AP source Bears agree to trade LB Roquan Smith to Ravens

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OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) The Chicago Bears agreed to trade linebacker Roquan Smith to the Baltimore Ravens on Monday, according to a person with knowledge of the deal.The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the trade had not been announced.Smith, Jordan Clarkson Jersey the NFL leader in tackles so far this season, joins a Baltimore team that has won two in a row and sits atop the AFC North. The Ravens have had their i sues defensively this season, but they've improved in that area and now add a second-team All-Pro to their linebacking group.It's the Bears second major trade involving a defensive player in le s than a week. They dealt three-time Pro Bowl defensive end Robert Quinn for a 2023 fourth-round pick on Wednesday.Smith was at the dais addre sing reporters when reports of the Quinn trade surfaced. He became emotional and cut the se sion short.On Monday, Andrei Kirilenko Jersey Ravens coach John Harbaugh held his usual weekly news conference shortly before the news of the Smith trade broke. He was asked is he anticipated a move before Tuesday's trade deadline.If I did, then the cat would be out of the bag, he said.The 25-year-old Smith has 83 tackles and 2 1/2 sacks this season. A first-round pick by Chicago in 2018, he has 16 1/2 sacks in his career.With his rookie contract set to expire, Smith was hoping to strike a new deal. He participated in voluntary and mandatory offseason workouts, but with negotiations at a standstill with the Bears, things took a heated turn once training camp started.Smith, who does not have an agent, opted to hold in attending meetings and practices without participating in drills. Tensions boiled over when he went public with a trade request. He accused general manager Ryan Poles of negotiating in bad faith.Smith eventually ended his hold-in and practiced for the first time on Aug. 20.Now he joins the Ravens, who have led by double digits in every game this season and would have an even better record if not for some pretty bad fourth-quarter collapses.Ravens linebacker Justin Houston already has six sacks on the season. Linebacker Odafe Oweh and defensive lineman Calais Campbell are also pa s-rushing threats and the Ravens added linebacker Jason Pierre-Paul in late September._ Bojan Bogdanovic Jersey __AP Sports Writer Andrew Seligman contributed to this report.___More AP NFL coverage: hub/nfl and AP_NFL in this topic
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