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Second trade of the offseason

Bears receive:
Ravens 4th round pick (119th overall)

Ravens receive:
LE Bobby Ford (87 overall, 28 years old)

Bears will incur a $1.73 mil cap penalty to wipe a $9.83 mil cap hit

Ravens will assume an $8.10 mil cap hit

The Bears had an excess at DE and had a few expensive holes to fill with very little cap space. Ford is a converted LB, which generally do not make as much of an impact nor as productive as natural DEs, so he was an easy target with his price tag.

The Ravens needed some front seven talent with the exodus over the past few offseasons. Ford shouldn't and won't be counted on to being one of the leaders as the Ravens with four Top 100 picks and enough cap space to dip into the free agent well for other front seven players should be able to get much more talented and impactful players there to help out the defense. For a 4th round pick though, it was worth taking a flier on him.

Both parties understood the trade parameters, financial impact, player history, and what each team hoped to achieve. This trade is now official.