NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported on Wednesday that the Chicago Bears are expected to trade for Kansas City Chiefs’ All-Pro guard Joe Thuney, in exchange for a 2026 fourth-round pick. The deal for Thuney won’t be official until the start of the new league year on March 12.

The 32-year-old Thuney was a first-team All-Pro in each of the last two seasons, starting all 17 games last season and missing just two starts for the Chiefs over the last four years. The nine-year veteran, who spent his first five seasons with the New England Patriots, joined the Chiefs in 2021. He won two Super Bowl titles with each franchise.

Thuney is set to become a free agent in 2025, and has one year left on his contract with a base salary of $15.5 million.  He received the seventh-best offensive rating among guards last season, according to Pro Football Focus, and received the second-best pass blocking grade and 12th-best run blocking grade. Thuney received the sixth-best offensive rating in 2023 and was the top-rated pass blocker at the position, and also rated as the top pass-blocking guard in 2022 and 2021.

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