After holding onto Robert Quinn during the initial months of their rebuild, the Bears have found a taker for his contract. The Eagles are acquiring Quinn, Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo of NFL.com report (on Twitter).
Quinn, 32, is in the third season of his five-year, $70MM deal. The Eagles lost Derek Barnett early this season and have now replaced him with a three-time Pro Bowler. No stranger to in-season trades under GM Howie Roseman, the Eagles are adding a 12th-year veteran coming off an 18.5-sack season.
The Bears will pick up a fourth-round pick for Quinn, Adam Schefter of ESPN.com tweets. This mid-round choice will change sides because of the Bears’ willingness to pick up much of Quinn’s $12.8MM salary. Chicago will be on the hook for most of Quinn’s remaining money (less than $9MM), Garafolo adds (on Twitter).
This move is similar to the Broncos’ decision to pay most of Von Miller‘s salary last year. That financial call led to second- and third-round compensation from the Rams. The Eagles will not be responsible for much of Quinn’s 2022 money; he has nonguaranteed salaries ($13.9MM, $12.9MM) in 2023 and ’24. If Quinn fares well during his first games in Philly, it would not surprise to see the Eagles restructure that contract. They have gone to this well numerous times in recent years.
This trade comes seven months after the Bears acquired second- and sixth-round choices for Khalil Mack, who went to the Chargers. Chicago shed several contracts from its veteran front seven this offseason, also moving on from Akiem Hicks, Eddie Goldman and Danny Trevathan. Quinn did not seem to fit, and the Bears began shopping him again earlier this month. Roquan Smith, who requested a trade this summer, will be the last one left from that talented front seven.
Philadelphia used trades to bolster its 2017 roster, bringing in Ronald Darby shortly before the season and Jay Ajayi during the year. D-linemen Fletcher Cox and Brandon Graham remain from that Super Bowl-winning squad, and the Eagles have continued to add pieces to that front in the years since. Quinn will join a line also housing veterans Javon Hargrave, Haason Reddick and Josh Sweat, along with first-rounder Jordan Davis.
Philly now rosters one of the deepest defensive end crews in recent memory. The 6-0 team will be able to throw a Reddick-Sweat-Graham-Quinn wave at teams. The Eagles entered the week ranked fourth in both total defense and points allowed. They are well off the Cowboys’ sack pace, however, sitting on 17. Dallas leads the NFL with 29.
The Bears probably could have gotten more for Quinn had they moved him this offseason, when he was coming off that 18.5-sack season. Quinn excelled as a Cowboys one-and-done in 2019, leading to the Bears contract, but registered only two sacks in 2020. Mack went down with a foot injury midway through last season, and Quinn proceeded to break Richard Dent‘s Bears single-season sack record. That certainly put him back on the map. Despite Quinn skipping minicamp and being linked to wanting a new team, he reported to training camp and said he did not want to be traded for a third time. With the Bears pivoting to a rebuild, however, the move became logical.
Quinn will head to Philly sitting on just one sack and three quarterback hits. Pro Football Focus has not been impressed by his 2022 work, ranking him near the bottom (124th) among edge defenders. The Eagles are obviously betting that is not indicative of what the former Rams first-rounder has left.
It will be interesting to see how the Eagles use Quinn, but he has thrived after trades in the past. Although Quinn’s Rams-to-Dolphins move (2018) did not lead to major production, he totaled 11 sacks with the Cowboys after being dealt during the 2019 offseason. This marks Quinn’s first in-season trade.
Love it. The eagles defense is already stacked
Great move, defense just gets scarier
Both teams benefit it’s a win win
Wonder what the Bears could have gotten for him before the season.
a WHOLE LOT MORE
Conditional 3rd rounder at best.
Probably not. Poles was tearing the team down and would have moved him if he was getting a 2nd rounder. He was probably looking at similar offers and decided to roll the dice that Quinn would stud out the first half and start a bidding war for his serves. That didn’t happen and Quinn has produced much less than a replacement value player. Poles did well to still get a 4th for a 32-year-old underperforming asset.
If they would have gotten a whole lot more, he would have been gone then. I think most teams saw what Bears fans saw: A guy who appeared for one season and not really showing up the season before, no team was going to give Poles whatever he wanted based on that one season. My guess it was likely right around what Poles got for him now, a 4th rounder and they had to eat his salary. My guess was that is exactly what Poles was offered in the off season.
as an EAGLE FAN THIS IS AMAZING!! Our Boy Howie is at it again! this should make the 4th ranked defense that much better! Now if he can go get us another RB for the stable, there should be nothing standing between us and a possible Super Bowl apperence (at least )
We good at RB we not giving nothing up for one. Howie next year gonna draft Miles replacement
Easy there Bumpy. It’s way early to be talking about the Super Bowl. Lot of injuries are going to happen, Some injured teams are gonna get healthy and some healthy teams are gonna get injured. Plus maybe you should see what you’ve really got in Quinn before you start crowing. He didn’t fare all that well switching from a 3-4 to a 4-3 so let’s see what happens first Yeah it was a reasonable free P/U for a draft pick. Hope it works out for ya but need a chill pill.
A 4th rounder isn’t bad and adds to the 100 million they already have available for next year. Add another 17 million. More to come I would hope. Nice move by Poles. Should pay for itself in a new deal for Roquan. That money would just about cover Roquan’s Franchise tag.
Bears are paying all the money for 22 and 23/24 are not guaranteed. Poles bought a 4th round pick for 12M, which is probably not too bad based on his first draft.
Who cares about what they’re paying this year, This years Cap was shot thanks to Pace. Even if they would of cut him next year there would of been SOME dead cap money, Now there is none. If Roquan is serious about not signing, Poles still has the Franchise Tag in his pocket and then he can either, Trade him in the off season, Trade him at the deadline next year depending on how they start. I’m not sure how the Tag works as far as whether it will be offered by the draft or not but he might be able to trade him on draft day. Just because they offer it doesn’t mean he has to sign it right away either. But Poles now has options and a ton of cash. Now let’s hope spends it wisely and not like that fool Pace, Like a drunken sailor on leave.
The rich get richer. The Eagles are by far the best team in the NFC
In October…..sure. But this time last year we said the same about Arizona.
There is a big difference in QBs for that comparison. Kyler doesn’t want to play within structure and doesn’t fight to improve. Hurts has talent and flaws, but works incredibly hard to improve within structure while still able to move outside the pocket
Easy there flex. They are 6-0, not 12-2.
I think eagles easily go 13-4 now (at least) a legit top 5 defense just got that much better, our OL is the best in the NFL, then we have a top tier TE, 2 legit #1 WR’s, and the best run game in the NFL. plus we have a very good kicker in Elliott. Hurts does whatever he needs to do to win. if that’s run 15 times or if it’s throw 40+ times. they are deep at all positions and still have 2 1st rd pick in the 2023 draft and if New Orleans keeps playing like this, it COULD be a top 5-7 pick.
Where are their four losses at in this, out of curiosity?
They just might lose one to the Giants and I think Dallas will win their second matchup. Other than that, you never know. Very likely it’s a 1 or 2 loss season.
Quinn seems to have been missing in action for most of this season. What makes the Eagles think he is going to play harder for them?
A chance at a SB usually gets the fires burning again, plus a chance at a renegotiated contract for next season.