The Bears have begun trimming their roster in advance of tomorrow’s deadline to get down to 53 players on the roster, and the biggest news is that their 2007 second-round pick is gone without ever playing a game.

Defensive end Dan Bazuin was told today that he’ll be placed on waivers. The Bears took Bazuin out of Central Michigan in the second round last year, but he spent all of his rookie season on injured reserve with a knee injury. Bazuin has had multiple knee surgeries and was unable to go at 100 percent during this year’s training camp or the preseason.

Other players on the way out in Chicago include fullback Lousaka Polite, receiver Mike Hass, defensive end Nick Osborn, running back P.J. Pope and offensive linemen Cody Balogh, Tyler Reed and Ryan Poles.