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LAKE FOREST, Il. — Following a customary Wednesday walk-through, players gathered in the Bears’ locker room at Halas Hall when Robert Quinn informed his colleagues of what was to follow.
“That there was a chance he would be traded,” Dominique Robinson, a rookie defensive end, said.
The players left for meetings after that.
Robinson was on a special teams assignment.
Everyone’s phones started to ping at that point, according to Robinson. “Word had gotten out.”
What Quinn predicted would occur really occurred. The athletes went back to the Bears’ changing area.
“He continued to pack up,” Robinson said.
It was the first of three transactions that, under first-year general manager Ryan Poles and coach Matt Eberflus, drastically shifted the Bears’ trajectory for this season.
Defensive end Trevis Gipson said, “It was difficult talks that we had, but it was also a realisation that this is a business.”
The Bears’ choices won’t become apparent for years. The Bears will see receiver Chase Claypool play for the first time on Sunday against the Dolphins; draft selections will still need to be filled in the spring. However, the trades of Quinn and linebacker Roquan Smith were long-term decisions that, in the near term, made the Bears defence, which was in trouble, worse.
What is the Bears’ plan of action?
How much the Bears defence misses Smith compared to how it was without Quinn after his trade to the Eagles last week will be simpler to determine and maybe even measure. It is possible to interpret the Bears’ defeat to the Cowboys as the result of one side running against a stronger opponent in terms of first-round output, playing experience, and 1-53 player skill.
During the first seven games of the season, Quinn had participated in 72, 76, 71, 66, 63, 63, and 62 percent of the Bears’ defensive snaps. Quinn played only 20 snaps in his Eagles debut, or 26% of their defensive plays, but he made one QB hit in a 35-13 blowout of the Steelers.
The defensive ends that the Bears currently have didn’t sack or provide much pressure against Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott. This is how their situation unfolded in Quinn’s absence:
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