Teams are usually expected to keep the #1 pick and take the best player available. That has been the case in five of the past six drafts. Everybody knew Myles Garrett, Baker Mayfield, Kyler Murray, Joe Burrow, and Trevor Lawrence would be the picks long before the draft even began. This year is different. The Chicago Bears sit atop the board. They already have a quarterback. Several teams below them need one. It seems like the ideal situation for a trade to take place. GM Ryan Poles is in the middle of a rebuild. His roster lacks talent and depth. He wants to build through the draft. Stockpiling more picks makes sense.
What people don’t know is whether a trade will happen. It isn’t exactly a common occurrence. The #1 pick has only been traded four times in the past 30 years. Poles will be treading on rare ground if he goes through with it. Former NFL executive Joe Banner made it sound like other teams will make it almost impossible not to.
“Between now and the April draft, the Bears will be offered a litany of trade proposals for the No. 1 pick, and the temptation to jump at one of them will be enormous.”
It makes sense. Six teams in the top 10 have at least some questions at the quarterback position. Houston, Indianapolis, Atlanta, and Carolina have clear needs. Seattle must decide if they want to extend Geno Smith. Las Vegas will be trading Derek Carr. If none of those teams find a veteran solution in free agency or the trade market, the desperation to get #1 will intensify.
The Chicago Bears should get answers by the end of February.
Around that time, the Senior Bowl and other all-star games will have concluded. The scouting combine ends in early March. Teams will have a far better feel of this 2023 quarterback crop by then. They’ll also have a good idea of where the top veteran options, such as Carr, Tom Brady, Lamar Jackson, and Jimmy Garoppolo end up. If Brady stays in Tampa Bay and Jackson stays in Baltimore, that would severely limit the options for those teams. Carr could end up in a place like Tennessee or New York. Garoppolo isn’t exactly the ideal prize anybody hopes for.
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If Bryce Young, C.J. Stroud, and Will Levis do their jobs over the next month, the hype machine will take care of the rest. At that point, all the Chicago Bears have to do is weigh the offers and pick the one that they think gives them the best chance to build a championship roster. It may depend on which players they like in this class and how far they believe they can drop while still getting the one they want. There are lots of moving parts to this process. It is likely answers will come sometime in mid-March or early April.
Bears are in no way of trading Fields. There looking to trade back for more picks say around the 4th-8th pick.
We are going to be talking about this in every shape and form til the draft. If they trade Fields they are morons. Unless someone offered 5 1sts and 5 2nds or something crazy. Fields has work to do but he has established himself as the leader and if they trade him the team would have no direction. Poles got a winning lotto ticket and money to get any players he wants. No excuses now and no more f*cking around with all the losers he brought in because last season didn’t matter. Next season better matter I hope he isn’t… Read more »
Those fans who are suggesting trading Justin Fields are foolish. ChicagoBears.com has selected Fields the Bears’ Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year for 2022. We’ve all seen the potential here in Fields and going after one of the top quarterbacks from the college ranks who is still a big question mark in the NFL is just plain foolish. The Bears need lots of help elsewhere and trading the #1 draft pick for multiple picks is the right thing to do and that’s what Ryan Poles is going to do.
Oh was looking at the contracts, still paying Trevathan and somebody else like 20 some million in back loaded contracts that come off the books next year. Ryan Pace had the Bears in a mess, So add 20 mil plus 40 mil…Putting aside 10 to sign the draft class. That leaves the Bears with 60 mil rollover going into the 2024 season and that’s without the extra 8 mil raise.
I was just going thru the 2023 roster, as it stands there are 44 players signed of the 51 required. That leaves seven spots. I hope the Bears give Montgomery a 2-year 13mil contract. Thats 6.5 million off of 116 milllion cap space. That puts us at 109 mil, go get an OT and center for 28 mil per season. Down to 81mil that leaves four spots. Lets go ahead and spend 34 million on a DT, and Nose tackle. Down to 57 million. That leaves us with WR, and Linebacker. There really isnt WRs on free agency any better… Read more »