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  "path": "/bears/2026/02/24/bears-nfl-scouting-combine-ryan-poles-tyson-bagent-trade-general-manager-backup-quarterback-offseason-caleb-williams",
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  "textContent": "<p>INDIANAPOLIS — Teams have called the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears\" target=\"_blank\" >Bears</a> this offseason trying to trade for backup quarterback Tyson Bagent.</p><p>General manager Ryan Poles hasn’t ruled out the possibility of doing just that. Rather than shoot down the possibility Tuesday at the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears/2026/02/23/bears-nfl-scouting-combine-four-questions-ryan-poles-ben-johnson-salary-cap-space-tremaine-edmunds-draft-defensive-line-offensive-trade-maxx-crosby-raiders\" target=\"_blank\" >NFL Scouting Combine</a>, Poles called any potential move an “interesting dynamic that we’re going to have to work through.”</p><p>Poles and coach Ben Johnson so value Bagent that they gave him a two-year, $10 million extension last year that runs though the end of the 2027 season. The Bears haven’t needed him the last two years, though — with Caleb Williams making every start, Bagent has thrown just six passes.</p><p>Williams’ perfect run of health won’t continue forever, though. If the Bears trade him, they’d have to find a solid backup to take his place.</p><p>The Bears anticipated teams would call about Bagent’s availability given a weak free agent and rookie class at quarterback.</p><p>Trading him would probably bring back a Day 2 draft pick.</p><p>“The tough thing is, with what Ben thinks about Tyson, what I think about Tyson, what our locker room thinks about Tyson, that’s a really tough decision for us,” Poles said. “But for Tyson as well, I think he would have an opportunity to go and perform for a team and do some really good things.</p><p>“But again, you’ve got to weigh the short-term and the long-term. Now, what’s the cost for replacement? We spent a lot of time developing him. Ben spent a lot of time developing him.”</p>",
  "title": "Bears GM Ryan Poles won't rule out trading backup QB Tyson Bagent",
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