The signing of Joe Thuney should wrap up Bears contract extensions for now, or should it? There are some candidates and here they are ranked in importance.

“Everyone’s pulling in the same direction,” said Thuney, whom the Bears traded for in March. “Everybody’s really determined to keep working and improving, and it’s kind of what I’m used to and it felt right. And then, you know, Chicago is a city, a franchise with, you know, so much history.”

Two-time All-Pro guard Joe Thuney and the Chicago Bears have agreed to a two-year, $35 million contract extension, agent Mike McCartney announced on Tuesday. The extension is for $17.5 million per season.

Ben Johnson said he looks at the Bears' troubling track record of developing quarterbacks -- which resurfaced in reporting about Caleb Williams last week -- as an opportunity as he enters his first season in Chicago.

Ben Johnson has been all smiles since being hired as the Chicago Bears' newest head coach in January. The 39-year-old has a commanding presence at the podium and has discussed his excitement for getting things started throughout a variety of interviews and press conferences.

As Ben Johnson lays the foundation of his plan to move the Bears forward, some not-so-flattering stories from the franchise's recent past have leaked out, but their new head coach is determined to forge ahead.