Bears are no strangers to making mega trades to land top a pass rusher, but the front office should sit out of the Myles Garrett Sweepstakes
The NFL world got set on fire on Monday and 31 NFL general managers are now rushing to the phones to call up the Cleveland Browns.Reigning Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett has seemingly had enough and has finally requested a trade out of Cleveland.Right now, it's not a question of who should be […]
The NFL world got set on fire on Monday and 31 NFL general managers are now rushing to the phones to call up the Cleveland Browns.
Reigning Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett has seemingly had enough and has finally requested a trade out of Cleveland.
Right now, it's not a question of who should be interested in making a deal to land the top defensive player in the league. It's which teams should not be interested?
Browns general manager Andrew Berry was adamant about not wanting to deal his top defensive player and the early stance remains to be the same after Garrett posted his request to be traded. That doesn't mean it won't happen, that just means it won't be cheap. And that's what is going to make some teams cautious here.
The last time a trade of this magnitude happened in the NFL was when the Chicago Bears traded two first-round picks, a third-round pick, and a sixth-round pick to the Raiders in exchange for for Khalil Mack, a second-round pick, and a conditional fifth-round pick. At the time, Mack was 27-years-old and coming off a third consecutive Pro Bowl season.
The trade never panned out for the Bears, even though the daunting defense led by Mack resulted in the team's previous two playoff appearances. Mack's tenure in Chicago was riddled with injures and disappointment, leading the Bears to ship him and a sixth-round pick to the Chargers in 2022 in exchange for a second-round pick.
In order to get better, you have to learn from your mistakes, and this is one of those moments for the Chicago Bears.
Bears should sit out of the Myles Garrett Sweepstakes
Not many people are going to like this take, but we have to be real here. The team that lands Garrett is going to land him because they are one star pass rusher away from being a legitimate Super Bowl contender. Teams like the Buffalo Bills and Detroit Lions come to mind here.
Realistically, would Garrett transform the Bears? Oh absolutely. But would Garrett alone get the Bears back to the Super Bowl? I'm not so sure.
The idea seems great but the Bears showed in 2024 that there's more than one hole holding this team back and trading a massive haul to land one player isn't going to magically fix everything. It didn't in 2018 and it won't in 2025.
Yes, finding another impact pass rusher to pair with Montez Sweat is a major need on the defensive side of the ball. But there's plenty of other avenues to accomplish that without throwing away your entire future to make it happen. Sometimes the best deals are the ones you don't make.
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