I was just like the more so show my appreciation to pretty much everyone involved from this

I despite the contract stuff not going the way I had planned for it to go and like to

I know there's going to be a lot of questions about the interactive process and everything

like that and to get on the process I thought it was it was very this tasteful to say the

piece wasn't what I anticipated nor did I like what I expected from the situation but you

know I'm grateful for the fans all the loyal fans and everyone that clears as well in the locker room

in the city of Chicago that stood behind me throughout this process and it means a lot to myself.

That slide back and broke when Smith from August the 9th asking to be traded by the Bears he was

holding in he was in camp he wasn't practicing trying to get a long-term contract eventually it

didn't work out and he's the first I think of this new trend of hold-ins where they just didn't

work out a deal it's time to go get your helmet and play and he came out and he played well but now

one day before the deadline the Bears send him to the Ravens for second round pick and fifth round

pick in 2023 and linebacker AJ Klein that's what the Bears get the Ravens get Roku and Smith

without a new contract yet obviously they have the exclusive right now to try to sign him they

can franchise tag him next year we'll talk about that in a second but the Ravens inherit the

contractual issue but they also get a player who helps them at a position of need in the Bears

who aren't horrible no in less than a week now they've shipped two of their best defensive players

out to the door Roku and Smith clearly the best guy defensively Robert Quinn had 18 to have

sacks last year a franchise record a hundred plus year old franchise he set the record I know

the stats only been around for about 40 years but still 18 to have sacks he's gone Smith was

emotional about that when he found out about the trade now he's gone to and and again the Bears

aren't really done but maybe they understand where they are who they are and what they're trying to

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