Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune decided to get an early start on the Bears draft discussion. To do so he reached out to a couple scouts around the league. First was a scouting director from an NFC team. He was posed the simple question of which five names should be focused on for the #3 pick?
“That list has got to be QB heavy, ” he wrote in a text. “So (DeShone) Kizer and (Mitch) Trubisky. But those top two teams could go QB which could push (Texas A&M defensive end Myles) Garrett to the Bears. Garrett and (Leonard) Floyd would be unstoppable.”
Biggs then sent that same question to an AFC scout. His answer was decidedly more detailed and emphatic.
“I would spend every single second, every time I had available with the quarterbacks and with their coaching staffs because I would need to know which quarterback has it, ” he said. “I would 30 visit them, I would work them out and I would spend every second I could getting to know them.
They’re not getting Myles Garrett because he’s going to go in the top two. They have to go after a quarterback. Think about it. As much as Trubisky has all the tools, it might be Deshaun Watson. He’s an athlete and at least he can protect himself from not getting killed there.
If I was the general manager and I knew that my ass was on the line next year with the head coach, what do we truly need? Jay Cutler hasn’t worked. Let’s get rid of him. Matt Barkley is a good little backup. They need a good quarterback. They’re not going to wait until the third round to take one. They can’t.
The other thing they can do if they take a quarterback early, maybe they can buy a little more time with the understanding he’s going to struggle a little at first like rookie quarterbacks tend to do. They’ve got to take a quarterback. You said you were looking for five names. Five names really isn’t what it’s about.”
There really is no getting around the reality. The Bears have their first top five draft selection since 2005. They have no definitive answer at the quarterback position. Truthfully it’s not that much of an argument. Unless they’re able to somehow secure a veteran like Tony Romo or trade for promising backup Jimmy Garoppolo, there is little flexibility here. This team cannot hope to win anything until they find a quarterback.
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