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One of the best offensive linemen in the NFL<\/a> is calling it a career. Chicago Bears<\/a> center Drew Dalman<\/a> informed the team that he is retiring from the NFL, according to ESPN<\/a>, in a surprising move that leaves quarterback Caleb Williams<\/a> without one of his top blockers.<\/p>\n Dalman, 27, made his Bears debut last season after opening his career with a four-year stint with the Atlanta Falcons<\/a>. He earned a Pro Bowl selection for the first time in his career after a stellar first year in Chicago in which he allowed just one sack. Dalman played every single offensive snap for the Bears during his breakout campaign.<\/p>\n The Bears signed Dalman to a three-year, $42 million contract in free agency last March and was a key part of the franchise’s overhaul on the offensive line. He arrived with Jonah Jackson<\/a> and Joe Thuney<\/a> as Chicago sought to shore up protection for Williams and elevate a downtrodden running game. Dalman’s entrance into the lineup was integral to the Bears completing both of those goals.<\/p>\n The shocking departure from the NFL comes just 74 games into Dalman’s career. He made 57 starts after opening his Atlanta tenure as a first-year backup.<\/p>\n Dalman was a fourth-round pick in the 2021 NFL Draft<\/a> out of Stanford, where he picked up All-Pac-12 honors in each of his final two college seasons.<\/p>\n Bears poised for another offensive line rebuild<\/p>\n Dalman’s exit will force the Bears to retool their offensive line for the second consecutive offseason. Not only do they need to replace a Pro Bowl center, but they also have a vacancy at left tackle after Ozzy Trapilo<\/a> ruptured his patellar tendon in the postseason. Trapilo is expected to miss most of the 2026 season.<\/p>\n General manager Ryan Poles already has a potential replacement in mind for Dalman. According to NFL Media<\/a>, free agent center Tyler Biadasz<\/a> will visit the Bears after being released by the Washington Commanders<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Imagn Images One of the best offensive linemen in the NFL is calling it a career. Chicago Bears…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512386,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[203370,203369,203368,49,1755,48,1735,25649,18825,25644,514,7265,82,67878],"class_list":["post-512385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-bears-drew-dalman","tag-bears-free-agency","tag-bears-offensive-line","tag-ca","tag-caleb-williams","tag-canada","tag-chicago-bears","tag-drew-dalman","tag-joe-thuney","tag-jonah-jackson","tag-nfl","tag-ozzy-trapilo","tag-sports","tag-tyler-biadasz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}