BREAKING: Commanders Are Trading Montez Sweat To Chicago Bears

Nearly a year after trading a high second-round pick for Chase Claypool, the Chicago Bears have done it again.

According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Chicago Bears have traded their 2024 second-round pick to Washington for pass rusher Montez Sweat:

Trade: Commanders and Bears have agreed to a trade that is expected to send DE Montez Sweat to the Chicago for a 2024 second-round pick, per sources. Sweat is in the last year of his contract, and the Commanders are opting for a draft pick now. Chicago beefs up its line. pic.twitter.com/Hd7jtqDtWY

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 31, 2023

Sweat, 27, was the Commanders first round-pick in 2019 (26th overall). In his five years in Washington, Sweat has tallied 34.5 sacks. He’s scheduled to be a free agent at the conclusion of the 2023 season.