Will DE Joe Tryon-Shoyinka make impact for Bears following trade?

For comparison, Odeyingbo, who was a free-agent signing by the Bears in the offseason, has nine tackles and one sack this season, while Tryon-Shoyinka nine tackles and zero sacks. 

However, as Jacob Infante, Bears and NFL Draft analyst for Windy City Gridiron and PFSN notes, Tryon-Shoyinka has a 73.5 Pro Football Focus grade and a 29.2% pass-rush win rate. The above-average grade and fourth-best win rate in the league are encouraging, albeit in a small sample size, and gives Chicago some depth at a position in need for a cheaper cost.

While the trade improves Cleveland's draft position for 2026, it still gives Chicago some edge help, even if Tryon-Shoyinka's overall body of work is not great. He has 15 sacks in 74 career games, but has only recorded more than one sack on two occasions.

The Bears are tied with the Detroit Lions for second in the NFC North, just behind the Green Bay Packers (5-2-1). A tough second-half schedule awaits, though, with one game against the Lions and two against the Packers still to go.

However, despite dealing with multiple injuries throughout the season, the Bears now have three healthy defensive ends, Austin Booker, Tryon-Shoyinka and Daniel Hardy, to go along with Montez Sweat, which could prove valuable against stiffer competition.

It is certainly a risky trade for the Bears given the lack of defensive snaps from Tryon-Shoyinka this season and a mostly unproven track record in his career. The sample size may be small and the overall impact might not be what fans want, but Tryon-Shoyinka at least gives Chicago a first-round draft pick at the edge position and some additional depth for the second half of the season.