The Bears’ circus will be a traveling one.
Linebacker Roquan Smith, who continued to “hold in” on Tuesday by merely watching practice from the sideline, will be on the Bears’ charter flight to Seattle, head coach Matt Eberflus said Tuesday.
He won’t play in Thursday night’s preseason game, of course. Smith has yet to practice all training camp while he continues an increasingly ham-handed negotiation for a new contract worth about $100 million over five years.
Eberflus wouldn’t say whether the Bears are fining Smith for missed practices. He’s missed three since the team took him off the physically unable to perform list Wednesday.