The Chicago Bears and two-time All-Professional guard Joe Thuney have agreed to a two-year contract extension, agent Mike McCartney introduced Tuesday.
The extension is for $17.5 million per season, a supply informed ESPN’s Adam Schefter, making his new three-year contract price $51 million with $33.5 million absolutely assured at signing.
Thuney was traded to the Bears by the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs in March in alternate for a 2026 fourth-round draft decide. He was coming into the ultimate season of a five-year, $80 million contract he signed with the Chiefs as a free agent in 2021.
Bears basic supervisor Ryan Poles had mentioned that an extension for Thuney was a precedence this offseason. The brand new deal gives continuity alongside the crew’s inside offensive line, with Thuney, middle Drew Dalman and guard Jonah Jackson all below contract via the 2027 season.
Whereas Thuney was in Kansas Metropolis, the Chiefs had their inside line core — Thuney, middle Creed Humphrey and proper guard Trey Smith — intact for 85% of offensive performs over the past 4 seasons, together with on 159 of their 190 offensive touchdowns since 2021.
Thuney was chosen because the Chiefs’ MVP final season by his teammates, receiving the Derrick Thomas Award in recognition of his unselfishness by transferring to left sort out on the finish of the season.
Over 9 NFL seasons with the New England Patriots and Chiefs, Thuney has missed simply two video games, beginning 146 video games. He performed 895 snaps at left guard in 2024 earlier than transferring to left sort out (217 snaps), the place he changed Wanya Morris starting in Week 15 and guarded Patrick Mahomes‘ blind aspect all through Kansas Metropolis’s run to Tremendous Bowl LIX.
Thuney has the best cross block win fee (97.8%) within the NFL over the previous two seasons and is coming off back-to-back seasons as a first-team All-Professional choice. He additionally was chosen to his third straight Professional Bowl in 2024.
ESPN’s Courtney Cronin contributed to this report.
