{"id":95482,"date":"2023-11-02T02:24:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T02:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/?p=95482"},"modified":"2023-11-02T02:24:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T02:24:02","slug":"bears-general-manager-ryan-poles-working-toward-montez-sweat-extension-im-hoping-it-wont-take-too-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/mlb\/bears-general-manager-ryan-poles-working-toward-montez-sweat-extension-im-hoping-it-wont-take-too-long\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears general manager Ryan Poles working toward Montez Sweat extension: 'I'm hoping it won't take too long'"},"content":{"rendered":"

Though the Chicago Bears bolstered a drab pass rush ahead of the trade deadline, there were doubters aplenty as to why general manager Ryan Poles parted ways with a 2024 second-round pick for a player in the final season of his contract.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Poles made it known Wednesday that he’s already working on locking up the newly acquired Montez Sweat for the long run. One 6-foot-6, 260-plus-pound caveat to all that is whether Sweat wants to work out an extension with the Bears ahead of what could be a lucrative dip into the free-agency waters.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Having yet to even get to his locker before addressing the media on Tuesday, Sweat did his best not to delve into contract matters while tapping the breaks on any long-term proclamations.<\/p>\n

“Yeah, I mean, I’m not really into the contract talks,” Sweat said. “I don’t really know too much about leverage and all that stuff, I just want to consider everything around me before I make a decision.”<\/p>\n

Sweat was asked about the perceived leverage he had considering Poles and the Bears would need to work out a long-term pact for the trade to be viewed by most as a positive transaction.<\/p>\n

Lack of leverage or not, Poles is confident a deal can get done rather quickly and opened his presser Tuesday by saying he was “currently working on getting” an extension agreed on.<\/p>\n

“I feel really confident that we can get a deal done,” he said.<\/p>\n

Sweat, who said he expects to play for the Bears Sunday against the New Orleans Saints, is a 27-year-old former first-round pick who’s posted at least five sacks in each of his five seasons. So far this season, Sweat has 33 QB pressures, per Next Gen Stats, and 6.5 sacks. The Bears have 10 as a team \u2013 dead last in the NFL.<\/p>\n

Improving the pass rush is a massive need for the Bears and has been for some time. However, bringing in Sweat at a second-round cost after a 2-6 start is questionable in the eyes of many. From Poles’ per view, though, he’s looking to lock up a potential pass-rushing cornerstone before free agency comes around.<\/p>\n

“I think it’s capitalizing right now because you start to lose opportunities,” Poles said. “If you look at the free agent stack now, it’s going to look very different by the time you get to that point of the year because there are so many different opportunities that can pop up in terms of extensions, [franchise] tags, different things like that. So, we decided with that type of player we wanted to capitalize on that now.”<\/p>\n

And Poles is optimistic a new deal will come sooner than later.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It’s hard to put a timeline on it, but I’m hoping it won’t take too long,” he said.<\/p>\n

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