A year ago, Bears general manager Ryan Poles traded a second-round pick to the Steelers for wide receiver Chase Claypool. On Tuesday, he traded a second-round pick to the Commanders for defensive end Montez Sweat.
In the dysfunctional world of Halas Hall, that’s progress. Poles paid a high price for control of Sweat’s contract rights, but at least this time he dealt for a player on an upward career arc who is having his best season and whose coach wanted to keep him.
