{"id":77554,"date":"2024-01-05T01:23:09","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T01:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nflnhungn.aweu.info\/?p=77554"},"modified":"2024-01-05T01:25:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T01:25:48","slug":"bears-news-trade-pitch-nets-bears-2-future-first-rounders-elite-ot-for-no-1-pick-nhungn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nflnhungn.aweu.info\/bears-news-trade-pitch-nets-bears-2-future-first-rounders-elite-ot-for-no-1-pick-nhungn\/","title":{"rendered":"Trade Pitch Nets Bears 2 Future First-Rounders, Elite OT for No. 1 Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"

NFL experts continue to advise the Chicago Bears to keep the No. 1 pick and deal QB Justin Fields, but that\u2019s a whole lot of eggs for one lonely basket in its early 20s.<\/p>\n

There are exceptions \u2014 such as Peyton Manning and John Elway \u2014 but time and again the draft strategy of accumulating multiple bites at the apple has proven the superior path toward building a winning franchise.<\/p>\n

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If the Bears decide to swim upstream and trade away the No. 1 overall pick, as they did last year with the Carolina Panthers to tremendous success, the franchise is liable to get even more in return. ESPN\u2019s Courtney Cronin and Jeremy Fowler cited multiple NFL executives who said the haul could be two future firsts, plus the trade partner\u2019s 2024 first-rounder (even if it\u2019s in the top-5) and a Day-2 draft asset\/established player.<\/p>\n

If Chicago believes Fields\u2019 ceiling is a top-10 QB in the league, there isn\u2019t much of a decision at all. The Bears should deal the No. 1 overall selection to the four-win New England Patriots (currently selecting No. 3) who are almost guaranteed to be bad over the next couple of seasons due to a lack of skill position talent and that legendary coach Bill Belichick appears on his way out.<\/p>\n

The Bears can use the No. 3 pick to draft Olumuyiwa Fashanu of Penn State, ESPN\u2019s top-rated offensive tackle, and fill a premier position of need with an elite prospect. Chicago can dive into the future with Fields on two more seasons of a cost-controlled contract with the safety net of two first-round picks (likely to fall inside the top-10) from the Pats in the next two drafts that can be utilized to procure a new quarterback if Fields doesn\u2019t, in fact, become an elite QB himself.<\/p>\n

Majority of Media Voices Argue Bears Should Trade Justin Fields, Draft QB No. 1 Overall<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nGettyThe future of Chicago Bears QB Justin Fields is up in the air now that the franchise has secured the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n

Benjamin Solak of The Ringer on Wednesday, January 3, authored a compelling argument against the multiple bites strategy \u2014 at least in the Bears\u2019 case regarding this particular No. 1 pick \u2014 citing the nearly uniform belief across the NFL landscape that each of 2024\u2019s top two QB prospects is too good for any team without a sure-fire Hall of Famer under center to pass up.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the Fields decision looks harder as his play improves, the reality is that it is too little, too late to move the Bears off the first selection,\u201d Solak wrote. \u201cThere are a lot of universes in which the conversation becomes legitimately tough. Say Fields never hurt his thumb and started to show this improvement in Week 6 instead of Week 11. Say the Panthers weren\u2019t this bad, and the Bears had the fifth pick instead of the first pick. Then we could talk. A month of good Fields play cannot budge the Bears off Caleb Williams or Drake Maye. It simply can\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

The opinions outside the Bears locker room, however, are considerably different than those within it, which is also an important factor the franchise must consider.<\/p>\n

Bears Teammates Voice Support, Belief in QB Justin Fields<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nGettyChicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles faces a tough decision on what to do with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n

Cronin and Fowler spoke to multiple veterans inside the Bears locker room who spoke up for Fields, with one saying his teammates already believe Fields to be a top-1o quarterback in the league.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo one in here thinks Justin\u2019s not a top quarterback,\u201d the unnamed veteran told Cronin and Fowler. \u201cNo one would tell you that. Everyone believes he\u2019s a top-10 quarterback in the league.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another veteran speaking on the condition of anonymity voiced the displeasure and dismay he and several of his teammates felt when general manager Ryan Poles dealt linebacker Roquan Smith and defensive end Robert Quinn in August and October of 2022, respectively.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like, if you get rid of him, what are we doing?\u201d the player said. \u201cIt\u2019s like last year when they got rid of Roquan and Rob. That was our captain. We knew we were going down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bears top wide receiver DJ Moore, who the team acquired from the Panthers in the trade of the No. 1 overall pick before the 2023 draft, put his name on his support of Fields Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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#Bears<\/a> WR DJ Moore on Justin Fields and his future:<\/p>\n

"He\u2019s \u2018Him.\u2019 I want him to be the quarterback. I said what I said; now it\u2019s on the higher-ups. It\u2019s up to them." pic.twitter.com\/RbTVRMa4Y7<\/a><\/p>\n

— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) January 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n