Chicago Bears Roster Cuts: GM Ryan Poles trims roster to 85

The Chicago Bears have to trim their roster to 80 players by 4 p.m. EST on August 23. On Tuesday, general manager Ryan Poles made his first round of cuts — three players were waived and one was sent to injured reserve — to get the Bears roster down to 85 names.

Here’s the list of Bears players who’ve been let go so far this summer:

• DL Carson Taylor
• LB Christian Albright
• LB C.J. Avery
• TE Rysen John
• LB Noah Dawkins
• S Michael Joseph
• CB Jayson Stanley
• LB Javin White

Rookie center Doug Kramer was placed on injured reserve after potentially suffering a Lisfranc injury.

We’ll update all of the Chicago Bears roster transactions as cuts continue to be announced.