NFC Notes: Bears, Lions, Packers, Vikings

Bears

• The Athletic’s Kevin Fishbain writes that the signing of RB Damien Williams gives the Bears a legitimate backup for David Montgomery and should allow Tarik Cohen to focus more on his jack-of-all-trades role. 
• The Bears haven’t been very active in free agency but Fishbain points out they’ve seriously improved their depth by signing OT Elijah Wilkinson, LB Christian Jones, OLB Jeremiah Attaochu and bringing back DL Mario Edwards.
• He also expects Chicago to re-sign S Tashaun Gipson at some point to fill the other starting safety spot.  

Lions

• Penn State LB Micah Parsons said he spoke to the Lions’ coaches a “couple of times” after his Pro Day on Thursday. (Kyle Meinke)
• The Lions have hired University of San Diego TEs coach Steve Oliver as a quality control coach. (Justin Rogers)
• Auburn WR Anthony Schwartz said he’s recently had a pre-draft meeting with Lions. (Justin Melo)

Packers

• Packers CB Kevin King‘s one-year deal includes a final four automatically voidable years. He’s set to receive a $3.75 million signing bonus, a base salary of $1 million for 2021, can earn $200,000 in per-game roster bonuses, and another $1 million in playing time and playoffs incentives. (Aaron Wilson)

Vikings

• According to Chris Tomasson, the Vikings made an offer to re-sign free-agent G Nick Easton but it wasn’t an adequate enough contract to get him to sign. 
• Auburn WR Anthony Schwartz said he’s recently had a pre-draft meeting with Vikings. (Justin Melo)