Browns-bears Trade Grades: Chicago’s Acquisition Doesn’t Move The Needle

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On Tuesday, nan Bears and Browns hit nan NFL’s 4 p.m. ET waste and acquisition deadline, pinch Chicago picking up immoderate pass-rushing help.

The Bears sent a sixth-round prime to Cleveland successful speech for separator rusher Joe Tryon-Shoyinka and a seventh-round choice, according to ESPN. The waste and acquisition helps nan Bears switch protect extremity Dayo Odeyingbo, who was a cardinal free-agent signing this offseason but tore his Achilles successful Week 9 against nan Bengals. Before getting injured, Odeyingbo had recorded 2 tackles for nonaccomplishment and 1 sack.

As for Tryon-Shoyinka, he’s without a sack successful 8 games pinch Cleveland while only playing 6% of nan team’s protect snaps. A 2021 first-round pick, this will beryllium his 3rd squad aft flaming retired pinch nan Buccaneers and Browns, combining for 15 sacks successful four-plus seasons.

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This waste and acquisition doesn’t do overmuch to move nan needle. At this point, Tryon-Shoyinka is much of a roster filler than he is an existent effect player. Throughout 74 profession games, he’s only notched much than 1 sack connected 2 occasions, ironically 1 of them coming against Chicago successful 2023.

That said, this is simply a low-cost move for nan Bears. General head Ryan Poles is moving backmost a mates of slots precocious successful nan draught to return a chance connected a subordinate erstwhile worthy of a first-round choice. Chicago needs immoderate separator thief and while Tryon-Shoyinka doesn’t person statistic to merit immoderate important playing time, he’ll thief capable nan void created by nan Odeyingbo injury.

At 5–3, nan Bears are desperately fighting to make nan playoffs for nan first clip since nan Mitchell Trubisky era. But Chicago has a slew of reliable games up including Green Bay twice, Detroit, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Philadelphia.

Grade: C

Browns

This was an easy move for wide head Andrew Berry to make. Cleveland is simply a two-win squad going obscurity erstwhile again, and Tryon-Shoyinka has done thing to make Cleveland deliberation astir re-signing him erstwhile he becomes a free supplier this offseason.

As mentioned above, Tryon-Shoyinka has hardly played, only garnering 31 snaps connected a Browns squad that tin unreserved nan passer, led by Myles Garrett. He’s mostly sat connected nan chair aliases played connected typical teams, wherever he’s gotten 27% of nan snaps.

The prime switch isn’t going to make immense waves for Cleveland, but it improves nan Browns’ draught position travel 2026, and that’s nan apical privilege correct now.