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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Mark Potash

Roquan Smith stands alone among his teammates

Bears linebacker Roquan Smith has missed the first three weeks of training camp, but has been with the team the entire time. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times, Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

Roquan Smith’s awkward “hold-in” — mostly confined to the practice fields at Halas Hall — played out on the national stage Thursday night when the Bears faced the Seahawks on ESPN. 

There was Roquan, wearing sunglasses and a Bears camo baseball hat, chatting with teammates on the sideline at Lumen Field after traveling with the team to Seattle — nine days after a stinging public trade request in which he claimed the front office “doesn’t value me,” and accused general manager Ryan Poles of not bargaining in good faith. 

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