{"id":161479,"date":"2026-03-03T15:25:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T21:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/?p=161479"},"modified":"2026-03-03T14:28:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T20:28:33","slug":"chicago-bears-working-quick-to-replace-starter-on-offensive-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/chicago-bears-working-quick-to-replace-starter-on-offensive-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Bears working quick to replace starter on offensive line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Starting center<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/chicago-bears-drew-dalman-retires-before-2026-nfl-draft\/\"> Drew Dalman shocked the Chicago Bears and the NFL when he decided to retire at age 27<\/a> on Tuesday afternoon. ESPN&#8217;s Adam Schefter broke the news as the new league year is set to start in under a week.<\/p>\n<p>After signing a three-year deal in 2025, Dalman played just one season for the Bears. He started in every game and was a key figure on the offensive line. So losing him is a tough way to begin 2026 as now the Bears have a big need at center. More importantly, they lose someone with starting experience for quarterback Caleb Williams.<\/p>\n<p>But Ryan Poles and the Bears&#8217; brass is working hard to move fast in terms of a replacement.<\/p>\n<h2>Chicago Bears working on Drew Dalman replacement<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_161480\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-161480\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-161480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chicitysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/USATSI_27200064-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"Chicago Bears\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-161480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sep 21, 2025; Landover, Maryland, USA; Washington Commanders center Tyler Biadasz (63) walks off the field after the game against the Las Vegas Raiders at Northwest Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Amber Searls-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Bears knew about Dalman&#8217;s pending retirement earlier this week as news got out to the media on Tuesday. The Bears are now working hard to find a replacement for him and there&#8217;s already two names that they are being connected to.<\/p>\n<p>Per <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/twitter\/status\/2028928017670582435\">Ian Rapoport,<\/a> the Bears are set to meet with <span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">free agent center Tyler Biadasz on a visit. Biadasz was released by the Washington Commanders and now has his first free-agent meeting. But that&#8217;s not all.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Albert Breer is reporting that the Bears have sniffed around former Baltimore Ravens pro bowl center <span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">Tyler Linderbaum<\/span> as well. That would be an ideal replacement for the Bears as they need to make sure they can sure up that center spot.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Bears have sniffed around Tyler Linderbaum and now that makes sense. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tqWu6uowe4\">https:\/\/t.co\/tqWu6uowe4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlbertBreer\/status\/2028921467165987180?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Landing one of these two would be a good replacement for Dalman who is coming off a Pro Bowl season. But still, the Bears now have the same need on the offensive line as they did in the 2025 offseason.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s hope Ryan Poles and his staff can work on figuring this out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting center Drew Dalman shocked the Chicago Bears and the NFL when he decided to retire at age 27 on Tuesday afternoon. ESPN&#8217;s Adam Schefter broke the news as the new league year is set to start in under a week. 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