TWO STARTS IN THREE YEARS — Yet His Free Agency Clock Never Stopped! | Tyson Bagent

Tyson Bagent starts for the Chicago Bears today at Lambeau Field with Caleb Williams listed Questionable on a hamstring injury, and nearly every preview is framing it as a one-game audition. It isn't. Under Article 8 of the NFL's collective bargaining agreement, a player earns a full Accrued Season toward free agency by spending six or more regular season games on the Active/Inactive list or Injured Reserve at full pay — no snaps, no starts required. Practice squad time doesn't count at all. Bagent has been quietly banking those seasons since he made Chicago's roster, through two starts in three years, and his path to choosing his next contract was decided by that mechanism long before this game kicked off. What today's performance actually moves is market value, not eligibility — two things the coverage keeps treating as one. — SOURCES — Over The Cap, NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement, Article 8 (Accrued Season definition): https://overthecap.com/collective-bar... Narration are AI generated. #TysonBagent #ChicagoBears #NFLNews