{"id":44247,"date":"2022-08-13T14:37:53","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T14:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/one-piece-of-info-roquan-smith-doesnt-want-you-to-know\/"},"modified":"2022-08-13T14:37:53","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T14:37:53","slug":"one-piece-of-info-roquan-smith-doesnt-want-you-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/one-piece-of-info-roquan-smith-doesnt-want-you-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"One Piece Of Info Roquan Smith Doesn’t Want You To Know"},"content":{"rendered":"
Roquan Smith is a terrific football player. His last four years have made him the most productive defender the Chicago Bears have. Most would agree he is now their best player overall. As a result, he seeks to become the highest-paid linebacker in football. There is nothing wrong with that. He is well within his rights to do so. However, how he’s gone about matters feels like it’s been more detrimental than helpful to his cause.<\/p>\n
The trade request seems to have caught GM Ryan Poles by surprise. He’d felt the two sides were making progress towards a deal. Then matters became even worse when rumors surfaced that a \u201crepresentative\u201d of Smith’s was gauging interest from other teams without permission from the Bears. Everything about this situation suggests the linebacker thinks he has more leverage in the situation than he actually does.<\/p>\n
Chicago holds his contract rights for the entirety of 2022. That was clear the moment they picked up his fifth-year option. On top of that, they can also exercise the franchise tag to retain him through 2023. So Poles and company can play the waiting game. They have no reason to bow to Smith’s demands. Remember that he’s never played a down in this new 4-3 defense Matt Eberflus is installing. That element of the unknown should be giving them at least some pause.<\/p>\n
That brings us to the crux of the matter. Smith wants everybody to think that losing him would be a doomsday scenario for the Bears. Without his presence, the defense will regress into oblivion. Unfortunately for him, a significant amount of evidence suggests that his exit from the picture would be more of an inconvenience than a devastating blow, especially in the long term.<\/p>\n
\nRyan Poles and Roquan Smith are in a staring contest, and each side has some valid points. We broke down the contract talk\/trade request saga on the latest Under Center Podcast.<\/p>\n
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