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Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles has been aggressive about beefing up his team’s pass rush, one of its critical needs, within the last year. On Friday, he made another move to do that just. Poles and Chicago traded a 2025 sixth-round pick to the Seattle Seahawks in exchange for edge rusher Darrell Taylor, the team announced.
Taylor, who is 27 years old, was a 2020 second-round pick of Seattle’s out of Tennessee, and he totaled 21.5 sacks in three NFL seasons with the Seahawks, including a career-high 9.5 in 2022. The Bears ranked 31st out of 32 NFL teams last season in sacks with 30, only three more than the NFL-worst Carolina Panthers. Chicago’s 31.2% quarterback pressure rate was the third-worst in the NFL in 2023, ahead of only the Washington Commanders (30.0%) and the Panthers (29.4%).
On the latest episode of “Hard Knocks,” Poles opened up about attempting to trade for four-time Pro Bowl edge…
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Author : Garrett Podell
Publish date : 2024-08-23 23:01:27
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