The busiest week on the NFL’s offseason calendar is here. The free-agent negotiating period opened at 11 a.m. Monday, and with the start of the 2026 league year at 3 p.m. Wednesday, any contracts negotiated or trades agreed to could become official.

The Chicago Bears’ schedule hasn’t been released yet, but when could we find out what the team’s 2026 season could look like? In recent years the NFL has released their schedule in mid-May, and while we haven’t hit that point in the calendar yet,

Draft week in Chicago. The front office had spent months staring at a number nobody wanted to say out loud: $243,070 in usable cap space, dead last in the NFL heading into free agency.

The busiest week on the NFL’s offseason calendar has passed. The free-agent negotiating period opened at 11 a.m. March 9, and with the start of the 2026 league year at 3 p.m. March 11, any contracts negotiated or trades agreed to could become official.