Bears Make Roster Moves Prior to Cuts

Tight end Rysen John and linebacker Noah Dawkins have been trimmed from the roster while the Bears added two more players in advance of Tuesday's first roster cut.
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On a day when the Bears had to cut the roster down to 85 players, they started making moves early.

Tight end Rysen John and linebacker Noah Dawkins have been waived while they picked up offensive lineman Corey Dublin and safety Jon Alexander.

Alexander, a 6-foot-2, 217-pound undrafted rookie, had been with the team but was waived earlier in camp. An injury to Jaquan Brisker and another to Dane Cruikshank may have impacted this decision.

Dublin is an undrafted player from Tulane who is 6-foot-4, 300 pounds and can play multiple positions.

Dawkins had been playing with the backup defense and has been in the NFL three seasons with the Buccaneers and Jets and has played in 17 games. Strong games from rookie linebackers Jack Sanborn and USFL pickup DeMarquis Gates against Kansas City may have impacted this move.

John is the 6-foot-7, 220-pound tight end who had been with the Giants and spent all offseason in Chicago competing with undrafted rookies Jake Tonges and Chase Allen.

The Bears still will need to cut four players to get to the 85-man limit by the end of the day.

They need to cut only four because they had waived former Northern Arizona defensive end Carson Taylor on Monday. 

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BearDigest.com publisher Gene Chamberlain has covered the Chicago Bears full time as a beat writer since 1994 and prior to this on a part-time basis for 10 years. He covered the Bears as a beat writer for Suburban Chicago Newspapers, the Daily Southtown, Copley News Service and has been a contributor for the Daily Herald, the Associated Press, Bear Report, CBS Sports.com and The Sporting News. He also has worked a prep sports writer for Tribune Newspapers and Sun-Times newspapers.