2nd Sweat or 3rd Chase

He cannot put more FA and early draft capital into the def anymore. Extend Sweat, maybe JJ also, and that's basically it. The O needs serious attention, OC, OG, WR, WR, TE. 

I'm really surprised Washington was willing to move Sweat.  Thought for sure Chase Young was the guy they wanted to move and Sweat was their keeper.

Wash picked up Sweat's 5th yr option but declined Young's.  That tells you which one they valued more.  

I know some on Twitter are trying to make this about Flus but I doubt that's much of a factor.  Sweat can play 4-3 DE or 3-4 OLB, Bears needed an edge presence regardless, and the upcoming draft looks pretty weak at Edge.  If you want to read between the lines on this move, I'd say it tells you these realizations at HH:

A) Yannick N blows and they are seeing why this "sack artist" was still available on the FA market in late August and has already been on 6 different teams in a league that craves pass rushers.
B) Poles' developmental draft project (Dom Rob) blows even more.  He probably won't even be on the team in 2024.  Dude has done nothing to make you think he's got some game coming.
C) Poles' FA signings at DE (Walker and Greene) have sucked too.  

This move is about 2024 going forward and I don't think it means Flus is "safe".  Any HC with a 5-20 record should be very, very unsafe.

They did move Young. For a late 3rd round pick. Honestly. I wish the Bears gave up their 3rd round pick for young. We basically gave up a low end 1st round pick for a 27 year old. I take the gamble on Young without risking a high draft pick. 

We don't have a late 3rd and that report came out after I typed my post