Bears trade with Seahawks for talented edge rusher Darrell Taylor |
The Chicago Bears have traded a 2025 sixth-round pick to the Seattle Seahawks for outside linebacker Darrell Taylor on Friday.
The deal is pending a physical. Over the last three seasons, Taylor has 91 tackles, 22 tackles for loss, 34 total quarterback hits, and 21.5 sacks, including 9.5 in 2022. “It’s exciting for us to get him,” Eberflus said during an interview with 670 The Score’s Chris Emma. “He’s got sack production, a really good pass rusher. He fits our scheme in terms of his effort, his style, his disposition.” Those 21.5 sacks were made in only 49 games with 13 total starts. Eberflus likes his edge rushers on the team this preseason, even before Taylor. "I feel really good about where we are in terms of with Book [rookie Austin Booker] and [DeMarcus] Walk[er] and Dom[inique Robinson], all those guys that are in that other spot and those guys have different skill sets that they bring to the table, and those guys play really hard," Eberflus said this week about his defensive line. "And the first thing in defensive line play is having a great motor, and those guys have really improved and they've done a good job with that." In 2023, Taylor had 28 tackles, 5.5 sacks and seven tackles-for-loss. This is a big-time edge rusher that is still only 27 years old. For a sixth-round pick, that is excellent value. He was drafted in the second round in 2020. To make room on the roster, Bears waived defensive end Khalid Kareem. In other roster news, the Bears terminated the contract of receiver Freddie Swain, who was on the injured reserve. Keep in mind, Darrell Taylor was a 2nd string guy, and put up Trade! The #Seahawks are sending LB Darrell Taylor to the #Bears for a 2025 sixth-round pick, per source. pic.twitter.com/eCKZ6bb71G
21.5 sacks
34 QB hits
90 QB pressures
….in 3 years.
For a 6th? Poles did a solid job pic.twitter.com/6NZGwvIiTn
