{"id":839459,"date":"2026-09-07T12:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T12:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/839459\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T12:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T12:06:11","slug":"bears-looking-to-trade-for-pass-rusher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/839459\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears Looking To Trade For Pass Rusher?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shortly after training camp began, it appeared the Bears were unlikely to make an addition<\/a> to their pass rushing corps. Two weeks later, however, Chicago apparently felt a move was necessary, as the club brought in<\/a> veteran Marcus Davenport<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Davenport did not crack the Bears\u2019 initial 53-man roster<\/a> and is currently on the taxi squad<\/a>. So, per ESPN\u2019s Dan Graziano<\/a>, Chicago GM Ryan Poles is still looking for a \u201cstrong edge presence\u201d to plug in opposite Montez Sweat<\/a> on the Bears\u2019 defensive front, and Graziano believes Poles could swing a trade for such a player.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The ESPN scribe does not identify a particular trade candidate. The Bears explored the possibility<\/a> of a Maxx Crosby<\/a> acquisition before the failed swap between the Raiders and Ravens earlier this offseason, but while a June report suggested teams are still interested in pursuing Crosby<\/a>, nothing has materialized on that front.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Josh Sweat<\/a> is a logical target given the Cardinals\u2019 status as a rebuilding club, but Arizona seems adamant<\/a> about keeping its marquee free agent addition from 2025 in the fold for the upcoming season. Similarly, the Giants have set a high asking price<\/a> on Kayvon Thibodeaux<\/a> despite the fact that he is entering the last year of his current deal and may not be back with Big Blue in 2027 due to the club\u2019s more recent investments in its EDGE group.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Dolphins\u2019 Chop Robinson<\/a> is another speculative target, though the 2024 first-rounder regressed a bit in his second professional season, and Miami \u2013 another outfit in the midst of a rebuild \u2013 may want to continue developing him<\/a>. At this point in the year, a trade is the best way to acquire a clear difference-maker, as the free agent market is largely bare.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, the Bears have just $5.5MM of cap room at the moment, and they only got to that figure by virtue of a series of recent restructures<\/a>. Any deal for an established player could necessitate further cap maneuvers on Poles\u2019 part.<\/p>\n

One of the restructured players was Dayo Odeyingbo<\/a>, whose underwhelming performance and torn Achilles made the first year of the three-year, $48MM deal<\/a> he signed with Chicago last March something of a bust. The Bears are nonetheless counting on Odeyingbo to play a big role in their pass rush alongside Sweat and 2024 fifth-rounder Austin Booker<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The team lost some interior pass-rushing juice by trading<\/a> Gervon Dexter<\/a> to the Falcons in an effort to bolster a secondary that is arguably as suspect as the EDGE talent. As Graziano observes, a quality addition to the front four would have a positive trickle-down impact on the Bears\u2019 defensive backs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shortly after training camp began, it appeared the Bears were unlikely to make an addition to their pass…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":839460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[8850,349,99],"class_list":["post-839459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-chicago-bears","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=839459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/839460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=839459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=839459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=839459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}