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Highlighting the most shocking roster cut for each NFL team.

We're tracking the Bears' practice squad additions as they're announced.

Highlighting the most shocking roster cut for each NFL team.

The Bears finalized their 53-man roster, which brought out the emotion and stress for Chicago's rookies going through it for the first time.

CHICAGO — Ryan Poles has danced around the word “rebuilding,” calling it a “super sensitive” term. But roster moves are more instructive than words, and the first-year Chicago Bears general manager reinforced one of the organization’s plans with his cuts to form the initial 53-man roster.

The group could pivot on two receivers in their mid-20s fighting for their careers: Dante Pettis and Equanimeous St. Brown.

He sees himself as a tackle who is playing guard. The team seems clear that it wants him at guard. And making the roster doesn’t end any uncertainty about his fit with the Bears.

Here's what we learned from the Bears' initial 53-man roster.

When Mitch Trubisky takes the field Sept. 11, it will have been 609 days since his last start, a Bears playoff loss in New Orleans. A lot has changed since.