The Chicago Bears waived linebacker Amen Obongbemiga on Thursday, their first salary cap victim of the 2026 offseason.
Ogbongbemiga signed a one-year contract with the Bears in 2024 and received a two-year, $5 million extension in 2025. He was primarily a contributor on special teams, but he did spend some time on defense along with DeMarco Jackson due to injuries to Tremaine Edmonds, T.J. Edwards and Noah Sewell.
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Obongbemiga was scheduled to cost $2.445 million in salary cap space in 2026. But since his release, the Bears have freed up $2.07 million in salary cap space and only lost $375,000 in dead money. While the NFL has yet to release official 2026 salary cap numbers (expected next week), Chicago is currently projected to be $4.11 million over the cap.
But there’s still time for general manager Ryan Boles to make some moves through contract restructuring and/or additional releases to make room. Some other potential salary cap losses to watch include linebacker Tremaine Edmonds, tight end Cole Kmet and running backs DeAndre Swift and Rochon Johnson.
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