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A four-year, $72 million contract lured free agent Tremaine Edmunds to the Bears, but the chance to become the next great Bears linebacker sweetened the deal.
“When you talk about great linebackers — in particular middle linebackers — I mean, why wouldn’t you want to come to a place like this? Edmunds said. “It’s such a great tradition. The Chicago Bears are known for their linebackers and I want to be able to write my story and be the next great linebacker here.