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The Buffalo Bills announced Monday that they’ve agreed to terms on a trade that will send OL Ryan Bates to the Bears for a 2024 fifth-round pick. 

The trade is spending a physical and will be processed on March 13 as long as Bates passes it. 

Bates, 27, wound up going undrafted out of Penn State back in 2019. He agreed to a three-year, $1.755 million contract with the Eagles soon after.

The Bills traded DE Eli Harold to the Eagles in exchange for Bates back in 2019. Bates later agreed to a four-year contract with Bates as a restricted free agent back in 2022, but the Bills opted to match the offer. 

In 2023, Bates appeared in all 17 games for the Bills, but did not make a start for them. 

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