The Chicago Bears have given quarterback Brian Griese permission to seek a trade, the team says on its web site.

After the Bears reached contract agreements with Kyle Orton and Rex Grossman, Griese is the odd man out. The Bears are likely to acquire a third quarterback in the draft or free agency.

Griese is owed a $300,000 roster bonus next week, and it is presumed that the Bears will cut him before then if no team steps forward to offer something up in a trade.

Meanwhile, the Bears also say they’re not going to break the bank in free agency.

“The thing that you have to do is you have to create sobriety in the marketplace,” General Manager Jerry Angelo said. “Because you have the money doesn’t mean you have to spend all the money.”