An Offer Ryan Poles Would Have to Refuse If It Was Real

Analysis: A fake trade idea by NFL.com between the Bears and Chiefs ultimately wouldn't fit with Chicago's current situation.

Ryan Poles would ultimately have to refuse a trade conjured up by NFL.com even though it's for a bushel of draft picks now and in the future. / Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports

The Bears worked so hard to get into position where they can make two selections in the top 10 of Round 1.

It almost seems a shame to turn it down by trading back. They'll probably have this opportunity, though.

They're getting two of the top nine players in the draft. This is not to be taken lightly.

They haven't taken two players in the top 10 since 1979 with Dan Hampton and Al Harris. It's an opportunity, even a privilege, and it's the result of Ryan Poles' trading. Carolina's terrible 2023 season had something to do with it as well.

Yet there are people conjuring up trades in their minds to alter this.

This is what happens when there is too much time to analyze these things. By the last week before the draft, it's people making things up because they've been looking at the entire thing far too long.

NFL.com's trio of Ali Bhanpuri, Gennaro Filice and Tom Blair were entrusted with spicing things up by making teams an offer they can't refuse.

Blair produced an interesting offer for the Bears, even an enticing one.

He had the Bears being offered the chance to trade the ninth pick to the Kansas City Chiefs for the last pick of the first round, the last pick of the second round, the 131st pick in Round 4 and a first-round pick in 2025.

It checks out with the points value chart, provided the 2025 first-round pick is counted as a 24th pick in the round. That's actually higher value than it should count so the Bears couldn't complain in this respect.

Fans who love the draft and the thought of bringing in new players would like this because the Bears would then have two first-round picks and two second-round picks next year. 

Talk about being able to continue loading up a roster.

On the other hand, they're not only trading out of the top 10 but also nearly going out of the first round. The second-round pick is only one from being a third-rounder.

According to Lance Zierlein of NFL.com, this is generally not a deep draft but there is plenty of star power at the top. Making a trade back all the way to the back of the first and second rounds really diminishes the talent level of the prospect they can draft.

Face it. Next year's pick they'll get from Kansas City most likely will be near the end of the first round. The Chiefs are not getting better.

Beyond this, the Bears are not the team they were last year. They are not a building team in drastic need of adding talent anywhere they can. They've established some positions of strength and the need now is more for players drafted to develop and free agents to work together in the system to become better.

They're not in mode where they need to scramble around scooping up draft picks.

They can really stand to add a few top-end talents this year, whether it's Rome Odunze or trading back just a few spots for a pick later and still getting one of the top three or four defensive players in the draft.

In the end, this pick would have to be rejected. Ultimately all they would do would be giving Patrick Mahomes one of the best targets available in the draft for some depth and future picks.

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