The Chicago Bears brought in a trio of linebackers for a tryout on Friday, including veteran Alec Ogletree. MMQB’s Albert Breer reports the Bears hosted linebackers Ogletree, Devante Bond and Gabe Sewell in an effort to potentially improve their linebacking corps.
Today’s tryout/visit list.
• LB Alec Ogletree with the Bears.
• WR Donte Moncrief with the Jets. pic.twitter.com/iKdYgLaPxu— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) August 28, 2020
Ogletree, drafted in the first round of the 2013 NFL Draft by the-then St. Louis Rams, has enjoyed a solid career as a perennial starter in the NFL. His best season came in 2016 when he totaled 136 tackles and picked off two passes.
After five seasons with the Rams, he was traded to the New York Giants in 2018. That season, he had a career-high five interceptions, including a pick-six against the Bears and quarterback Chase Daniel. Ogletree was released earlier this year.
Bond, meanwhile, spent time in Chicago last season after being drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2016. He played three games for the Bears in 2019. Finally, Sewell is an undrafted free agent out of Nevada.
Ogletree is clearly the marquee name on this list and would instantly give the Bears much-needed depth at the inside linebacker position behind Roquan Smith and Danny Trevathan, as well as another veteran presence. It remains to be seen whether he, Bond or Sewell end up signing a deal.
