While the masses will clamor for an addition at the one position they didn't notably add to this offseason, and it could happen in time, the Chicago Bears pretty much have the players who will make up their 2026 team right now.
As June 1 nears, Gilberto Manzano of SI.com has matched his 10 best available free agents with new teams. He went in the expected direction to match the Bears with one of them, edge rusher Jadeveon Clowney, but he also sees Chicago as the ideal landing for another of those 10 free agents.
Wide receiver Stefon Diggs.
"It’s been another drama-filled offseason for Diggs, but he might see more of a market now after he was recently found not guilty of assault allegations against his former personal chef."
"Off-the-field issues, including a highly publicized relationship with rapper Cardi B, have taken the spotlight from Diggs’s memorable comeback 2025 season, which ended with the Patriots advancing to the Super Bowl. Diggs had dominant stretches, stepped up when it mattered most and gave Drake Maye a much-needed security blanket, recording 85 catches for 1,013 yards and four touchdowns."Â
"Diggs, who will turn 33 in November, still possesses considerable on-field ability, but teams may be wary, given the tumultuous events of the past year. Perhaps the Bears take a chance on Diggs because they need an experienced wide receiver after trading DJ Moore to the Bills."Â
Stefon Diggs is simply not a fit for Ben Johnson's Chicago Bears
Leaving aside any off-field drama and what he is still able to do on the field, Diggs is not a fit for the Bears.
Diggs has a history of not loving it when the ball doesn't come his way as much as he feels it should, which will not fly with Ben Johnson or wide receivers coach Antwaan Randle El. And while he was once a pretty good run blocker, at least according to Pro Football Focus grades, those days are getting further and further in the rearview mirror.
If the effort as a blocker is still there, fine, but it's easy to wonder about that at this stage of Diggs' career. Would he easily adopt the "no block, no rock" mentality Johnson and Randle El want Bears' wide receivers to have?
If we were to rank, say, the 10 best potential landing spots for Diggs, the Bears would not make the list. Extend to 20, such as that would even make sense, and it still might not happen.
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Unique thoughts are welcome on these kinds of fronts, but Diggs becoming a Bear would be so surprising it's hard to fully fathom the idea.
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