Bears sign Riley Reiff

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As training camps open, one of the best remaining free agents has found his new team.

Veteran offensive tackle Riley Reiff has agreed to a one-year deal with the Bears that will likely pay him $10 million, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN.

The Bears will be Reiff’s third NFC North team: He was a first-round pick of the Lions in 2012 and signed with the Vikings in free agency in 2017. Last year he was with the Bengals, and he started 12 games before going on injured reserve with an ankle injury.

In Chicago, Reiff appears likely to win the starting left tackle job, where he’ll bolster a line that needs to protect Justin Fields in the franchise quarterback’s second season.

10 responses to “Bears sign Riley Reiff

  1. Welp, Poles is addressing the OL at least on a temporary basis. Good signing.

  2. this team is significantly better than it was 48 hours ago because of two veteran signings. judging rosters before training camp has always been foolish.

  3. Well, this has got to turn out better than renting guys that were former big names but way past their expiration date (Orlando Pace, Jason Peters), at least.

  4. He played great his last year with the Vikes — didn’t pay attention to his performance last year. The Bears coulda done much worse.

  5. Solid pickup. He should provide Fields enough time to make some plays downfield.

    But what does this say about Jenkins and Borom? Was Ryan Pace really that bad at evaluating offensive lineman?

  6. The Bears keep looking in the garbage bin hoping to get lucky is there a worse run team ?
    poor Justin hope he spent most of his off season running since that’ll be all he’ll do during
    the season running for his life.

  7. kingwalleye says:
    July 26, 2022 at 2:27 pm

    Solid pickup. He should provide Fields enough time to make some plays downfield.

    But what does this say about Jenkins and Borom? Was Ryan Pace really that bad at evaluating offensive lineman?

    Not necessarily; college offensive linemen aren’t asked to pass block as much as they are in the pros, so it normally takes them awhile to develop. Given that Jenkins rookie season was a wash, he’s likely further behind the power curve. On the face of it, getting a decent left tackle to hold down the fort for a year while the young kids round into form is a viable plan.

  8. What happened to Teven Jenkins? I thought he was the Bears left tackle of the future.

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