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1st-and-10: Bears will miss Roquan Smith, but time will tell how much

Chicago Sun-Times | November 5, 2022

Related Topics: Roquan Smith, Willie Gault, Wally Chambers, Greg Olsen, Chris Ballard, Brandon Marshall, Matt Eberflus, Wilber Marshall, Donnell Woolford, Leonard Floyd

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Roquan Smith #58 of the Chicago Bears celebrates after sacking Bailey Zappe #4 of the New England Patriots during the third quarter at Gillette Stadium on October 24, 2022 in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

Will Roquan Smith be the next Wilber Marshall? Or Greg Olsen? Or Willie Gault?

Trading Pro Bowl- or All-Pro-caliber players in their prime generally yields mixed results at best. The Bears traded All-Pro defensive tackle Wally Chambers, 26, to the Buccaneers in 1978 and used the first-round pick they got in exchange to draft future Hall of Famer Dan Hampton.

But that was a bygone era, with Hall of Fame general manager Jim Finks working his magic.

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