3 other players the Chicago Bears need to trade after Khalil Mack
After trading Khalil Mack to the Chargers, the Chicago Bears should now look to trade these three players.
After going all-in to acquire him in 2018, the Chicago Bears will send Khalil Mack to the Los Angeles Chargers for two draft picks when the deal can be made official next week. New general manager Ryan Poles took on a lot dead money for 2022, but opened up cash this year and big-time cap space moving forward.
It’s a stretch to say the Bears are now in full-on rebuild mode, as it feels more like a reset/roster clean-up with eyes on the future. As it is right now, there are very few players who look like promising long-term parts of the core in Chicago. Veterans who were obviously not brought in by the new regime, or don’t look like part of the future even just looking beyond 2022, could be traded rather than cut for nothing now or down the road.
After trading Mack back to the AFC West, the Bears should be looking to trade these three players next.
3 players the Chicago Bears should now trade after Khalil Mack
3. RB Tarik Cohen
Once upon a time, Cohen had 150 catches over a two-year span for the Bears (2018 and 2019). But a torn ACL three games into the 2020 season cost him the rest of that campaign, and he spent the entire 2021 season on the Physically Unable To Perform list.
Right before his knee injury, in a case of what turned out to be simple bad luck and timing, the Bears signed Cohen to a three-year, $17.25 million contract extension. There are two years left on that deal, with natural legit concerns about his health.
The Bears now have the capable (and younger) Khalil Herbert behind David Montgomery. Cohen’s role, if he is even able to play, would be strictly on passing downs and pretty minimal at that with Montgomery proving capable as a pass-catcher over the last couple seasons. If someone would give up a conditional late-round pick, dependent on things like him being able to play, the number of games he plays, etc., the Bears should be ready to move Cohen.