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The standoff between the Chicago Bears and No. 8 overall draft pick Roquan Smith is over.
A person familiar with the situation says the linebacker has agreed to a four-year contract that guarantees $18.5 million and includes an $11.5 million signing bonus. The person spoke Monday night on condition of anonymity because the deal has not been announced.
The Bears sent out a news release announcing Smith will be available to reporters after Tuesday's practice Authentic Scooter Gennett Jersey , though they did not say an agreement is in place.
Smith is the final pick from this year's NFL draft class to reach an agreement 鈥?because of a hangup over the contract language. The sides disagreed over whether the team would be allowed to take back guaranteed bonus money if he was suspended for disciplinary reasons, including a violation of the league's new rule preventing players from leading with their helmet.
Smith participated in offseason activities, but has been absent since Chicago reported to camp on July 19 and has missed two preseason games. The Bears visit Denver on Saturday.
Smith is the first Chicago player of note to hold out since running back Cedric Benson missed 36 days in 2005. The Bears are usually among the first teams to sign all their picks.
With his speed and athleticism Authentic Kolton Miller Jersey , Chicago views Smith as a potential cornerstone at inside linebacker for a defense that ranked 10th overall last year. Smith helped lead Georgia to the national championship game last season and was the Butkus Award winner as college football's best linebacker.
Chicago has four straight last-place finishes in the NFC North and just one playoff appearance since the 2006 team's Super Bowl run. The Bears fired coach John Fox and replaced him with Matt Nagy after last season.
The Buffalo Bills fired offensive coordinator Rick Dennison after the team finished 29th in offense this season.
The team announced the move on Friday. Their running attack fell to sixth after leading the league the past two seasons.
Buffalos offense topped 300 yards just nine times in 17 games and scored only eight touchdowns in its final seven games. Dennisons play-calling was questioned after Buffalo scored just three points against Jacksonville in the franchises first playoff game in 18 years.
Dennison wasnt coach Sean McDermotts first choice for the job last offseason that was former San Diego Chargers coach Mike McCoy. But McCoy took the Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator job and was fired midseason.
McCoy is expected to be a candidate to join McDermotts staff in Buffalo.
Other possible candidates include former Seattles Seahawks offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell, former New York Giants head coach Ben McAdoo, former Indianapolis Colts offensive coordinator Rob Cudzinski. Mike Shula Mike McGlinchey 49ers Jersey , the former offensive coordinator in Carolina, previously worked with McDermott and Bills general manager Brandon Beane.
McDermott was non-committal when discussing potential coaching staff changes during the season-ending news conference on Tuesday. The coach said any decisions would be his, but Beane would be involved with coordinating possible coaching changes with roster moves this offseason.
Were building this thing together Sam Hubbard Jersey Bengals , McDermott said then. We are aligned philosophically on how we believe it should look and how we believe the building process should basically take shape.
Dennison was criticized for giving quarterback Tyrod Taylor the option to pass on first-and-goal from the 1 instead of handing the ball off to star running back LeSean McCoy in the wild-card game against Jacksonville.
The play resulted in an offensive pass interference penalty on wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin and the Bills settled for a field goal in the 10-3 loss.
Theres some calls we want back. Thats probably one of them, McDermott said after the game.
Before coming to Buffalo, Dennison was Denver Broncos offensive coordinator for two seasons. He was replaced in Denver by McCoy after coach Gary Kubiak retired.
Dennison was Kubiaks offensive coordinator in Houston from 2010-13 and had a previous stint as the Broncos offensive coordinator from 2006-08.
The decision to part ways with Dennison also raised questions about the future of Taylor Derrius Guice Redskins Jersey , who has one year left on his contract. Taylors production declined in his third year as a starter and he was benched in favor of rookie Nathan Peterman for a game at the Los Angeles Chargers in November.
The quarterback change backfired after Peterman threw five interceptions in the first half of a 54-24 loss.
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