Ex-NFL exec shares his experience in the Bears’ building during Matthew Judon negotiations

Ex-NFL exec shares his experience in the Bears’ building during Matthew Judon negotiations originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago

General manager Ryan Poles and the Bears front office tried to bring Matthew Judon from the Patriots to Chicago in trade discussions on Wednesday evening.

In the end, they fell short, as the Falcons successfully traded a 2025 third-round pick to the Patriots in exchange for Judon. However, the Bears attempted the same, offering New England their third-round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, league sources confirmed to NBC Sports Chicago’s Josh Schrock.

Uniquely, former Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli was in the room with Poles during the ongoing discussions with the Patriots and Judon’s agent.

For clarity, Pioli hired Poles as a scout to the Chiefs in 2009 while the former was serving as the GM.

He detailed his live experience in the room with Poles during the negotiations.

“Part of what was really cool was being here with the Bears and Ryan Poles was they were involved in this trade possibility,” Pioli said on NFL Network’s “Good Morning Football.” “They were one of the teams that were talking to the Patriots. They were talking to the agent for Matthew Judon. I was watching this whole thing unfold.

“This is the cool part behind the scenes; when you’re trading someone, you have to talk to multiple people. And part of what has to be done during that process is the team needs to give you permission to talk to the agent to see what the contract is gonna be like. … I had a front-row seat listening to Poles and their folks here talking (about) it.”

It must be fascinating watching GMs up and close work the phones with several people to try and land a player in trade discussions. It would be even more fascinating if the footage of those discussions made it to an episode of the Bears’ ongoing “Hard Knocks” series.

Nevertheless, the Bears couldn’t make a trade work. The Patriots opted for the Falcons’ third-round pick, a sign of their confidence in…

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Publish date : 2024-08-15 22:40:34

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