{"id":114785,"date":"2024-04-24T15:53:25","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T15:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/?p=114785"},"modified":"2024-04-24T15:53:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T15:53:37","slug":"bears-playmaker-likely-to-be-traded-during-draft-nguyensa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mlbhi.aweu.info\/bears-playmaker-likely-to-be-traded-during-draft-nguyensa\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears Playmaker \u2018Likely to Be Traded\u2019 During Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-1845683167-e1713968436238.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" alt=\"Ryan Poles\" width=\"780\" height=\"437\" data-dom-ready-time=\"156\" data-img-load-time=\"681\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Getty\u00a0General Manager Ryan Poles and head coach Matt Eberflus of the Chicago Bears.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>If the\u00a0Chicago Bears\u00a0were to trade a player in the 2024 NFL draft, running back\u00a0Khalil Herbert\u00a0is a likely contender.<\/p>\n<p>A sixth-round pick for the Bears in 2021, Herbert has been with the Chicago Bears for three seasons, but was drafted by the team\u2019s former general manager, Ryan Pace. Herbert has played under Chicago\u2019s current GM, Ryan Poles, for the last two seasons, but with the running back looking for a new contract after Year 4, it would be a savvy move from Poles to get something in exchange for Herbert now.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Kay of Bleacher Report\u00a0listed five players \u201clikely to be traded\u201d during the draft, and Herbert topped his list.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Chicago Bears have a logjam in their backfield. It appeared that the team would go into the 2024 campaign with the tandem of Khalil Herbert and\u00a0Roschon Johnson\u00a0serving as its top running backs, but the free-agency pickup of\u00a0D\u2019Andre Swift\u00a0muddied the waters,\u201d Kay wrote, before noting what he believed the Bears could get in return for Herbert.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Bears Predicted to Get Day 3 Pick if They Trade RB Khalil Herbert<\/h2>\n<p>Chicago signed former\u00a0Philadelphia Eagles\u00a0running back D\u2019Andre Swift to a\u00a0three-year deal\u00a0worth $24 million this offseason, making him the team\u2019s unquestioned RB1 heading into the 2024 season.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson, a 2023 fourth-round selection by the Poles regime, showed promise in limited opportunities as a rookie last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRather than try to sort out a pecking order involving all three, the Bears could bring clarity to this situation by trading one of their incumbent running backs. Since Johnson just joined the team as a fourth-round pick last year and has barely scratched the surface of his potential, moving on from Herbert makes the most sense,\u201d Kay wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Considering Herbert\u2019s affordable contract, there will likely be other teams interested in adding a playmaker of his talents. Herbert is in the final year of his four-year rookie contract, and is set to earn just over $1 million next season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere could be some strong trade interest for Herbert. He has proved to be an elusive rusher, averaging nearly five yards per carry over his first 42 career games. While he doesn\u2019t offer much as a pass-catcher, he could still provide a strong return on investment for what would likely be a meager Day 3 pick in exchange,\u201d Kay noted. \u201cIt may not be a great haul for the Bears, but that pick could help the rebuilding team far more than a one-dimensional depth option in their backfield.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Bears Backfield Should Be a Strength Heading Into 2024 Season<\/h2>\n<p>Even if the Bears trade Herbert, they should have a strong one-two punch in Swift and Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>Swift, 25, is coming off a career year with the Eagles that saw him\u00a0rush for 1,049 yards\u00a0and five touchdowns. Like Herbert, Swift is 5\u20199\u2033. Both backs are small-yet-speedy. The 6-foot, 220-pound Johnson, who\u00a0averaged 4.3 yards per carry\u00a0last year, will serve as Chicago\u2019s short yardage back.<\/p>\n<p>If Chicago decides to keep Herbert, it will have a ridiculously loaded backfield. Over his three seasons with the Bears,\u00a0Herbert has played in 42 games\u00a0(12 starts). His best season came in 2022, when he had 129 carries for 731 yards (5.7 yards per carry) and four touchdowns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty\u00a0General Manager Ryan Poles and head coach Matt Eberflus of the Chicago Bears. If the\u00a0Chicago Bears\u00a0were to trade a player in the 2024 NFL draft, running back\u00a0Khalil&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":114789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlbhi.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlbhi.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlbhi.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlbhi.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlbhi.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114785"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mlbhi.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114790,"href":"https:\/\/mlbhi.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114785\/revisions\/114790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlbhi.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlbhi.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlbhi.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlbhi.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}