The Chicago Bears acquired a key depth player Saturday when they traded for Cleveland Browns defensive tackle Chris Williams.
The Bears sent a 2025 sixth-round pick to the Browns in exchange for Williams plus a 2025 seventh-round pick. The move helps shore up the Bears’ depth at defensive tackle with second-year player Zacch Pickens out with an injury.
Williams, who is 6-foot-3, 302 pounds, played in 13 games in 2021-2022 with the Indianapolis Colts and was on their practice squad as an undrafted rookie out of Wagner. He played his first two seasons in Indianapolis with Eberflus as the defensive coordinator.
Williams spent last season on the practice squads with the Kansas City Chiefs and Browns.
The Bears have Gervon Dexter and Andrew Billings their as starters at defensive tackle, but Williams will provide insurance as Pickens recovers.
It is the Bears’ second trade in two days after they traded a sixth-round pick to the Seattle Seahawks for pass rusher Darrell Taylor on Friday. Williams and Taylor were both at Halas Hall on Saturday morning and passed their physicals.
Even after the recent trades, the Bears still have seven draft picks in 2025 — a first-rounder, two second-rounders and one selection each of the third, fifth, sixth and seventh rounds.
