Bears remove one safety from the mix

The Bears answered a small part of the roster question I posed regarding the safety position in my last Bears-related blog.  They've traded safety Kevin Payne to the St. Louis Rams for a conditional 2011 7th round pick.  The condition, as I understand it is that if Payne makes the Rams' roster then the Bears will get the Rams' 7th rounder.  I think this is essentially the kind of "win-win-win" trade that benefits the player and both teams.  Payne probably wasn't going to play for the Bears, and an extra 7th rounder is better than a sharp stick in the eye in return.  I think the Bears will likely still remove at least one more safety from the roster before final cuts.