Bears News: Bills Match Contract Offer For OT Ryan Bates, WHAT NOW For Ryan Poles & Chicago?

The Chicago Bears will not land Ryan Bates as the Buffalo Bills have matched the contract offer sheet. Bates gets a 4-year, $17 million deal to stay in Buffalo? Should the Bears have offered more? Chicago Bears news today is all over the Ryan Bates news as he was almost another Ryan Poles signing for the Bears but instead Bills GM Brandon Beane keeps Bates. Join Harrison Graham from Chicago Bears Now for the latest Bears free agency news!

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Chicago Bears OL Targets following Ryan Bates staying with the Buffalo Bills:
- J.C. Tretter, C (free agent)
- Ereck Flowers, OG (free agent)
- Daryl Williams, G/T (free agent)
- Trai Turner, OG (free agent)
- Zion Johnson, OG (NFL Draft prospect, Boston College)

In other Chicago Bears rumors, Adam Jahns of The Athletic reports that the Bears are open to signing Larry Ogunjobi after his initial contract fell through. Ogunjobi initially agreed to a 3-year, $40.5 million contract before failing his physical.

One-word reaction to the Bills keeping Ryan Bates?

What should the Bears do now in free agency or the NFL Draft?

Should the Bears sign J.C. Tretter?

Ryan Bates news: Bears signed Bates to an offer sheet. The Bills have decided to match it; 4-year deal for Bates. Ryan Poles will have to pivot now to find a new offensive lineman in either NFL Free Agency or the NFL Draft.

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