A year ago last week, Bears general manager Ryan Poles traded linebacker Roquan Smith to the Ravens. Smith sounded grateful that he did in an interview with Sports Illustrated published this week.
“It was bittersweet for me, just knowing Chicago — and rightfully so,” he told Sports Illustrated from the Ravens’ locker room after beating the Seahawks by 34. “But if I would’ve stayed there, honestly, [I] wouldn’t have been able to compete for a title anytime soon. And then when I came over here, it took me a while, like a couple of weeks, to really realize how stacked this team was, as well as how many good people there are on this team, and how they just bring in truly good people.
