anonymousGM

I'm not sure we go IOL but its possible

James Williams S Miami 6'4 230 would also be an intriguing player in our defense in certain packages and ST. Former 5 star

Brenden Rice would be fine with me, he can spell Odunze in year 2. Despite our top 3 WR's the depth is still questionable.

another WR? also Zinter or Bullock are available... lenoard taylor at DT?

when the aliens come out from under Antarctica

Trice in play for me here. A bit undersized, but looks like a polished pass rusher at least technique-wise

Wow Bears ran up to the stage on that one... BPA on both picks

Could be trying to bait the Raiders or Vikings to trade up for a QB. I wouldn't want to be bidding against teams trading up for a QB to get a WR. But if QB's go 4 out of the first 5 picks then the price of trading up a few slots to #7 or #8 will be lower.

Best case scenario for me is that some combination of Nabers, Odunze, Verse, Murphy, Bowers, Olu are available at #9 and then we trade back, picking up a 2nd round pick and still draft one of those guys. Enjoy everyone!! Still doesn't feel real that the Bears are about to pick #1 overall with a consensus #1 QB available. WOW!!

I'm with you. The only limitation I see, which some evaluators have also brought up, is that his hips are stiff which limits his ability to bend around the edge. Other than that he's are great all-round 4-3 edge with a high floor

I'm still not sold on Nabers at #9 someone will have to really convince me why we shouldn't trade back if Odunze/Alt/Harrison are not available.

There are plenty of nice guys to root for in the NFL. The fans of Fields that are critical of the Bears I would say are crossing the line and the fans that threaten to become Steelers fans are delusional. When Tom Brady left the Patriots there was less backlash from fans than there is now. I was a "Trubisky Truther" and a "Cutler guy" & got crucified for it so I'm making sure that I return the favor. When Trubisky and Cutler left the Bears under similar circumstances nobody vouched for the player as much as they are for Justin. What did he do to earn a standing ovation? Is his body language just on the sidelines just that much better.

Makes sense that his agent wanted Poles to send him someplace where he could compete to be a starter. But really, as a fan of the Bears you don't have to support this guy anymore. Fields was not in a tougher spot than any other rookie top-10 pick QB gets put into around the league. Was it perfect? No. Basic fans got too caught up in the athleticism and the persona that they are overlooking the pitfalls of his game. He throws a very tight spiral and the ball travels at a low, powerful trajectory. He has strides like a cheetah and seems to glide down the field. Every throw he made independant of the result of the play, where it landed, if the reciever caught it or not was very beautiful. It almost felt as if he was trying to make the perfect throw every time without thinking about how the reciever is supposed to catch it. It was everything else that was just alittle bit off. The timing, rhythm, release, accuracy and other little details are what was missing and those are the exact things that you can't measure in football I'm trying to recognize where I misjudge a prospect as a football evaluator because its going to sharpen my mind when I focus on the next round of prospects. Justin is a top-32 quarterback in the world and that's pretty damn good. I think the floor on Justin has been the same all along since he was drafted it's just that the ceiling was put too high. From what I've seen very rarely does a player reinvent himself moving from college to the NFL. Generally the strengths they had in college are the same in the NFL, it just magnifies their weaknesses. Regarding Justin's running style... It's really not sustainable for a franchise QB. Even going back to his college tape at OSU he took too many big hits. Watching him on the Bears it's evident that the trend continued. He has a great slide, but he does it at the last possible second which gets him into trouble. Throwing on the run is difficult when your in a full sprint which he often attempted to do. What I've seen from Caleb Williams is that he knows how to avoid contact and adapts his progressions to the other players around him. He's not gonna bust out 80 yard runs like Justin, but he's still gonna get lots of yards running and not take as many hits. He plays from the pocket first and has more natural tendencies and throws a more catchable ball. The intangibles are so important and this is what made the Justin Fields debate so difficult to have.

I know you are getting support from the most of the forum on this. But now that Justin is officially off the Bears I really don't mind expressing how frustrating he is as a player/prospect and my dislike for him. Robotic in the way he navigates the pocket and reads the defense, elongated throwing motion, takes too many unnecessary hits. I was not excited when we drafted him and really was never excited watching him run around like a Madden QB while the team continued to lose games. I bought into his potential and rooted for the guy, but it was always clear to me that he wasn't a franchise QB no matter how badly fans wanted him to be one. His fault or not you can't get by in the NFL off of athleticism alone. If this were MLB I think his wins above replacement would be average at best. Everyone is acting like his rookie season was a wash and that the Bears handed him the keys to Mitch Trubisky's used Camry or something, this is incredibly bad logic. Nagy and Pace traded up and hand picked him to run their offense and he got to sit the first half of the season. We have always had at least average talent on offense the whole time he's been here (never elite) but a great QB should be able to make the team around him better. Nagy's scheme wasn't the best and felt gimmicky and relied on WR's and QB's reading the defense mid-play with motion and option routes which isn't ideal and its why he got fired. In 2023, Justin already had a full year in the same system with prior experience as a starter and a brand new proven #1 WR, an established #1 TE, good running backs, and an offensive line that looks like will have 4/5 starters carrying over to 2024. We were supposed to see significant growth and we didn't get it. I'm glad that this is the last time I have to type his name into my computer

You can't really say these things publicly, but posting "Business is Business" to twitter - I think we can read in between the lines a bit here The poor guy got overthrown one too many times