Source – Bears trade for Chiefs’ All-Pro guard Joe Thuney

The Chicago Bears are trading a 2026 fourth-round pick to the Kansas City Chiefs for two-time All-Pro guard Joe Thuney, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Wednesday.

It’s the second trade the Bears have agreed to this week to beef up their offensive line to provide better protection for quarterback Caleb Williams. On Tuesday, the Bears agreed to a trade with the Los Angeles Rams to acquire guard Jonah Jackson.

Thuney was selected as the Chiefs’ MVP last season by his teammates, receiving the Derrick Thomas Award in recognition of his unselfishness by moving to left tackle at the end of the season.

He was selected as a first-team All-Pro for the second straight year. He also was selected to his third straight Pro Bowl.

Thuney, 32, is due $16 million this season, the last year of a five-year, $80 million contract he signed with the Chiefs as a free agent in 2021.

The Chiefs placed the nonexclusive franchise tag on guard Trey Smith on Tuesday. The 2025 franchise tender for guards is worth about $23.4 million. The highest-paid guard in the NFL is the Philadelphia Eagles‘ Landon Dickerson at $21 million per year, so the tag essentially makes Smith the highest-paid guard in football.

A third-round pick by the New England Patriots in 2016, Thuney has started all 146 games in his nine NFL seasons. He is a four-time Super Bowl champion, winning two rings with the Patriots and two with the Chiefs.