CHICAGO _ The Bears added defensive line depth Monday when they agreed to terms with veteran Brent Urban, he and his agency tweeted.
Urban, 28, was a 2014 Ravens fourth-round draft pick, and he spent five seasons there, recording 3{ sacks. He started a career-high 16 games in Baltimore in 2018, with 27 tackles, two for a loss, a quarterback hit, a half-sack and two passes defensed.
The 6-foot-7, 300-pound Canadian played in four games with the Titans this season before they cut him last week.
The Bears are trying to find the right mix to fill in for Akiem Hicks, whom they placed on injured reserve last week with an elbow injury. The Bears have allowed back-to-back 100-yard rushers since Hicks was hurt _ the Raiders' Josh Jacobs and the Saints' Latavius Murray.
On Monday on WMVP-AM 1000, Hicks said he's "very optimistic" he can return from injured reserve this season. The earliest he could return is Dec. 15 against the Packers in Green Bay.
"I feel like rehab is going well," Hicks said. "It's a grind now, day to day, having to work on your elbow. I'm using one-pound weights, if you guys can imagine a 350-pound man using a one-pound weight. But it's a part of the process, and so I'm optimistic, and we'll see what happens. Hopefully we'll be getting ready for the playoffs by then."
