{"id":907209,"date":"2026-06-01T16:24:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T16:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/907209\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T16:24:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T16:24:25","slug":"bears-should-be-feeling-the-heat-as-a-post-june-1-trade-for-the-disgruntled-pass-rusher-is-starting-to-look-more-likely-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/907209\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears should be feeling the heat as a post-June 1 trade for the disgruntled pass rusher is starting to look more likely than ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Arizona Cardinals just got even more incentive to trade disgruntled pass rusher Josh Sweat after June 1 and the Chicago Bears<\/a> should be feeling the heat to make a deal before another NFC North rival.<\/p>\n

Time is ticking on a potential trade for Arizona Cardinals disgruntled pass rusher Josh Sweat and the Chicago Bears need to stop dragging their feet about the idea of adding a defensive end before it\u2019s too late.<\/p>\n

Throughout the offseason, the Bears have been linked to numerous top defensive ends including Maxx Crosby<\/a>, Von Miller<\/a>, Cam Jordan<\/a>, and multiple prospects in the 2026 NFL Draft. Ultimately, no addition has been made, but the team\u2019s recent workout with former Buffalo Bills pass rusher A.J. Epenesa<\/a> proves the team is still considering options.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, the Bears were severely lacking at the position during the first week of OTAs with Montez Sweat<\/a> absent from practice while Dayo Odeyingbo<\/a> and Shemar Turner<\/a> were rehabbing from injuries suffered during the 2025 season.<\/p>\n

The time is now for the Bears to consider a different plan and after today, the Cardinals will be more willing to discuss a deal involving Sweat<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Post June 1 benefits makes a Josh Sweat trade more likely for the Chicago Bears<\/p>\n

Prior to June 1, a trade involving Josh Sweat would have forced the Cardinals to eat $22,020,000 in dead cap with only $5,635,000 in cap savings. A post June 1 trade would change things with the Cardinals only having to eat $5,505,000 in dead cap with $10,880,000 in cap savings.<\/p>\n

The one thing that could hold Arizona<\/a> back is the fact that the team already paid $7.22 million as a roster bonus that was due on March 20. However, that shouldn\u2019t have to hold up a deal if a team offers the right deal to Arizona. If that\u2019s the case, the acquiring team would only absorb $10.88 million between base salary, per-game and workout bonuses in 2026.<\/p>\n

Chicago currently has just over $11 million in cap space, however the team still needs to finish signing the 2026 rookie class and have leftover space for in-season spending. So, to acquire Sweat, the Bears would have to free up more space first. If the Bears are serious about adding him, that shouldn\u2019t be a concern but the Bears would need to act fast.<\/p>\n

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Other teams are circling the waters on a Josh Sweat trade, potentially including the Green Bay Packers<\/a><\/p>\n

Multiple teams around the league have reached out to the Cardinals<\/a> regarding the 29-year-old pass rusher, according to NFL insider Jordan Schultz. Schultz mentioned that Sweat had a close relationship with former Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon, who is now the current defensive coordinator for the Green Bay Packers.<\/p>\n

Watching Sweat land in Green Bay<\/a> opposite Micah Parsons<\/a> would be nightmare fuel for Bears fans, especially if the team continues dragging their feet in landing a top edge rusher going into the 2026 season.<\/p>\n

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The cost of the deal isn\u2019t expected to be much<\/a> either to potentially land Sweat. Time is ticking and the Bears could risk missing out on landing a real difference-maker, and might even watch their top rival make the move instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Arizona Cardinals just got even more incentive to trade disgruntled pass rusher Josh Sweat after June 1…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":907210,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2078],"tags":[10902,375,390,2604,53,1232,1327,391,593,7,41,345,7522,6563,491,8554,6,190,1163,394,6957,102,7958],"class_list":["post-907209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arizona-cardinals","tag-a-j-epenesa","tag-arizona","tag-arizona-cardinals","tag-arizonacardinals","tag-buffalo-bills","tag-cam-jordan","tag-cardinals","tag-chicago-bears","tag-dayo-odeyingbo","tag-football","tag-green-bay","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-josh-sweat","tag-maxx-crosby","tag-micah-parsons","tag-montez-sweat","tag-nfl","tag-pass-rusher","tag-shemar-turner","tag-tennessee-titans","tag-the-cardinals","tag-trade","tag-von-miller"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116675783321125659","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=907209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/907210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=907209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=907209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=907209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}