Roach signs one-year contract

As expected, strong-side linebacker Nick Roach signed a one-year contract Monday.

Roach was an exclusive rights free agent and the Bears tendered him at the minimum, $460,000.

Roach will be a restricted free agent next offseason. He will get a jump on competition for the starting job Tuesday at minicamp as Hunter Hillenmeyer will be sidelined, according to the team.