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When Bears general manager Ryan Poles acquires a player in a high-profile transaction, you often have to look at the other end of the deal: Why was Mike Tomlin giving up on Chase Claypool? Why was Mike Vrabel letting Nate Davis go in free agency? What did they know that the Bears did not?
As it turned out, both players had baggage that short-circuited their Bears’ careers. Claypool played just 10 games for the Bears and was in-effect suspended three games into the 2023 season before being traded to the Dolphins.