{"id":485750,"date":"2026-02-23T13:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T13:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/485750\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T13:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T13:42:09","slug":"nahshon-wright-id-love-to-stay-in-chicago-had-a-great-season-because-of-how-we-played","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/485750\/","title":{"rendered":"Nahshon Wright: I’d love to stay in Chicago, had a great season because of how we played"},"content":{"rendered":"

When cornerback Nahshon Wright was released by the Vikings in April, there weren\u2019t a lot of thoughts that he\u2019d end the season in the Pro Bowl. <\/p>\n

That\u2019s what wound up happening, however. Wright signed with the Bears and became a starter for the NFC North champions. He had 80 tackles, five interceptions, two forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries in the regular season and then helped the team to the divisional round of the playoffs. <\/p>\n

Wright\u2019s campaign left him heading into free agency on a high note and he was asked on SiriusXM NFL Radio about whether he\u2019ll be prioritizing money or fit when it comes time to sign his next deal. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s a little bit of both<\/a>,\u201d Wright said. \u201cObviously you want to be taken care of financially, but there\u2019s the part where you still want to be able to compete on a high level. I think for me, honestly I like to play in more of an aggressive style of football. I haven\u2019t done any deep dives into what teams kinda play similar to what we did in Chicago, but obviously I had a great season in Chicago due to the way we played. I would love to be back in Chicago, but I don\u2019t necessarily know exactly what\u2019s gonna happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wright said conversations with the Bears haven\u2019t gotten to the point of contract details at this point, but he expects that to come with his agent set to meet with the team next week. If the Bears don\u2019t re-sign him ahead of free agency, Wright figures to be a popular target for teams looking for help in their defensive backfield. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When cornerback Nahshon Wright was released by the Vikings in April, there weren\u2019t a lot of thoughts that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485751,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-485750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}