The Chicago Bears are on the verge of losing yet another key asset of their defense, with linebacker Roquan Smith publicly announcing that he has demanded a trade out of Windy City. Smith appears to have grown tired of discussing a potential extension deal with the Bears, and now he wants out.
It also did not take long after his statement before Twitter got flooded with reactions from Bears fans, who have taken this as an opportunity to lash out at the team's management.
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Roquan Smith isn't just another piece of the Bears' defense. He is arguably the team's best player under control right now on the stop unit. If the Bears ultimately lose Roquan Smith this offseason, that would be two incredibly talented pass rushers that Ryan Poles have just successfully shipped away in just a matter of months. Back in March, the Bears traded Khalil Mack to the Los Angeles Chargers for a 2023 sixth-round pick and a 2022 second-rounder that turned into safety Jaquan Brisker.
Roquan Smith has been on a holdout in Bears training camp and it doesn't look like he will be there any time soon — or at all even. Having said that, Bears defensive coordinator Alan Williams appears to be prepared for the scenario where his group won't have Smith, per Mark Potash of the Chicago Sun-Times.
‘‘You gotta play with whoever you have,’’ Williams said. ‘‘That’s reality in the NFL. If you spend your entire time thinking about what you don’t have . . . you’ll be behind the eight-ball. And that’s not what we’re gonna do. We’re not gonna make excuses and reasons why we can’t. We’re gonna find reasons why we can.’’
Smith, who was selected by the Bears eighth overall in the 2018 NFL Draft, has career totals of 14.0 sacks and 524 combined tackles across 61 games.
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