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Bears offered trade mulligan to fix what's shaping up as a free agency mistake

The Chicago Bears had some key things to fix during their Week 5 bye, perhaps most notably the league's worst run defense at the time (164.5 yards per game). The returns of linebacker T.J. Edwards and cornerback Kyler Gordon stood to make a big difference there, and in Week 6 against the Washington Commanders that came to fruition. Take out quarterback Jayden Daniels' rushing production (10 carries for 52 yards), and the Bears allowed 3.4 yards per carry.

The Bears surely want to repeat that performance defending the run as much as possible moving forward. But they have been, and will be, attacked differently on the ground than how the Commanders did with one of the most mobile quarterbacks in the NFL as a focal point.