Jason Fitzgerald of Over The Cap reports the Bears are extending an RFA tender to DT Chris Williams.
This is likely a right-of-first-refusal tender, allowing Chicago to match any offer another team gives Williams. The right-of-first-refusal tender is less expensive and the most commonly used. Over The Cap projects it to cost $3,253,000 in 2025.
Williams, 26, went undrafted out of Wagner in 2020 before catching on with the Colts.
He was on and off of the team’s active roster for two seasons before signing with the Chiefs in 2023 and later being a part of Kansas City’s practice squad.
Williams signed to the Browns’ practice squad in December of 2023 and signed a futures deal with Cleveland in January 2024. He was traded to the Bears in training camp a year ago for a 2025 seventh-round pick.
In 2024, Williams appeared in all 17 games for the Bears and recorded 23 tackles and three sacks.