Defensive Tackle · Chicago Bears

Grady Jarrett

No. 50 · 12th season

The Bears built something new, and Jarrett is near the middle of it

Ranking exercises are easy to dismiss. This one carries a little weight.

Grady Jarrett is 33, which is the age when defensive tackles tend to get thanked and shown the door. Instead, a list of the ten most important Chicago Bears heading into 2026 has him at number eight — not a courtesy mention, not filler. Eight out of ten on a team that is actively building toward something.

Jarrett plays on the defensive line, the part of the football field where games are won before most people realize it. His presence on this list says the Bears see him as someone the year runs through, not someone who is just along for it.

At 33, there is no guaranteed next chapter. There is only this one. And apparently, it matters.

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