Davenport is done. The Bears are back to one at defensive end.

Marcus Davenport has retired, and the depth chart at defensive end is now exactly what it was before the Bears signed him in August: Montez Sweat, and then essentially nothing. Dayo Odeyingbo is listed third on the depth chart, but neither he nor anyone behind Sweat has logged meaningful snaps this season. The Bears brought Davenport in specifically to address that drop-off. Now the drop-off is back.

What makes this sting is the sequence. The front office signed Davenport in mid-August to reunite him with defensive coordinator Dennis Allen — a targeted, relationship-based move to shore up pass-rush depth on a defense already dealing with secondary injuries that would have tested any roster. It was a real answer to a real problem. Davenport's retirement doesn't just reopen that problem; it erases the solution and leaves the Bears with no obvious next move at the position.

The broader picture hasn't changed, but it's gotten harder to look at. Coby Bryant is gone for the first half of the season. Kyler Gordon remains out. The cornerback depth behind Cam Lewis is thin on paper and untested in games. And now the pass rush, which was always going to lean heavily on Sweat, has no credible backup plan. My read is the Bears will make another move here — they've shown all offseason they won't sit still when a hole opens — but finding a Davenport-caliber stopgap twice in one camp is a different ask than finding him once.