It didn’t take long for Roquan Smith to build a strong rapport with former Baltimore Ravens Pro Bowl inside linebacker Patrick Queen after being acquired via trade at the 2022 midseason deadline. The two of them quickly established themselves as the best linebacker tandem in the league in the second half of the season and in 2023; they then put all debate to rest in their first and only full season together.
Queen parlayed his breakout campaign in the final year of his rookie deal in which he was voted to his first career Pro Bowl and earned second-team All-Pro honors into a lucrative deal in free agency this last month.