Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 8, 2022
What, me worry? Bears unfazed by Roquan Smith’s absence
Bears linebacker Roquan Smith (58) was a second-team All-Pro selection in 2021.Roquan Smith’s holdout is the worst kind of contract impasse — it’s boring.
Oh, for the days when contract holdouts were inherently acrimonious and antagonistic — with the player sitting at home while his teammates sweated on the practice field in training camp, the agent and general manager trading threats, the player demanding to be traded, fines piling up and the head coach trying to straddle the line between supporting his player and being loyal to the organization, while masking his irritation at the two sides making his job that much more difficult.
