The Chicago Bears quarterbacks, since the 1940’s, are something out of Stonehenge. It’s best to describe the list of failures. Many were opposed to General Manager of the Chicago Bears, Ryan Pace, getting another crack at trying to rectify his mistake at the quarterback position. Ryan Pace, the man that sold the prized cow for some lousy beans to the 49ers in 2017, which resulted in a Mitch Trubisky. I was thinking the Bears would go conservative in the draft this year and get somebody to keep Andy Dalton upright. That did not happen as Ryan Pace moved up nine spots in the draft and landed Ohio State stud quarterback Justin Fields as suddenly the Chicago football team has risen and come back off life support. I was eager to pull the plug on Head Coach Matt Nagy and GM Ryan Pace. Suddenly a Chicago football buzz has been created around the Chicago-land area in the midst of some pretty good baseball on both sides of town. Even the baseball teams had shirts of Justin Fields made with their team logo on it and his name on the back. The Bears are the United Nations in this town that can bring a White Sox fan and Cubs fan together with a temporary truce to watch the Monsters of the Midway perform in the fall. Let’s face it, Chicago is starved for someone that can play the quarterback position because it seems like it has never been down in people’s lifetimes. My problem is this sounds like exactly the same plot in 2017 when the Bears signed Mike Glennon as a free agent quarterback and suddenly drafted another quarterback. We know how that ended. This year the Bears signed Andy Dalton as their free agent quarterback & then suddenly drafted a Justin Fields. Will the Bears turn this talented kid into stone?

The first thing I thought about was the failures of all the Ohio State quarterbacks in the NFL. Dwayne Haskins and Cardale Jones were the first names to come to mind. Haskins now will be with his second team after failing in Washington. Jones will be remembered more for his XFL days than his NFL cup of coffee. The Bears have gone down the Ohio State road before, in search of a guy to play behind center. Remember Craig Krenzel? Krenzel was a genius off the field as he went to medical school. On the field, Krenzel did not fair too well. Then there’s the replacement for Jim McMahon. Mike Tomczak had a long career in the NFL, but he was just an average player who could get you some wins but more losses. The track record does not look good for Justin Fields. Will history repeat itself? Bad quarterback play by the Bears has repeated itself for decades. The 1940’s when Sid Luckman played as still the guy talked about as the franchise best in Bears history.

Justin Fields is a different animal than all the names of former Ohio State rejects. Fields can throw the long ball. Fields can use his legs to escape the pocket at any sign of trouble. Fields seems to have the pocket presence to only run when he has to with great speed. The duel threat quarterback these days are the hybrid in the NFL. Guys like Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen, and Patrick Mahomes. Fields started his collegiate career in Georgia and then transferred to Ohio State. Fields played two full seasons for a big school in a big conference, the Big Ten. One trend different from Fields than Trubisky is seasoning in College. Trubisky played in one season at North Carolina while Fields has played two full seasons with playoffs. In two full seasons, Fields has thrown 63 touchdown passes & only 9 interceptions. That earned Fields two Big Ten Offense Player of the Year awards as he had 20-2 record behind center for the Buckeyes. Fields led the Buckeyes also to two Big Ten championships. Let’s not forget it was Justin Fields who threw six touchdown passes for 385 yards versus Clemson in the semi-finals. It was a win over (guess who) Trevor Lawrence, the number one pick in the 2021 draft. Seems like the Bears should have used this kind of thought process in 2017 when they drafted Trubisky. Instead, they would have taken Deshaun Watson who had these types of number like Justin Fields. Only problem is Watson has some issues with the massage therapists these days as he looking for the extra special treatments these gals don’t do, and who are not hookers.

Everyone will throw their two cents into the conversation on how to insert Justin Fields into the QB One slot. In 2017, Mitch Trubisky was thrown into the wolves when Mike Glennon was unproductive and very bad behind center. Patrick Mahomes played one game the entire season his first year as he learned from veteran Alex Smith and played the meaningless last game of the season that year for the Chiefs. If Justin Fields plays well in Pre-season and outshines the competition, do you do what Seattle did? The Seahawks inserted Russell Wilson in the starting role day one and have not looked back since. I like that fact that Fields has a Andy Dalton and a Nick Foles which makes this an intriguing quarterback room that can help the rookie. This all looks great but this is the Chicago Bears we are talking about. The looks of a house of cards they have, in which one puff of wind will blow their season away or turn anybody they draft into stone. Bears did address their line after the Justin Fields pick. The Bears did not sign any free agent veteran offensive linemen. Will these rookies be able to anchor the line in day one of the 2021 season? Then having Matt Nagy back, who to me, still has not proven he is this offensive guru. How many times does Nagy’s play calling mean abandoning the run. Now I would think this pick of Justin Fields is Matt Nagy’s guy, and that he had enough influence on Ryan Pace to land him. Can Nagy develop Justin Fields and make him a top tier quarterback in the NFL for years to come? It was Matt Nagy whose play-calling did not always match up with Mitch Trubisky’s strengths. Trubisky played better when the game plan was tailored to his strengths. Some experts think Justin Fields may be the best quarterback out of this year’s draft. Trevor Lawrence, in Jacksonville, was the cream of the crop, most people think. Then BYU’s Zach Wilson was the second quarterback chosen by the New York Jets. BYU has done better with quarterbacks in the NFL than Ohio State as Steve Young is Exhibit A. History can change. The Cubs finally beat the curse of the billy goat. Justin Fields has two challenges ahead of him. Giving the Bears a star quarterback and curing the Ohio State reputation of bad quarterbacking after they move on from the Buckeyes. The porch light is on for the Bears, the question is just will anybody be home when the season gets started. If no one is home, Matt Nagy and Ryan Pace will be chased down by a mob of people with torches and pitchforks and not be heard again in the NFL.