Bears Star Lands Contract Extension Days Before Season-Opener
The Chicago Bears signed a key player to a new contract before Sunday's Week 1 game against the Carolina Panthers.
Chicago Bears have secured a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract extension for key running back D Andre Swift, just days before their Week 1 match against the Carolina Panthers. According to ESPN reporter Adam Schefter, the team inked Swift to a three-year, $33.75 million agreement, with $27.5 million guaranteed. Swift, who entered his penultimate season of a previous three-year, $24 million deal, has amassed impressive stats for the Bears this season, amassing 2,731 scrimmage yards and 16 touchdowns in 33 regular-season games.
The 27-year-old Pro Bowler also posted 168 yards and a touchdown in the Bears' two playoff games last year. Swift's career best figures were posted under first-year coach Ben Johnson last season, with 1,087 rushing yards and nine rushing touchdowns. The Bears' ground attack appears bolstered, as Swift joins the team bolstered by 2025 seventh-round draft pick Kyle Monangai.
With Johnson praising Swift's vision and reads, the veteran seems primed for another stellar season.
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