A Bears rumor involving Josh Sweat is exactly the kind of thing Packers fans didn’t want to hear.
Chicago’s new FOX 32 beat reporter, Devan Kaney, got people talking during one of her first on-air segments this past week when the station highlighted a photo of her with the former Eagles pass rusher. Kaney was discussing her previous experience with the Philadelphia Eagles, and the moment quickly took a turn that caught attention in Green Bay.
The idea of Sweat ending up in Chicago would sting for Packers fans because his name has already been floating around trade chatter. NFL insider Jordan Schultz reported just a few weeks ago that the Cardinals were getting trade calls on Sweat, and that opened the door for plenty of speculation about where he might land next.
For Packers fans, the fit seemed obvious. Green Bay is an NFC contender and a playoff team, and the franchise was just one season removed from making a major move to acquire Micah Parsons. With Parsons returning from a torn ACL, adding another proven pass rusher with ties to defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon would have made plenty of sense.
Sweat just put together a career year, finishing with 12.0 sacks last season under Gannon in Arizona. Before that, he had success in Philadelphia when Gannon served as his coordinator there as well. Over eight NFL seasons, Sweat has piled up 55.0 sacks, though his production didn’t really take off until a couple of years into his career, when he began to break out with the Eagles.
Now the conversation has shifted, at least for the moment, toward Chicago.
That possibility would be a jolt for Packers fans who had already pictured Green Bay as the logical landing spot. Instead, the Bears suddenly appear to be in the mix, and the thought of Chicago beating the Packers to a player like Sweat is enough to make this feel like a gut punch.
Sweat is 29, and the sense is that a move away from Arizona is coming sooner rather than later. He signed a four-year deal worth over $76 million last offseason to join the Cardinals, but the situation around him hasn’t changed much. Arizona still doesn’t look close to competing, and by the time the team is ready, Sweat may already be out of his prime.
That’s why a trade feels like the cleanest path. Chicago or Green Bay both make sense on paper, and a deal before the 2027 draft class starts driving up prices could be appealing for Arizona if the return is right.
At this point, the only real question is when Sweat gets moved, not whether he’s available. Arizona just has to get the right offer.
And if the Bears are the team that finally pushes the deal through, Packers fans will feel it. Ryan Poles could wind up paying a steep price for a move Green Bay would have loved to make itself.
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