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Edmunds, 24, can earn $72 million over four
years with $50 million guaranteed at signing, ESPN reported.
Davis' deal is worth up to $30 million with $19.25 million
guaranteed over three years.
NFL Network and ESPN reported the deal for Edwards includes
$12.5 million in total guarantees and is worth a total of $19.5
million. Bears assistant general manager Ian Cunningham helped
bring Edwards to the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free
agent in 2020.
Free agent contracts with new teams are not official until the
new league year begins on Wednesday.
Edmunds had five 100-tackle seasons with the Buffalo Bills, who
drafted him 16th overall in the 2018 draft. Edmunds was coveted
in free agency, and the Bills are facing a tight salary cap
after spending big last offseason to lock up quarterback Josh
Allen and adding pass rusher Von Miller.
Edwards, 26, was one of the top coverage linebackers in the NFL
with the Philadelphia Eagles last season, according to Pro
Football Focus. He finished seventh in the NFL with 159 total
tackles in 2022, which was the second-most in franchise history
behind Byron Evans (175) in 1992.
Davis was a third-round pick of the Titans and started 54 games
in four seasons.
The Eagles are likely to elevate 2022 third-rounder Nakobe Dean
to fill Edwards' starting role.
Edwards' high school football field is 20 minutes northwest of
the Bears' Halas Hall practice facility, and he'd join another
former Wisconsin linebacker in Chicago. Jack Sanborn was a
freshman for the Badgers when Edwards was a senior.
--Field Level Media
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