{"id":50212,"date":"2022-12-15T11:51:41","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T16:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/ravens-roquan-smith-says-bears-gm-told-him-there-were-no-plans-to-trade-him-50212"},"modified":"2022-12-15T11:51:41","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T16:51:41","slug":"ravens-roquan-smith-says-bears-gm-told-him-there-were-no-plans-to-trade-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/ravens-roquan-smith-says-bears-gm-told-him-there-were-no-plans-to-trade-him-50212","title":{"rendered":"Ravens&#8217; Roquan Smith says Bears GM told him there were no plans to trade him"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/nfl\/baltimore-ravens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baltimore Ravens<\/a> linebacker Roquan Smith opened up about his departure from the Chicago Bears in a recent interview and claimed he was told he wasn\u2019t going to be traded.<\/p>\n<p>Smith told The Athletic in a story published Wednesday that he was called into new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/nfl\/chicago-bears\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general manager Ryan Poles\u2019<\/a> office right after he took over the position and was told the defense would be built around him, which would come with a lucrative contract.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to the report, contract negotiations didn\u2019t go as planned and Smith was moved to weakside linebacker, leading him to avoid practice and request a trade.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I thought Poles would ship me out, but he told me numerous times, \u2018I don\u2019t plan to trade you at all,\u2019&#8221; Smith told The Athletic. &#8220;So I was like, \u2018I guess I won\u2019t be going anywhere.\u2019 He said we\u2019d talk at the end of the season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/falcons-place-marcus-mariota-on-ir-after-his-abrupt-departure-from-team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FALCONS QB MARCUS MARIOTA TO UNDERGO KNEE SURGERY AFTER HIS ABRUPT DEPARTURE FROM THE TEAM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Smith started for the Bears in each of their first nine games, picking up 2.5 sacks and 83 tackles. The Ravens came calling right after the Bears defeated the New England Patriots and wondered if Chicago would be willing to trade Smith and eat a few years of his contract.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago got a 2023 second-round and fifth-round draft <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/bears-trade-pro-bowler-roquan-smith-ravens-draft-picks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pick in the deal<\/a>. Smith got a new opportunity to start for a historically great Ravens defense and has been thriving with the team ever since.<\/p>\n<p>This season in total, Smith has 119 tackles and 4.5 sacks. 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