***2024 NFL Draft***
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Williams upside is definitely there. I can understand not wanting to be the GM that goes down in infamy as passing on Caleb Williams. I also think you are discounting the contract situation. Fields is a free agent in a year. Last year, Bryce Young got 4 years 38 million on his rookie deal. You've reset the clock by 4 years on needing to find a free agent QB and are paying considerably less than what Fields will probably get as a FA.
That's the thing, Fields hasn't been surrounded with that much to ascend, but then you're going to go after a supposedly generational QB that hasn't played a down in the NFL?? How's that last supposed "generational talent" working out right now in Trevor Lawrence? Yeah, he's made the Jags somewhat competitive and a little better with the new coach, but he isn't that great, not as great as they said he would be.
Stats and analytics say your odds of having a better QB in the draft at spot 1 versus outside top 15 is quite different, I saw some numbers on that, but can't say who posted it on X and not sure if I've saved it either.
I think we go linebacker in the 3rd round or later. I would like to get an offensive lineman and either trade or cut Bakhtiari to get that cap room. Maybe a defensive back in the first would be a good pick.
I think fans & media are higher on Fields than most teams in the League are. They don't think he processes fast enough and he has a long throwing motion. Yes he hasn't been in the best situation but if a QB is going into his 4th season and you STILL don't know if he is indeed the guy then I think it is probably smart to move on if you feel good about the QB you could draft.
Hell, Packers fans the last game of the season were yelling at the game for the Bears to "Keep Fields".
Hell, Packers fans the last game of the season were yelling at the game for the Bears to "Keep Fields".
I agree. I'd be ok with Tampa
haha. But if Bahk could stay healthy, but the cost is high for production, kind of the same with Gary. Secondary with the first pick, OL with the 2nd/3rd and they could find a good RB in that 3-5th round. I saw a mock from tankathon that I liked quite a bit. OL 1st pick, then secondary next two...then Bucky Irving, then Pearsall.
I grew up a Vikings fan and absolutely hated the Bears and Packers. I've pretty much fully converted to a 49ers/Jets fan since my ISU fandom goes way deeper than my Vikings fandom ever did. I still have a little bit of a soft spot for the Vikings which in turn still leads me to hate the Bears and Packers
Yep, if you hooked up Packers, Vikings & Lions fans to a lie detector and asked them if they would rather the Bears keep Fields or pick a QB at #1? I bet a vast majority would say they want the Bears to keep Fields.
demoncore1031
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If they feel like Fields is their guy, then they should trade down to #3 and take Harrison Jr and then a tackle at #9.
Sorry, you can't enter the chat Vikings fan. Our most hated rival are the bears. Vikings think there is a rivalry with the packers, maybe a little, but it's not the same. I don't even take the vikings fans seriously half the time of "it's our year we're going to win the north." I don't like the Bears, I don't really care about the Vikings. But the fans try to be pestering and annoying and it's not as a big deal to me haha.
I’d take Wilson. My gut tells me baker would be cheaper but either in my books would be a stopgap. Load up on picks by trading the 1st pick and moving down AND trade fields. Just in those two moves you’re likely atleast getting a top 10 pick if you can find a suitor who wants the first overall pick and two 2nd round picks. If not more. I think if you could get Harrison JR with the top 10 pick you do it and putting him across from DJ Moore. You have two good WRs then. Then you grab o line help. Give them a year, develop a qb you draft in a later round and in two years you prosper
demoncore1031
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I'm hoping the Vikings go edge rusher in round 1 and Tampa in round 2. Need a running back, guard, linebackers, etc. And we still don't know which direction they will go at QB.
My buddy Doug is a big Bears fan. Every time I see them skip drafting OL, I feel for him.
Trade Fields. He can't see the field. Try to get a 1st rounder for him. 2nd round pick at a minimum. Draft Williams and a left tackle or stud receiver with the 9th pick. Go after the best linemen in FA as well.
Anxious to see the Rams draft in the first round for the first time since 1968
Mock drafts are meaningless and a waste of time. That said, I geek out on them. This one has Tampa going 48 to Jacksonville
I understand the desire to ALWAYS draft QB's high. But it seems the Bears need to take the approach of building up their roster instead of the NFL status quo approach of chasing the next great QB. That approach works about 50% of the time, but the Bears track record with Fields, Trubisky, etc. is not good.
Feel like the Bears need to trade out of #1 and get 3-4 draft picks. If they aren't sold on Fields, then try to get a package of picks (Rd2 in 2024/Rd3 in 2025) based on his 2024 performance with a new team.
Go out and sign a QB retread for 1-2 years, a guy like Tannehill, Minschew, Wentz, etc. Then build up the roster with draft picks. Because I can just about guarantee if the Bears are right on 100% their 2024 draft picks, their ceiling is a .500 team. So they should get a shot at a solid college QB in 2025. He might not be generational (like Williams is projected), but it seems like young QB's have a better chance of success when they play with a solid roster around them.
