The Chicago Bears proved to the rest of the NFL that they believe their team can win now after trading away two first-round picks and a 2027 fourth-rounder to the Tennessee Titans for All-Pro defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons and a 2028 fifth-round pick. 

Everyone witnessed Simmons' impact on a national stage in the Bears' 34-17 victory on Monday Night Football at Lumen Field. He finished with six total tackles, three quarterback pressures and one sack. 

Bears general manager Ryan Poles saw an opportunity to upgrade his team with a difference-making disruptor in the middle of the defense and made a trade happen. 

Now the question remains, will Poles make another move before Nov. 10's trade deadline? The Bears already made a massive trade, so why stop now, especially if there is another transaction that can increase depth and the overall strength of the roster. 

Something Poles will weigh is how any move would impact the team now and in the future. The Bears don't have their first-round picks for the next two seasons and they're down a fourth-round pick next season. Draft picks are more scarce, and this team believes in building through the draft. 

With that bigger-picture perspective in mind, here are some trade targets for the Bears to consider.

Even though it appears the Los Angeles Chargers are holding Khalil Mack hostage, it still would make sense for the organization to trade the 35-year-old pass rusher in what is a lost season for the 0-7 team. 

Mack has played in all seven games this season, registering 21 total tackles, three sacks and 16 total quarterback pressures. Obviously, he isn't the same player he once was when he joined the Bears in 2018, but he can still rush the passer as a rotational piece. Mack has 310 total snaps on a bad Chargers team -- 38th-most among all edge rushers. 

Adding Mack to defensive coordinator Dennis Allen's defense would provide an experienced edge rusher to the unit. Now that Jeffery Simmons is on the interior, he is going to draw more attention leaving opportunities for the Bears' edges to hit home. 

Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh wants Mack to remain in Los Angeles, and Mack has also expressed his desire to stay with the organization. The veteran edge rusher likely wouldn't share his true feelings if he felt otherwise, but if Poles could make that trade happen for a fifth-round pick (preferably a 2027 sixth-round pick), then it would be worth the price. 

Reuniting Nahshon Wright with the Bears makes a lot of sense considering what he accomplished with team last season: 17 games played, 80 total tackles, five interceptions  (including a pick-6), three fumble recoveries and two forced fumbles. 

Wright was a Pro Bowl alternate in Allen's defense last season and continuously made game-changing plays for a defense that led the league in takeaways in 2025. Wright has his flaws like any other player. He allowed 60 receptions on 93 targets for 800 yards and eight touchdowns (including the postseason). 

The veteran cornerback hasn't played any defensive snaps this season and has frequently been a healthy scratch for the New York Jets, since he doesn't provide much value on special teams. Wright took Tyrique Stevenson's spot last season. Given how Stevenson and Jaylon Johnson have played up to this point, it would be smart to have depth at that position. 

A late Day 3 pick (2027 seventh-rounder) should be more than enough to get a deal done with the 2-6 Jets.

This would be a big move. Not a Jeffery Simmons-like trade obviously, but one that would likely require Day 2 capital. Let's say a 2027 third-round pick and potentially one of the Bears 2028 fifth-round picks. Remember, we're dealing with hypotheticals here.

Chase Young is in his seventh NFL season after being selected No. 2 overall by the Washington Commanders in the 2020 NFL Draft. He's still only 27 years old, and he's putting together one of his best years as a pro. Through seven games, the 6-foot-5, 265-pound edge rusher has 14 total tackles, seven sacks, one forced fumble and a fumble recovery. His seven sacks is tied for the third-most in the NFL, and his 28 total quarterback pressure ranks 13th among edge rushers, according to Pro Football Focus. 

Young has familiarity with defensive coordinator Dennis Allen from their time in New Orleans in 2024. The edge rusher also played opposite of Montez Sweat while the two were in Washington from 2020-23 until they were traded in that final season. The Bears reportedly had interest in Young during that time, but ended up with Sweat instead because Young failed the Bears' medicals at the time, according to a source. 

The Commanders traded Young to the 49ers for a conditional third-round pick in 2023. 

That's also something the Bears would have to consider -- Young's medical history. He tore his ACL and ruptured his patellar tendon in November 2021, playing in just three games the following season. 

Young has been relatively healthy since 2023. He appeared in 16 games that year and didn't miss a game in 2024, registering 5.5 sacks, 31 total tackles, one forced fumble and three passes defensed. A calf injury forced him to miss the first five games of the 2025 season, but he played the remaining 12 games, finishing with the first double-digit sack season in his career (10) while adding two fumbles and four passes defensed. 

Young signed a three-year, $51 million contract with the Saints in 2025. According to Spotrac, if the Bears were to make a trade for the edge rusher, Chicago would be on the books for $607,500 for the rest of this season. Young has an $18 million cap hit in 2027. 

The Saints are currently 2-5, last in the NFC South. Trading away one of their best players won't help them win more games this season, but New Orleans also has to think about the future and how to best set the team up for success.