Breaking News: Bears Acquire WR Chase Claypool in Trade with Steelers

>>> ALL RIGHT, THE TRADE DEADLINE AT 1:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME. WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE TOM PELISSERO, CHASE CLAYPOOL IS ON THE MOVE. >> THE CHICAGO BEARS WHO HAVE BEEN SELLERS ARE NOW BUYERS AND THEY GET WIDE RECEIVER CHASE CLAYPOOL FROM THE 2023 2nd ROUND DRAFT PICK. A BIG MOVE BY CHICAGO TO HELP OUT THEIR QUARTERBACK, JUSTIN YIELDS WHO HAS PLAYED BETTER. FRANKLY, THEY NEEDED TO GIVE HIM MORE WEAPONS. THE BEARS HAVE FLEXIBILITY IN THE COMING YEARS. EVEN WITH THE SALARY FOR PLAYERS LIKE ROQUAN SMITH. PRIOR TO THIS MOVE, THEY WERE PROJECTED TO HAVE $120 MILLION

IN 2023 SPACE. THIS IS NOT A RENT A PLAYERS SITUATION. CLAYPOOL UNDER CONTRACT FOR $1.25 MILLION IN 2023. AS FOR THE STEELERS, AND UNUSUAL POSITION WERE BASED ON THEIR RECORD THEY ARE NOT THE BUYERS THEY OTHERWISE WOULD BE IN THE SITUATION. THEY SPREAD THE BALL AROUND AND CLAYPOOL HAS TALKED ABOUT NOT HAVING ENOUGH GO BALLS AND ONE THING THEY CAN DO IS THROW THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT WAYS TO DO THAT AND TO CHASE CLAYPOOL. >> AT ONE POINT CLAYPOOL WAS 49th OVERALL PICK WHICH MEANS HIS ROOKIE CONTRACT IS FOUR

YEARS AND AS YOU MENTIONED, UNDER CONTRACT FOR NEXT YEAR. THE BEARS WITH TWO 2nd ROUND CONTRACTS . IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A HIGHER PICK THAN T