The search will start for the Bears brass at the Senior Bowl starting January 24th. For the first time since 1996 the team will have a chance to coach the event along with the Cleveland Browns. It presents a legitimate opportunity to get an close-up look at some of the top prospects in the 2017 draft class. That includes the quarterbacks.
The tricky part is none of the currently projected top names are expected to attend the event. Mitch Trubisky, Deshone Kizer and Patrick Mahomes weren’t eligible. Deshaun Watson was invited but declined to attend. This makes it difficult to think the Bears will likely find their next starter among those who are left.
#Bears coaching QBs Sefo Liufau, Nathan Peterman, C.J. Beathard at @seniorbowl #Browns with QBs Davis Webb, Antonio Pipkin, Josh Dobbs
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Then again people said the same thing about the 2016 Senior Bowl. All eyes were on Carson Wentz during that event, but he didn’t win MVP honor. That went to a seldom-mentioned other young quarterback out of Mississippi State named Dak Prescott. It seemed trivial at the time, but that performance caught the attention of one of the teams down there coaching the game in the Dallas Cowboys.
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So much in fact that they kept his name in mind during the draft and scooped him up early in the fourth round. A few months later he was elevated to the starting job after an injury to Tony Romo. He responded with Rookie of the Year and Pro Bowl honors while leading Dallas to a 13-3 record.
Inevitably this leads to the next question. Could another Prescott possibly exist in this 2017 crop of QBs? It’s possible, and it just so happens the Bears will be coaching him personally on the north squad.
