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The Chicago Bears, leveraging their financial strength, have acquired defensive end Montez Sweat from the Washington Football Team for a 2024 second-round pick. Sweat, known for his consistent performance with at least 5.0 sacks in each of the past five seasons and 6.5 sacks this season, significantly enhances the Bears' pass rush. This strategic move addresses the Bears' edge-rusher need without relying on the good but not great EDGE 2024 draft class. A swift contract extension with Sweat is anticipated.
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The #Bears have 10 sacks as a team, Montez Sweat arrives with 6.5 so far this season Yannick Ngakoue, Rasheem Green, Khalid Kareem are all free agents at year's end. I'd expect a Sweat extension to come together quickly. Bears don't need to invest a top pick at EDGE now, either.
New Bears DE Montez Sweat is one of seven players in the league with at least 5.0 sacks in each of the past five seasons, joining Myles Garrett, T.J. Watt, Khalil Mack, Maxx Crosby, Brian Burns and Chris Jones (h/t @starrettjason). Good company.
The Bears are basically paying a high convenience fee to get Montez Sweat on the roster and work out an extension that will probably still be cheaper than what theyโd have to bid to win in free agency. They need players, they have money. Itโs not ideal but itโs where they are.
Washington's all-first-round-pick D-line is no more. Montez Sweat is headed to Chicago in exchange for a 2024 second-round pick (a pick likely to be high in the second round, too). The details: https://t.co/nsFtPI50Rz
The 2024 draft class is good at EDGE but not great. And the chance of finding a player of Montez Sweat's caliber in Round 2 is slim to begin with. The Bears had money to spend and the biggest team need on paper was edge-rusher. I really like that deal for them.
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