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With players surprised and confused about the move, Poles and Eberflus met with the team’s leadership council to quell any dissension. “There are a lot of things that start floating around ... like, ‘They don’t care about their guys.’” Eddie Jackson said. “That was pretty cool for them to talk…

CHICAGO — OK, Chicago Bears fans. This was probably the part of the Chase Claypool introduction you were most looking forward to.

There’s uncertainty with Claypool, but he and Mooney give the Bears their most potent wide receiver duo since Alshon Jeffery and Brandon Marshall nearly a decade ago.

CHICAGO — General manager Ryan Poles said there was a “record-setting” piece to the contract the Chicago Bears offered Roquan Smith during training camp, when the inside linebacker made a public bid for a trade.

The two-time All-Pro wanted to be the highest-paid inside linebacker in the game. The Bears were adamant they wouldn’t meet that price — that’s why Smith is no longer a Bear.

Smith wasn’t part of the problem — just the opposite. He’s a top-tier defensive weapon just beginning his prime at 25, and there’s no question about how good and versatile he is after the last five seasons. He could have been the centerpiece of coach Matt Eberflus’ defense for years.

The Bears can already can attack a defense sideline to sideline with their run game and the passes they throw based off of it. Now they need to stretch it end zone to end zone.

The Bears were defeated by the Cowboys, 49-29, where the offense shined and defense struggled. Take a look at the action:

Parsons should have been down after recovering David Montgomery’s fumble. But Justin Fields leaped over him, no other player touched him and Parsons was off to the end zone. “I thought he was down by contact and they were celebrating,” Teven Jenkins said.

It’s a recurring problem: Anytime the Bears face an offense that knows what it’s doing, they get overwhelmed.

Even though the team refused to amp up the pass game late, there were positives.