Akiem Hicks ends his silence on his contract situation at a charity event and says he wants to ‘do everything in my power’ to retire as a Chicago Bear

In the middle of the silence, agent Drew Rosenhaus made it known that Hicks wanted a contract extension with the Bears as he entered the final season of his four-year, $48 million deal. That extension didn’t materialize for Hicks, who will be 32 in November, and the only public voices on the situation until Tuesday were those of general manager Ryan Pace and coach Matt Nagy, who both recently praised Hicks’ effort and leadership when asked about an unexplained absence in training camp.