Bears DL Akiem Hicks is in the final year of his contract and is currently without a free agent. Hicks says that he’s hoping to get what he deserves in free agency next year, but is willing to remain with the Bears long term.
“I know it’s not always the best way to think of it with this being a business, but I want to get what I deserve or get what I have earned,” Hicks said, via Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune. “If I earned a new contract, that’s what I earned.