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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
The NFL is a QB driven league. The Broncos with a declining Peyton Manning and Von Miller won a Super Bowl. That same team with Von Miller and no Manning has been pretty bad. If Trubisky doesn't become at least league average (he's shown nothing to date he can) this deal does nothing for the Bears. The Bears gave up the most that an NFL team has ever given up in a trade for a defensive player so it's not like the Raiders didn't get good value here.
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The odds the Raiders draft a player that's 70% as good as Mack are very low, and that's using an average drafting team. Given that the Raiders are consistently below average at drafting, they are highly unlikely to get true value here. Especially since you gave up a player playing one of the three most important positions in the league. Yes, it's a QB league, but you'll also notice teams that can't rush the passer don't win much either.
You traded a guy whose trajectory is HOFer. The odds you even do as well as breaking even on this trade are quite low. And Gruden is a noted roster destroyer, so I'd be extremely nervous if I were a Raider fan.