The NFL trade deadline arrives on Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET and teams are starting to make moves. A day after reports indicated a trade was not likely, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport has reported the Chicago Bears are trading linebacker Roquan Smith. The deal sends Chicago’s 2018 first-round pick to the Baltimore Ravens. In return, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Bears will receive a second-round pick and a fifth-round pick in the 2023 NFL Draft.
The move of Smith to the Ravens adds a strong defensive player to a Ravens unit in the AFC playoff hunt.