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NFL draft deception: Stories of smoke screens and misinformation filling the playbook

The NFL draft provides high drama, especially behind the scenes, and the most compelling development this year was the Chicago Bears' trading up one spot to grab Mitchell Trubisky, a quarterback the San Francisco 49ers reportedly weren’t interested in selecting at No. 2.

Were the Bears bluffed by San Francisco into trading three additional picks to move from No. 3? The MMQB.com website had a reporter embedded with the Niners, and he revealed there was one other team interested in No. 2, although the level of interest wasn’t disclosed.

Did Chicago have to make the trade to avoid another team trading up to get its quarterback?