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Bears almost traded Brandon Marshall to Patriots before 2014 season

Imagine Brandon Marshall celebrating a Super Bowl victory on a float next to Tom Brady and watching Rob Gronkowski crushing a beer on another.

In an impromptu appearance on ESPN 1000 Friday morning, the ex-Bears wide receiver revealed that he was almost traded to the Super Bowl XLIX champion New England Patriots prior to the 2014 season.

"I could've played for the Patriots last year," Marshall told ESPN 1000. "There was an opportunity where [the Bears] could have traded me before the season. There was a little tension [between Marshall's agent and the Bears] on the contract stuff.