One of the first things that Matt Nagy stressed upon his arrival in Chicago was the addition of Trey Burton. He was very particular about his tight end usage and urged the bears to walk into 2018 with three tight ends who could perform three separate roles.
By the end of the year, Dion Sims was hurt and Adam Shaheen had yet to take a big step forward. Nagy did not draft Shaheen and was relying on his only signing in Burton.
After letting Dion Sims it was expected that the team would look into adding more to the tight end room, but hey have remained relatively quiet.