Audacy’s Jason La Canfora was at the Senior Bowl and said he spoke to more than one GM that believes that the Bears will trade Justin Fields either before or during the NFL Draft.
The Bears have the #1 pick in the draft, so theoretically, they could pick their QB of the future while flipping Fields for more draft capital to help improve their team.
Others would argue it would be better to trade the #1 pick and get Fields some help.
There have been strong indications that the Bears will not trade Fields.
Unfortunately, one of the downsides — perhaps the only one — of having the top pick is having to deal with the Fields trade chatter. Even though Chicago has shown no indication that they’re considering moving on from Fields.
One NFL coach summed it up best when he discussed Fields’ upside with ESPN NFL insider Jeremy Fowler:
“[The Bears] had no business being in some of the games they were in this year — that was because of Fields.”
The great quarterbacks can overcome roster deficiencies. Fields seems to have that element, even if he needs more polish as a pocket passer.
Fields carried the offense on his back — technically, legs — where he rushed for 1,143 yards, falling just 64 yards shy of Lamar Jackson’s single-season rushing record. Fields did make NFL history with 178 yards against the Dolphins, the most ever by a quarterback in a regular season game.
While Fields certainly needs to improve as a passer, he’s shown enough in his first two seasons to warrant a true evaluation.
Yes, Bears general manager Ryan Poles will do his homework on quarterbacks Bryce Young, C.J. Stroud and Will Levis in the pre-draft process. But that doesn’t mean Chicago is moving on from Fields.
This is all very intriguing, so we will have to see what will happen.
Flip the pages for La Canfora’s report and some Twitter reactions.
