The Chicago Bears made a huge trade involving Roquan Smith

The Chicago Bears have always been good at drafting and developing linebackers. Roquan Smith was not an exception as he was one of the only good early draft picks during the Ryan Pace era. He came from the University of Georgia and became a great player in the NFL.

However, based on the current Chicago Bears situation with a new regime in charge, his future with the club was always cloudy. He ended up showing up to play this year with the Bears and that was somewhat surprising at the time. He wants to be paid like a top linebacker because he is.

For a while, we wondered if the Bears would end up trading him before Tuesday’s trade deadline. They now have. It is confirmed that the Chicago Bears have traded Roquan Smith to the Baltimore Ravens. He is due the long contract and the Bears won’t be the ones giving it to him.

The return is a future second-round and a future fifth-round pick in the NFL Draft. That might not seem like a lot for a star linebacker that was once a first-round pick but it is a lot to pay for someone that might be an eight-game rental.

The Chicago Bears have traded Roquan Smith to the Baltimore Ravens.

These are the moves that the Chicago Bears are going to continue making while they are rebuilding. They want to do things the right way which includes giving up some good players. Roquan Smith is a very good player.

He is going to the Baltimore Ravens where like the Bears, they know what they are doing with linebackers and defenses. The difference is that they have an equally dynamic offense that has a quarterback capable of winning the Super Bowl right now. He will love it there.

It is on Ryan Poles and his staff to make good with these newly acquired draft picks. This team has shown some fight in the first eight games of the season but now the tanking seems to be coming.

Being down both Robert Quinn (Philadelphia Eagles) and Roquan Smith (Baltimore Ravens), the defense certainly isn’t getting better. Maybe those two teams can meet up in the Super Bowl to keep Bears fans interested.

It isn’t fun being a losing rebuilding team but there seems to be a sense of confidence that they are doing things the right way. Only time will tell.