Trade deadline’s come and gone. And your questions are in …
From fred orr (@clambeaufo): Is Green Bay waving the white flag for this season after not completing a trade at the deadline?
Fred, no, they aren’t. But I am a little surprised they didn’t go the extra mile to get Chase Claypool. The difference in offers was the Steelers’ belief, a fair one, that the Packers will come around and wind up ahead of the Bears in the standings, making the Bears’ second-round pick more valuable. And in the end, Chicago’s willingness to put its own pick, rather than the one it got from Baltimore for Roquan Smith, gave the Bears the edge.
