Over the Cap, by about...
Let's see. Twenty one million or so. Twenty five is the latest number now for over the cap. So I think that is starting to refresh itself. So twenty five million. So when we keep that number in mind and that number will change, we know that based on how this goes and how the reporting goes. But how are they factoring into what he will do? Is it a three-year deal for him? Does he get a longer contract to maybe kind of offset those expenses? I don't know, but it's worth a discussion when it comes to his value. And for him being a safety off the board early, of course we ask the question what that means for Kevin Bayard.
How has Coby Bryant performed in his previous seasons?
But it sure sounds like comparable stats.
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Chapters
6 chapters
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What are the details of Coby Bryant's signing with the Bears?
0:00–4:21
2
How has Coby Bryant performed in his previous seasons?
4:21–8:39
3
What impact does Coby Bryant's versatility have on the Bears' defense?
8:39–11:03
4
What does Coby Bryant's signing mean for Kevin Bayard's future with the Bears?
11:03–11:59
5
How does Coby Bryant's contract affect the Bears' salary cap?
11:59–14:04
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What are the implications of Coby Bryant's signing for Jaquan Brisker?
14:04–14:17
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