ESPN is little better than Bleacher Report now. They likely saw Swift was the 2nd pick in the draft and automatically deduced he's the better player without looking at stats, injury history and honestly the fact he takes weeks off at a time.
Sweat isn't Khalil Mack, but we also didn't give up a Khalil Mack trade package for him either.
Also, it's entirely possible ESPN like other meat heads out there are stupidly trying to argue the Bears did this in an attempt to make the playoffs THIS year.
Notice Seth Walder does not elaborate on what the talent pool on DE looks like in the draft or what would actually be available in FA.
This trade could very well end up being bad, but those who don't like it are operating on the assumption that everything in the spring just comes up Bears. Bill Barnwell is listing off all the great 2nd round picks on Twitter but doesn't include all the bad ones.
This trade is an A+ as long as we never have to hear "Poles build though the draft" ever again.
Oh no not ESPN!
It’s hard for me to wrap my head around giving up a high second round draft pick just so that we can pay him top dollar. I know all the arguments for it, and I get that an edge of that quality is unlikely to make it to free agency, but overpaying is still overpaying. And the draft capital and salary cap space we’re giving up, if used separately, would add more utility to a roster than spending both on one player. Which makes this an overpay.
and I get that an edge of that quality is unlikely to make it to free agency
Except that he literally was a couple of months away from making it to free agency. Clearly, Washington wasn't going to extend him.
The point is that once it became clear Washington couldn’t extend him, there was a 100% chance he would get traded to someone, and an extremely high likelihood that whoever traded for him would extend him. So if not the Bears, it would have been somebody else.
“ESPN HATES THE BEARS” - copium drinkers who cannot criticize a single move made by a bad organization
What did he give the 9ers and Young?
It was a stupid trade for where this team is.
If ESPN hates it it must be a Home Run...
Can we trade owners? Asking as a suffering fan
ESPN hated a Chicago team's move? I am shonked.
Can anyone explain to me why a second round pick is absolutely insane to trade for a 5+ sack a year guy?
I just looked at the 2023 Draft and the only name I’ve heard mentioned at all is Sam Laporta.
Generally curious why a for sure improvement is so much worse than a gamble in a college player?
I don’t understand why we wouldn’t just try to sign him this offseason. Now we wasted a pick. We can’t win with Poles.
Terrible trade. Jesus this team.
People over think this stuff. You need good players, is it ideal to give up a second for him? No, but if you can get good players you should.