Bears urged to make slam dunk free agency move

Oddly, the Chicago Bears haven't been big players in free agency, as Ben Johnson enters his second offseason with the NFC North franchise.

Having largely been bystanders as free agency has rolled on, the Bears have seen opportunities to improve with quality free-agent additions come and go.

Yes, there are still some decent players out there, but none are true difference-makers.

Well, except one.

And Sports Illustrated's Mike Kadlick thinks if the Bears went after this one player, it would be a slam dunk. And that's Maxx Crosby.

"The Bears reportedly “monitored the situation” the first time around on Crosby, but ultimately weren’t major players and didn’t enter the bidding war between the Raiders and Cowboys," Kadlick wrote.

"However, circumstances have changed, and perhaps Chicago’s stance has as well. Pairing Crosby with Montez Sweat off the edge would be a slam dunk for general manager Ryan Poles."

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Should Bears sign Crosby?

Well, they should at least circle back to it, right?

We know that the asking price has dropped considerably, given the fact that Maxx failed his physical with the Ravens, and now the star pass rusher might be available for maybe just a first-round pick and a later pick as well.

If that is the case, the Bears, as Kadlick states, should be all over it.

We aren't sure if the Cowboys are interested. Everything we've seen says no, but you never know.

So, the Bears could turbocharge their offseason by going after Crosby.

But they got to call first.

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