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Bears notebook: Robert Quinn, Roquan left huge void

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Bears linebacker Roquan Smith was leading the NFL in tackles when he was traded to the Ravens on Oct. 31.

Bears players were encouraged to voice grievances in their exit interviews Monday and defensive tackle Justin Jones was more than willing to air his — the loss of linebacker Roquan Smith and defensive end Robert Quinn at midseason was a bigger blow to the locker room than general manager Ryan Poles might have thought.

“It was pretty huge,” Jones said. “I don’t want to say too much about it. It was a pretty big loss — I’m not gonna lie.