I guess this is just what happens between division rivals.





The Green Bay Packers did their best to go poaching earlier this week, as they extended a sizable offer sheet to ​Bears cornerback Kyle Fuller in an attempt to steal him away in free agency.





However, the Bears shut that down quick, ​matching the offer and keeping their young cornerback in Chicago for​ the foreseeable future.

It’s official.



Kyle Fuller is STAYING in Chicago. pic.twitter.com/tPSGA8r4kT — Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) March 20, 2018

Or, at least, they made it seem like the process had been shut down quickly. In reality, the methodology cost the Packers dearly.





The Bears reportedly made up their minds about Fuller not long after the Packers made their offer. That's what leaked to the media. However, they waited the maximum four days to make the move official, finally announcing it on Tuesday via social media.

​​This meant that the Packers had that money tied up for basically the entire week, preventing them from pouncing on other free agents while the Bears took their sweet time officially matching the offer sheet.

According to this #bears waited until today to match even though it was said they were matching, tied up GB for 4 days, missed out on other FAs https://t.co/ABeamkANev — Jake (@Jake_BennettNFL) March 20, 2018

This is a clever, but sneaky move by the Bears to hamper the Packers from getting better in the offseason.





That's just a typical divisional rival move right there. ​​Don't hate the player, hate the game.