T.J. Edwards’ 2025 season will be remembered for how it ended, and for how fragmented it felt from start to finish.
T.J. Edwards’ 2025 Snapshot
The defining moment came in the Wild Card win over Green Bay. Just minutes into the second quarter, Edwards collapsed away from the play on an incomplete pass. It was non-contact. Immediate concern. Trainers rushed out. Teammates signaled frantically to the sideline. He was eventually carted off with an aircast on his left leg, later diagnosed as a fractured fibula. Season over.
The reaction told you what you needed to know. Jaquan Brisker’s visible frustration. The defense huddling around him. Edwards isn’t the loudest personality on the field, but he’s long been one of its emotional anchors. Losing him in that moment, in a playoff game at Soldier Field against a rival, hit hard.
But the playoff injury was just the final chapter of a stop-and-start year. Edwards missed seven regular-season games due to various injuries, limiting him to just 10 appearances. For a player who had been one of the most durable and dependable defenders on the roster, that absence was jarring.
© Matt Marton-Imagn ImagesWhen he did play, the production was still there in flashes. Edwards was the Bears’ highest-graded player in the team’s loss to the Green Bay Packers, which was impressive because it was his first game back after an extended stay on injured reserve. He finished with 67 tackles, five pass breakups, three quarterback hits, two tackles for loss, a half sack, and an interception (which he returned for a touchdown in Week 17 against the San Francisco 49ers). That pick-six was vintage Edwards: Instinctive, downhill, decisive.
Still, the consistency wasn’t there for the University of Wisconsin product. In 2023, Edwards led the Bears in tackles. In 2024, he finished second. In 2025, he simply wasn’t on the field enough to control the middle the way Chicago needed. The defense felt different without him, less organized, less decisive between the tackles, and more reactive than proactive.
And that’s what made the fibula injury sting even more. Edwards had fought his way back into the lineup for the playoff push, clearly not at full strength, only for the season to end abruptly in a moment he couldn’t control.
By the Numbers
Games played: 10 Tackles: 67 Solo: 33 Assisted: 34 Sacks: 0.5 Interceptions: 1 Passes defended: 5 Tackles-for-loss: 2 Quarterback hits: 3 PFF Overall Grade: 72.0 (25th of 88 linebackers)T.J. Edwards’ Contract Status
(Contract details and figures are courtesy of Over The Cap)
T.J. Edwards is entering the first season of a two-year, $20 million extension signed last April. 2025 was the final season on his original three-year, $19.5 million deal signed in 2023. Edwards is due $8.25 million in base salary and another $2.53 million in bonuses. Edwards’ base salary is guaranteed this season, and moving on from Edwards would create a $12.91 million dead cap charge for the Bears while causing the team to lose more than $2.083 million in cap space. And while a post-June 1 cut would create $250,000 in cap savings (which can’t be used until after June 1), it would come with a dead money hit of more than $10.583 million.
Mandatory Credit: Sergio Estrada-Imagn ImagesTurning the Page
Edwards is expected to be ready at some point before the 2026 season, and when healthy, he remains one of the defense’s most instinctive pieces.
But this offseason carries more questions than previous ones. Injuries limited him to 10 games, and with players like D’Marco Jackson stepping into bigger roles late in the year, the Bears at least have depth options to evaluate.
If Edwards returns fully healthy and reclaims his steady, high-volume presence in the middle, the narrative resets quickly. If durability becomes a recurring theme, Chicago may begin looking longer term at the position. For now, the expectation is recovery and a rebound, but 2026 feels like a pivotal year in defining what the second half of Edwards’ Bears tenure looks like.
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