Dan Wiederer: Bears should stand pat at trade deadline

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00:00How aggressive do you expect them to be, or do you think this is more a wait-and-see type of thing?

00:06Do you expect any particular move?

00:10And if you were given a move, what would you take?

00:13Well, I'll say this.

00:14Three and a half weeks ago, everyone was saying,

00:16they've got to go get a running back, they've got to go get a running back.

00:19And Ben and the coaches inside that building said, stop it.

00:21We've got guys that we can run the football with.

00:23In the last two games, they've shown you that they've got guys that they can run the football with

00:27when they take care of details and scheme it upright and get everything moving in the right direction.

00:32I think this is a stand-pat year for this team as it relates to the trade deadline.

00:35I just think that, again, you have to be realistic about what you're actually trying to do.

00:40You're not trying to make a bigger splash in 2025 at the expense of the future,

00:45which you're trying to build sustained success for.

00:47And so, look, go window shop, go browse, go see if you can find a sale somewhere that might help you.

00:53But I wouldn't be ultra aggressive in trying to make a move that gives you a small boost this year

00:59at the expense of having things that you can build with in the future.