US EditionReports: Former Montana State Bobcat Daniel Hardy Re-Signs with Chicago Bears
Hardy signed a two-year, $6 million deal due to his key special teams role, playing 78% of kicking snaps and making 22 tackles last season.
- Daniel Hardy, defensive end and special-teams ace, re-signed with the Chicago Bears on a two-year deal worth up to $6 million, NFL Network and multiple insiders reported.
- Amid roster reshaping, the Bears have been executing moves to manage salary cap, including trading DJ Moore for a second-round pick and saving $15 million.
- A specialist, Daniel Hardy, former Montana State defensive end/linebacker, played only 5% of defensive snaps last year but made 22 tackles on Bears' kicking plays.
- With the league year pending, the deal arrived as the Bears negotiated other roster moves, including Drew Dalman's retirement and the trade for Garrett Bradbury, who has one year left on a $9.6 million contract.
- Personnel moves like these include cutting linebacker Tremaine Edmunds eight days after telling him he could seek a trade, and had the Bears kept DJ Moore he would have counted a $24.5 million salary-cap hit.
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Tracking the Chicago Bears in NFL free agency: Special teams standout Daniel Hardy signed to 2-year deal
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KMJ-AF1Report: Bears re-signing DE Daniel Hardy to 2-year contract
The Chicago Bears are re-signing defensive end Daniel Hardy, a special teams player, to a two-year contract worth about $5 million and close to $6 million with incentives, NFL Network reported on Sunday.
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Bears To Re-Sign Daniel Hardy
The Bears have reached an agreement to re-sign restricted free agent defensive lineman Daniel Hardy, veteran insider Jordan Schultz reports. It’s a two-year, $4.97MM pact with $2.45MM guaranteed at signing, per OverTheCap. Hardy, a Montana State product, entered the NFL as a seventh-round pick of the Rams in 2022. After suffering a high ankle sprain in the preseason, Hardy spent the majority of his rookie campaign on injured reserve. He returned…
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