"“Zah is a guy we've had here for over a year,” Johnson said on Friday when addressing the topic. “It's just one of those things when we're looking at the roster and where he's at, where we're at, it was time to part ways. Appreciate everything that he contributed while he was here. It opens up a roster spot and an opportunity to make this team.”"
"When pressed on what changed after the staff had expressed some optimism about Frazier earlier in the offseason, Johnson didn't dance around it. “We were hopeful. It just wasn't going that direction - the trajectory was off, and so we decided to go a different direction.”"
"Frazier, a fifth-round pick in the 2025 draft, never played a snap for Chicago. He missed virtually all of last year's offseason program and training camp before the Bears announced he would sit out the entire season due to a personal matter."
"With rookie minicamp opening this weekend and a wave of new cornerbacks coming through the door, including fourth-rounder Malik Muhammad and undrafted free agent KC Eziomume out of Tulane, Chicago decided the mountain wasn't worth waiting on. It's a miss. A fifth-round pick who never plays is the definition of one."
The Bears waived second-year cornerback Zah Frazier ahead of rookie minicamp. Head coach Ben Johnson said the team had him for over a year and decided to part ways after evaluating roster needs and where both the player and team were positioned. Johnson acknowledged earlier offseason optimism but said the trajectory did not move in the expected direction, leading to a different choice. Frazier, a fifth-round pick in 2025, never played a snap for Chicago and missed nearly all of the previous offseason program and training camp due to a personal matter, later sitting out the entire season. With rookie minicamp approaching and new cornerbacks arriving, the team chose not to wait.
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