The trade for Mitchell Trubisky was costly for the Chicago Bears, who dealt picks in the third and fourth rounds in this weekend’s draft for the right to take a franchise quarterback with second selection in the draft.
In an attempt to recoup some of those picks, the Bears have made a trade:
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This is how the Bears announced they would not be using the 36th overall pick. Instead, they traded the selection to the Arizona Cardinals and received the following:
Chicago also sends its seventh-round pick to Arizona, but gaining a sixth-round pick helps the Bears here.
The trade moves the Bears down by nine spots, but also adds two picks to their weekend selections. GM Ryan Pace doesn’t get everything back that he dealt for Trubisky in one fell swoop, but it’s a start.