(670 The Score) The Bears are expected to release tight end Dion Sims before the start of the new league year in March, Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network reported Wednesday.
The move will save the Bears around $6 million in salary cap space. That will create some much-needed financial wiggle room, as the Bears entered the day with around $6 million in cap space and would like to retain two key free agents-to-be in safety Adrian Amos and slot cornerback Bryce Callahan.
Sims, 28, was signed to a three-year deal worth up to $18 million in March 2017. He hasn't lived up to that contract in Chicago, serving primarily as a blocker and contributing little in the passing game. Sims had two catches for nine yards in eight games in 2018 before landing on the injured reserve list with a season-ending concussion in early November.