Here’s what Bears were willing to trade in 2024 NFL Draft to get Rome Odunze

Here’s what Bears were willing to trade in 2024 NFL Draft to get Rome Odunze originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago

Bears GM Ryan Poles was getting antsy as their No. 9 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft crept closer with every player yanked off the draft board.

Poles had his guy in mind. He wanted Rome Odunze. And after the draft, he told the media that assistant GM Ian Cunningham was integral in keeping him from making a trade to move up from Odunze.

“Ian [Cunningham] and I sequenced a board all the way across and Rome was extremely high on that list,” Poles said after the first round. “That’s why I was nervous that he wasn’t gonna be there at No. 9. Our simulations, it was about a 50-50 shot if he was going to be there.

“But as it started to unfold, Ian had to hold me back from not trying to trade up and do something crazy to get him”

A new clip from Roku’s newest show “NFL Draft: The Pick Is In,” shows Poles on the phone lining up a trade with the Falcons at No. 8. The clip shows Poles calling Terry Fontenot, the Falcons general manager, and tossing the idea around of trading him a future fourth-round pick to move from the No. 9 to No. 8 pick in the draft.

The #Bears were open to trading a future 4th to the #Falcons to move from 9 to 8 to secure Rome Odunze.

Seems like Atlanta wasn’t interested. The Bears still got Odunze.

But this feels noteworthy after Atlanta lost a future 5th this week for tampering.pic.twitter.com/cB2kAn7fmO

— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) June 14, 2024

“Would you move back one spot? Is that in the cards, or?” Poles asked Fontenot on the phone. “Like a future fourth (round pick). We did the same thing with Philly last year.”

In the 2023 NFL Draft, the Eagles gave the Bears a 2024 fourth-round pick to move from the No. 9 to the No. 10 pick in the draft. Then, the Eagles wanted Jalen Carter, who slipped far from his initial draft projection. The Bears didn’t want him, so they traded down one pick and selected Darnell Wright.

Luckily, the Bears didn’t…

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Publish date : 2024-06-14 21:51:19

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