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Robert Quinn Could Be First Player in NFL History to Play 18 Games

The Bears not having a bye week and the Eagles already having theirs creates a rate opportunity for the NFL pass rusher who switched teams before the 2022 trade deadline

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Former Bears edge rusher Robert Quinn has the chance to make NFL history this season. 

Since the Bears haven't had their bye week since Quinn was on the team, and the Eagles already had their bye week during Week 7, Quinn could become the first NFL player to play 18 games in one season. 

The same scenario probably happened in the past, but this is the first season NFL teams are playing 17 regular season games instead of 16. That means Quinn will have a chance to play in the most NFL games recorded in a regular season. 

Dean Marlowe of the Buffalo Bills is in the same boat. Marlowe was traded from the Falcons, who haven't served their bye week, to the Buffalo Bills, who had experienced their bye week during Week 7. 

Quinn was traded from the Bears to the Eagles for a fourth-round pick in the 2023 NFL draft. Similarly, the Bears traded Roquan Smith to the Ravens for a second- and fifth-round pick in the upcoming draft. On Tuesday, the day of the NFL trade deadline, the Bears acquired Chase Claypool from the Steelers in exchange for their own second-round pick. 

The Bears were major players in the weeks leading up to the trade deadline, trading Robert Quinn to the Philadelphia Eagles, Roquan Smith to the Baltimore Ravens, and acquiring WR Chase Claypool from the Pittsburgh Steelers. To break down the trade deadline for the Bears and the direction Ryan Poles is taking the team, Ken Davis and Alex Shapiro are...
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