Chicago Bears: 3 trades to acquire more 2020 draft capitalon March 21, 2020 at 12:00 pm

To start out with, Pace inked veteran tight end Jimmy Graham to a 2-year, $16 million deal. Graham was recently let go by the Green Bay Packers, and the 33-year old didn’t have to wait long to find work. This move was a bit curious, because fellow free agent tight end Eric Ebron ended up signing with the PIttsburgh Steelers for $4 million less on the same length deal.

Following the Graham signing, Chicago made some noise when they agreed with veteran pass rusher Robert Quinn on a 5-year, $70 million contract. While they didn’t need to spend the money on an edge rusher, I see why they did so. Per ESPN Stats and Info, Quinn led the NFL in pass rush win rate in 2019. Seeing him line up opposite Khalil Mack is going to be scary.

Then, of course, came the trade which no one will be able to stop talking about until the regular season is underway — and maybe not even then will we all stop talking about it. The Bears dealt for Nick Foles, sending their fourth-round compensatory pick to the Jacksonville Jaguars.

The Bears did re-sign both Deon Bush and Patrick Scales, after re-signing linebacker Danny Trevathan prior to this week. But, with the Bears only picking in one of the first four rounds of the draft, where do they go from here? My guess is, they aren’t done dealing. Let’s analyze ways for them to secure more draft picks in the coming days.