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Let's play best case scenario: Reports of interest in DJ Moore as well and for a possible Day 2 pick. Hard to say what will happen but in a best case scenario we get a 2nd Rd pick for Bagent (more proven and cheaper than any 1st Rd pick, better than any other QB in the draft). DJ Moore nets us a 3rd Rd pick but there is suspicion we might have to eat some of the salary to make that happen. Edmunds I think can net at least a 4th Rd pick. IMO the Falcons and NFL still owe us a 3rd Rd pick too. We'd have 1st, 2nd, 2nd, 3rd, 3rd, 3rd, 4th, 4th.

Seeing reports that 3 teams are interested in Edmunds

Yes and that will include all the other teams who are interested in trading for our players like Bagent, Moore.

It also appears he’s about to run a stunt since the other DT is running towards him. Even that doesn’t prevent him from standing up and taking a half step forward. At least sell it a little bit.

I agree this year has the same feel of a big overhaul coming on the D like we saw last year on offense. After listening to the press conferences at the combine the Bears are open to all options. The D will likely look dramatically different in ways I can’t predict. To that end it appears trade talk on Bagent is heating up.

Cap numbers were released today. Bears are officially $6.5mil in the hole. https://overthecap.com/salary-cap/chicago-bears

This trade idea for a good LT I could see. Of course it'll be a 2nd tier type of player but we need that.

A good defensive front has four guys who can rotate in

The something I might get out of keeping him is a much better Dline rotation that is good enough to get us into the Super Bowl.

That’s where I’m at. I want to upgrade the D line. Dexter is our best interior pass rusher grading well in that aspect despite his flaws. He struggles to get off blocks and make tackles on runs. He also just 24 years old which is as old as two of the top 5 DTs in the draft class. Can he be replaced via the draft? Of course but not likely with the trade value we’d get in exchange. Any decent FA will likely cost more. i keep him as part of the rotation and try to add two starter level talents. One via FA and one in the draft.

People complaining about Swift's lack of toughness between the numbers and their solution is to trade him and then draft an outside-the-numbers runner in Singleton?

No he was pretty clear about looking at options for DJ. No need to tip toe around it just leave it out there and make the market as big as possible.

Work ethic

Sure if you have one buyer and one seller. $15mil could easily be converted into a bonus with lower salaries in year two or three bringing it to an AAV much less than $10mil.

https://www.profootballrumors.com/2026/02/bears-qb-tyson-bagent-drawing-interest#ref=home this appears to be more than one team with interest. Makes sense given the weak QB draft.