Emergency post. Drew Dalman is officially retiring.

Needless to say, this is a major unexpected blow. LT was already iffy, now Ben Johnson must worry about replacing a PB caliber C.

Dalman is arguably the best C the Bears have rostered since Garza or Olin, so good Cs don’t grow on trees.

Some options in FA/Draft, but it’ll cost capital that otherwise may have gone to Defense.

Immediate rumors are Bears sniffing around Tyler Linderbaum [ex Hawkeye] and Tyler Biadasz [ex Badger].

If you’re looking for a silver lining, at least Dalman retired before FA and the Draft while Bears save about $10M in cap though that’ll likely be sunk right back to new C.