The Chicago Bears claimed offensive lineman Alex Leatherwood off waivers from the Las Vegas Raiders on Wednesday, a supply instructed ESPN’s Subject Yates.

Leatherwood, the Raiders’ 2021 first-round draft decide, was waived on Tuesday as Las Vegas trimmed to its preliminary 53-man roster.

Leatherwood, who was taken with the No. 17 general pick of Alabama to be the Raiders’ foundational proper sort out, regressed within the preseason, and Las Vegas’ new regime of coach Josh McDaniels and basic supervisor Dave Ziegler had seen sufficient.

Leatherwood is scheduled to make $14.39 million totally assured this season as a part of his rookie contract.

Leatherwood was thought-about a draft attain final season by many observers and struggled sufficient early within the season that he was moved from proper sort out to proper guard in Week 5.

He was moved again to proper sort out in coaching camp and was competing with Brandon Parker earlier than Parker went down with an arm damage within the Corridor of Fame Sport. However Leatherwood was supplanted by rookie seventh-rounder Thayer Munford Jr. and Jermaine Eluemunor, making him expendable since Leatherwood couldn’t fulfill the function of a swing sort out, both.

ESPN’s Paul Gutierrez contributed to this report.