Source: Patriots trading center Garrett Bradbury to Bears
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Key Points:
- The Chicago Bears agreed in principle to trade a 2027 fifth-round pick to the New England Patriots for center Garrett Bradbury, with the trade set to be processed when the new league year begins next Wednesday.
- Bradbury, a 2019 first-round pick, spent six years with the Vikings before signing a two-year, up to $12 million deal with New England, and will earn $4.7 million in the final year of his contract with the Bears.
- Bradbury started all 17 regular-season games and four playoff games for the Patriots last season, bringing veteran stability to a Bears offensive line that lost 40% of its starters this offseason.
- The Bears have created $44 million in cap space recently
