People have gotten on Gruden for this trade like he did the unthinkable. If he can get 2 high quality offensive players with the picks then he did the right thing. This is an offense driven league. Mack literally dominated a whole half of football by himself and they could not win bc they have an incompetent offense. In a league now tailor made for offense, good defenses can't sustain dominance on their own, they need help from the offense.
The Bears paid huge to continue to be the Bears, good defense incompetent offense. That doesnt work anymore. Mack will be the awesome HOF player he is and we'll continue to appreciate his play on teams that just aren't good enough to get anywhere.
On a side note, watching Sam Darnold play really cemented how shitty Trubisky is playing. The poor kid is on the Jets, has no oline, no #1 receiver, no #2 receiver hell might not even have a legit #3, has no legit TE and decent rb's and looks like a player. His poise after a pick six, ball placement and overall confidence and play in his first game already added to how glaringly scared Mitch looks in certain spots. I'd say Mitch looks bad at times under pressure but its really not even pressure situations, just things he's supposed to do as an NFL qb
