Close your eyes for a second and picture the scene: it's early March. Winter's been going on for far too long, and you already forgot who won the Super Bowl. Did they even play the Super Bowl this year? Hard to tell. Rumors are swirling that you'll see the sun sometime soon, but even that feels dubious at this point.
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And then, like spring's first warm breeze, it hits you: Adam Schefter tweets that the Bears have come to terms with former Chiefs' guard and free agent star Trey Smith. Free agency just started 10 minutes ago, and yet somehow they already hammered out a contract! Crazy how quickly NFL front offices get those done.
Just like that, the Bears have won free agency. On your TV, a Masters ad blares in the background. Life is good again.
The best news about that thought exercise is that it's almost certainly going to actually happen. The Bears, who have been long been connected to Smith – especially after the Chiefs' declined to place the franchise tag on him – are almost certainly going to throw a bag at Smith. And according to Nate Taylor, The Athletic's Chiefs reporter, that should be enough to consider them favorites to land him in a few weeks. While speaking with local Chicago sports radio station 670 The Score, Taylor provided a little more detail.
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"I think the Bears probably have the inside track out of other teams not named the Chiefs to sign him in free agency," he said. "That’s what will be so fascinating about the conversations we’ll have next week in Indianapolis at the Combine. You can argue that Trey Smith is younger and just as good – if not better – than all of the highest-paid right guards in the league. Which means you’re thinking about $22, 23, 24 million which was, as I reported, right around the Franchise Tag and the Chiefs didn’t want to make that commitment just to hold more time to see if they can get a long-term deal.”
The inside track! I'll take it. The Bears desperately need help on the offensive line, and while resetting the market for a right guard doesn't feel like *the* ideal way to do that, 1. the Bears need any help they can get and 2. it's not our money, so who cares? Winning the offseason is fun while it lasts.