2006 Bears Transactions
The below list is incomplete because I started tracking this information later in the year.
| Date | Player | Pos | News |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8/29/06 | Bryan Johnson Dusty Dvoracek |
FB DT |
Placed on season ending injured reserve |
| 8/28/06 | Reggie Harrell Bryan McClendon Tyler Means Mike Mendenhall |
WR WR G DT |
All waived |
| 8/24/06 | Lennie Friedman Tim Day Quadtrine Hill B.J. Symons Josh Huston |
OL TE FB QB K |
Traded to Cleveland for undisclosed draft pick Waived Waived Waived Waived |
| 8/21/06 | Joe Odom Khari Long |
LB DE |
Waived Placed on season ending injured reserve |
| 8/10/06 | Delbert Cowsette | DT | Signed a one-year deal (hasn't played since 2002) |
| 8/9/06 | Alfonso Marshall | CB | Released |
| 8/3/06 | Troy Reddick Andre Hall |
OT RB |
Released Signed FA rooke from South Florida to a three-year contract. |
| 7/28/06 | Tony Hollings Mark Philmore |
RB WR |
Released Signed FA rookie from Northwestern to a three-year contract. |
| 7/20/06 | Qasim Mitchell Stephen Larson |
OT LB |
Released Released |
| 7/6/06 | Dusty Dvoracek Danieal Manning |
DT S |
Signed 3rd round pick to a four-year contract. Signed 2nd round pick to a four-year contract. |
| 6/30/06 | Hunter Hillenmeyer | LB | Signed to a five-year contract extension. |
| 6/28/06 | Adrian Peterson Alex Bannister Chris Thompson C.J. Fayton Mark Philmore |
RB WR CB WR WR |
Signed 3 year contract extension through 2009. Signed former Seahawk to a one-year contract Released Released Released |
| 6/12/06 | J.D. Runnels | FB | Signed 6th round pick to a four-year contract. |
| 6/8/06 | Mark Anderson Tyler Reed |
DE Guard |
Signed 5th round pick to a four-year contract Signed 7th round pick to a four-year contract |
| 6/5/06 | C.J. Fayton | WR | Signed rookie FA from University of Tennessee |
| 5/24/06 | Byran McClendon Ricky P. Williams |
WR CB |
Signed rookie FA from University of Georgia Signed rookie FA CB from Bethune-Cookman |
| 5/16/06 | Carlos Hendricks Matt Fordyce |
CB K |
Signed rookie FA from University of ABU Released |
| 5/2/06 | Tony Hollings | RB | Signed former Houston Texan to a two-year contract. |
| 5/1/06 | Tim Day Cooper Wallace Nate Bunce Dion Byrum Josh Huston Travis Leffew Mark LeVoir Donnie McCleskey Tyler McMeans Mark Philmore P.J. Pope Dwayne Slay Joel Stelly |
TE TE G CB K G OT S G WR RB S P |
Signed |
| 4/22/06 | Ricky Manning Jr. | CB | Signed Carolina Panthers cornerback Ricky Manning Jr. to an offer sheet. |
| 4/7/06 | Gabe Reid | TE | Re-signed tight end Gabe Reid to a one-year contract. |
| 3/24/06 | Jerry Azumah | CB | The versatile DB announced his retirement due to injuries. The former DIII RB from New Hampshire played 7 years for the Bears. |
| 3/22/06 | Israel Idonije | DL | Matched Buffalo's offer sheet for DL. |
| 3/21/06 | Brian Griese | QB | Signed Free-agent to a five-year deal. Griese had marginal success as a starter with the Broncos and Buccaneers |
| 3/17/06 | John Gilmore Eddie Berlin |
TE WR |
Re-signed to a two-year contract Waived |
| 3/16/06 | Dante Wesley | DB | Signed cornerback former Carolina Panthers to a two-year contract. |
| 3/4/06 | Matt Fordyce | K | Signed a two-year contract. |
| 2/24/06 | John St. Clair | OL | Signed a three-year extension. |
| 2/21/06 | Gill Byrd (Coach) Llyod Lee (Coach) |
Named defensive quality control coach. Named defensive assistant coach. |
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| 2/16/06 | Steve Wilks (Coach) | Named defensive back coach. | |
| 2/15/06 | Kevin O'Dea (Coach) | Named assistant special teams coach. | |
| 2/11/06 | Anthony Oakley Reggie Harrel |
T WR |
Signed Signed |
| 2/7/07 | Lennie Freidman |
OL | Signed a one-year contact. |
| 2/7/06 | Ron English (Coach) | Named defensive backs coach. | |
| 1/28/06 | Bob Babich (Coach) | Promoted to assistant coach-linebackers coach. | |
| 1/21/06 | B.J. Symons | QB | Former Houston Texan backup signed. Symons was a record setting QB at Texas Tech but at 6' 210 pounds lasted until the 7th round in 2004. No playing experience in the NFL as of this signing. |
| 1/11/06 | Brandon McGowan | DB | Placed on injured reserve. |
| 1/10/06 | Justin Smith Khari Long Willie Amos Reggie Harrell Jamaal Green |
LB DE WR WR DE |
St. Louis reserve signed a two-year contract Kansas City Chiefs reserve signed to Practice Squad Undrafted FA signed Undrafted FA signed to Practice Squad Philadelphia Eagle reserve signed. |
| 1/2/06 | Roberto Garza | G | Signed a six-year extension |
