The Chicago Bears are primed to make some significant noise during the 2025 NFL offseason with three top-50 draft selections, roughly $63 million in cap space and an ambitious new head coach at the helm in Ben Johnson.
Finding another edge rusher to start opposite Montez Sweat also remains a top priority for them after they failed to find him a reliable partner in 2024.
Would the Bears be willing to mortgage their future to acquire one of the best solutions on the market in Cleveland Browns superstar Myles Garrett, though?
Pro Football Focus’ Trevor Sikkema believes an “all-in” move for Garrett could suit the Bears, predicting them to trade two first-round picks to the Browns to acquire the six-time All-Pro pass rusher before the 2025 NFL draft in April.
The projected trade: The Bears send the No. 10 overall pick in the 2025 draft and their 2026 first-round selection to the Browns in exchange for Garrett.
“After a disappointing 2024 season, the Bears can go all in by addressing one of their few team needs,” Sikkema wrote Sunday night. “As for Cleveland, the team can get a nice haul for a player who clearly wants out, acquiring the 10th pick in this year’s draft.”
Garrett formally requested a trade out of Cleveland last week, citing his desire to join a contender and play for a Super Bowl. He later told ESPN that he does not feel the Browns’ future “is aligned with winning right now.”
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That’s outstanding news for any contender looking to bolster its pass-rushing unit. Garrett has logged 60 sacks, 74 tackles for loss and 10 forced fumbles over his past four seasons, winning NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2023 and finishing as a top-five vote-getter for the award in both 2022 and 2024.
While the Browns might not have much interest in trading him, the Bears could certainly make it tempting if they offered them a second top-10 pick to kickstart this year’s rebuild and a future first-rounder to keep them going in 2026.
Chicago also has the necessary cap space to absorb the remaining two years of Garrett’s $125 million contract, which has no guaranteed money left.
The question is whether the Bears need to make a blockbuster deal for Garrett, and the answer to that might not reveal itself until NFL free agency begins.
Right now, the Bears trading for Garrett is still just a fun hypothetical, but it could start to grow legs if they do not walk out of free agency with a veteran starter, such as Josh Sweat, Malcolm Koonce, Chase Young or Azeez Ojulari
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