Bills trade Ryan Bates to Bears for fifth-round pick

🚨TRADE!! 🚨

We’ve agreed to terms on a trade that will send OL Ryan Bates to Chicago for a 5th round pick in the 2024 draft: https://t.co/TBCWPhUbB3 pic.twitter.com/yV2q1LDp7y

— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) March 5, 2024

We have agreed to terms on a trade for OL Ryan Bates, pending physical.

Welcome to Chicago, @52batesryan!

— Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) March 5, 2024

Ryan Bates will always be #BillsMafia's Chicken Wing. ❤️💙pic.twitter.com/KPCxGxlfVa

— Hänsel (@UberHansen) March 5, 2024

Bills announced they agreed to terms on a trade to send OL Ryan Bates to Chicago in exchange for a 2024 5th-round pick. The trade will become official on March 13, pending a physical.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 5, 2024

The Buffalo #Bills have agreed to terms on a trade to send OL Ryan Bates to Chicago for a 5th round pick in the 2024 draft.

The trade will become official on March 13, pending a physical.

— Chris Brown (@ChrisBrownBills) March 5, 2024

The #Bears acquire OL Ryan Bates from the Bills in exchange for the 5th round pick in the 2024 draft per @RapSheet.#thesickpodcast pic.twitter.com/Ov0HoIsAGL

— The Sick Podcast with Adam Rank (@sickpodadamrank) March 5, 2024

Bills are trading Ryan Bates to the Bears for a fifth round draft pick in April. My take on this: they will extend Mitch Morse to lower his cap number, which is smart. And now with 11 picks, Beane is loading up capital to make more trades.

— Sal Maiorana (@salmaiorana) March 5, 2024

Almost two years after signing him to an offer sheet, the #Bears finally get Ryan Bates from the #Bills. https://t.co/OAwXz9tq2R

— Ryan Talbot (@RyanTalbotBills) March 5, 2024

Trade: The #Bills are trading G Ryan Bates to the #Bears for a 5th round pick in the 2024 draft.

Chicago previously tried to previously sign him as a RFA but Buffalo matched. Now they get him. pic.twitter.com/qFwRoxnqg7

— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) March 5, 2024

Ryan Bates played 35 snaps last year folks.

— Bills Chat Podcast (@BillsChatPod) March 5, 2024

The Bears tried to sign OL Ryan Bates in 2022 when he was a restricted free agent. Now they've traded for him, sending a 2024 fifth-round pick to the Bills.

— Jason Lieser (@JasonLieser) March 5, 2024

The Bills now have 11 picks in NFL Draft. They sent Ryan Bates to Chicago for a 5th round pick

— Mike Catalana (@MikeCatalana) March 5, 2024

With the emergence of O’Cyrus Torrence and Connor McGovern, this move makes sense. It should also free up some cap space for the #Bills.

Solid player, but good move and they get a fifth in return. This means Ryan Bates was not the long-term plan at center behind Mitch Morse.… https://t.co/0NapFxgyW7

— Ajay Cybulski (@AjayCybulski) March 5, 2024

The Bills are trading offensive lineman Ryan Bates to the Bears for a 2024 fifth-round pick.

Bates signed an offer sheet from the Bears in 2022 when he was restricted free agent that the Bills ultimately matched. He ends up in Chicago anyway.

— Alaina Getzenberg (@agetzenberg) March 5, 2024

#Bills trade: Agreed on terms to send OL Ryan Bates to Chicago for a 5th round pick this year. Bates had been a top backup on the interior last season, after O'Cyrus Torrence won the starting guard job.

— Andy Young (@AndyYoungTV) March 5, 2024