Bears release LB Tremaine Edmunds

Chicago Bears linebacker Tremaine Edmunds #49 celebrates with teammates after catching an interception during the second quarter against the Las Vegas Raiders at Soldier Field, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023.Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times

The Bears, as expected, are releasing linebacker Tremaine Edmunds, a source confirmed to the Sun-Times.

The team made the move Thursday night, eight days after the Bears gave Edmunds and his agent permission to seek a trade. That was seen as the last step before the Bears were to set to cut Edmunds in a cost-cutting move.

The Bears will save $15 million. He would have counted as a $17.4 million cap hit in the last year of his deal were the team to keep him on the roster.…