I hope the Bears trade down. Taking a top QB at #1 seems like a recipe to repeat what happened with drafting Fields and Trubisky. And I don't feel drafting a generational WR guarantees a playoff level team. Just look at the Lions with Matthew Stafford and Calvin Johnson.
Fields isn’t the problem and switching him out for another QB doesn’t change much of anything. They’ll still have all the same deficiencies up and down the roster, and they’ll just replay the last 6-7 years all over again. He may never be a franchise QB, but he’s good enough to build around.
I’m of the opinion that the bears need to make a trade to accumulate more talent. That trade either needs to be fields for a high draft pick (maybe they could get a second rounder for him? Maybe more?) or they need to trade the 1 down for a lower 1 and additional picks or players. I don’t believe fields is the ultimate answer but I also believe they need a lot more help in other places (offensive line, WR, TE and so on).
Absolutely agree. I don’t trust this organization to make good QB decisions, and drafting a QB #1 is a massive investment. It burns a huge amount of resources, and the outcome is unclear even for the best franchises.
This! Build the roster talent. If Fields ends up not working out at 2024 or 2025, the roster will be set for either a rookie QB or a FA QB to walk in and have a better chance at success right away. This year and next year could combine for a great core to be drafted and signed (with all that cap space) for years to come. It's still early but Poles seems to be a legit GM.
Hated the Eberflus hire anyways so it's not a total loss, but if you are an ex-coordinator hired as DC, the side that you coordinated before should be done well, and Eberflus couldn't do that except for the total tomato can like teams. Like what the hell are you actually good for.
I’m not a Bears fan, but I’d trade Fiekds for a second this year and more future picks. He’s just not consistent enough to be a successful QB in this league, but he did play well enough at the end of the year to raise his stock.
That coach has got to be fired. He’s awful. But I would have said that about Eberflus too
Grab CWill and Odunze. Load up on OL in 2nd-3rd. It's a deep OL class. Bears still have 50mil in cap space which some will need to go to the new rookies, but still have ways to acquire splash players.
