Tremaine Edmunds Granted Trade Permission—Where Will the Chicago Bears SEND Him?

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🗓️ 26 February 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

The Chicago Bears shake up their defensive core, granting Tremaine Edmunds permission to seek a trade and signaling major changes for a unit with expiring contracts. Are the Bears preparing for a defensive overhaul, and which NFL teams could land Edmonds to bolster their linebacker group? Joe Marino and Kyle Crabbs spotlight Chicago’s cap constraints, contract strategies, and explore top trade destinations like the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Dallas Cowboys, and Tennessee Titans. The conversation shifts to the Las Vegas Raiders’ quarterback dilemma and Miami Dolphins’ high-stakes Tua Tagovailoa contract saga. With Raiders GM John Spytek hinting at avoiding an immediate rookie QB start, could a veteran bridge be in play for the Silver and Black? Meanwhile, the Dolphins weigh every scenario from post-June 1st trades to dead cap management, confronting tough questions about their future under center and the realities of an unavoidable roster reset.

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0:00.0	The Chicago Bears have a lot to figure out with their defense, including granting Tremaine Evans, permission to seek a trade.
0:07.6	What's going on there?
0:08.4	We're going to break it down today on the Lockdown NFL Scouting podcast.
0:16.5	You are locked on NFL scouting with the Dudes, your daily podcast for NFL and college
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0:32.6	It's guys, being dudes here on the Locked-on NFL Scouting podcast, part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, the number one sports podcast network. We're the Drafts. I'm Joe Marino from Lockdown Bills. He's Kyle Craves from Lockdown Dolphins, and we are your NFL experts here with you daily to talk team building across the league on the Lockdown NFL scouting podcast with the draft dudes. We want to issue a big thank you.
0:56.0	Shout out and welcome to our everydayers.
0:58.3	Those of you who never miss a single episode,
1:00.8	we appreciate y'all being here very, very much.
1:07.3	Joe, welcome to the first day of testing at the 26 NFL scouting combine.
1:09.6	There will be jumps.
1:10.8	There will be sprints. There will be changing directions. There will be jumps. There will be sprints.
1:12.6	There will be changing directions.
1:13.5	There will be drills.
1:14.9	It's exciting.
1:21.5	Can I proactively give you a take for tomorrow's takes-on-takes mailbag?
1:23.4	Sure.
1:28.4	We will be talking about David Bailey's workout.
1:30.0	So he's doing everything but the elder.
1:32.3	Ah, very good.
1:34.0	Seeing guys compete.
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