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Ranking the best trades in Bears history

With those deals in mind, the following is my ranking of the top trades in Bears history. All of them involve a Hall of Fame player who was either acquired in a trade or selected with a draft pick that was obtained in a deal with another team.

Dick Butkus
The Bears drafted Dick Butkus with a pick they acquired in a trade with the Steelers.

(1) On the first day of the 1964 NFL Draft, the Bears traded their second- and fourth-round selections to the Steelers in exchange for Pittsburgh's first-round choice the following year.