We all remember what happened last time the Chicago Bears had the top choice at the quarterback position in 2017. The Great Mitch Trubisky! The door number three prize by any other team’s standards in the 3 quarterbacks taken right away in the first round that year. The Bears could have had Patrick Mahomes, a two time Superbowl winner. The Bears could have had Deshaun Watson who at the time would have been the safe risk at the time because of his time at Clemson playing in the College playoffs. Now Monday morning quarterback Watson would have cost you 230 million guaranteed if you still wanted him to be your guy behind center. Would the massage therapists all around the Chicagoland area have caved in and gave Watson whatever he wanted? Those were the dark days of the 2017 draft, as the Bears have a new regime this go around and don’t want to walk the same line as the old Ryan/Matt combo. This is the new Ryan/Matt show and they believe they have a quarterback in Justin Fields.

The Bears general, Ryan Poles, got a king’s ransom for the number one pick with the deal they pulled off with the Carolina Panthers. Some experts say the Bears could have done better and gotten even a bigger haul. Just knowing Bears history and not wanting to repeat the actions of Ryan Pace, the then General Manager of the Bears, who got fleeced by the 49ers to move up one spot to get Mitch Trubisky knowing the fact that San Francisco was not in the market for a quarterback. Ryan Pace’s first round picks were absolutely duds except for linebacker Roquan Smith. The new Ryan traded away Smith at the trade deadline last season. Ryan Poles will still get to show us what a number one draft pick should look like as the Bears will get the Panthers’ ninth spot. The deal is the Bears will pick ninth while the Panthers will have pick number one looking to add a quarterback. The Bears will get veteran Wide Receiver D.J Moore from the Panthers along with the 2023 second round draft pick, 2024 1st rounder, and a 2025 second rounder. The trade with the Panthers getting Moore means the Bears are building this team around Justin Fields.

The three top quarterbacks that are projected to go in the 2023 1st round of the NFL draft not in any special order are: University of Alabama Bryce Young, University of Kentucky’s Will Lewis and another Ohio State signal caller in C.J Stroud as Bears have did that/done that with Justin Fields. Not having an answer at the quarterback position since the 1940’s when Sid Luckman was leading the charge on the gridiron. The Bears would have found the lemon out of these top three choices and went down Mitch Trubisky Boulevard once again. We know Justin Fields can run like Forest Gump with 70 yard gallops for touchdowns. I like how Justin Fields can throw some nice dimes on the deep ball. Without having the protection in a good or even decent offensive line, we did not get see how Fields can do with the short patterns. Slant plays, side line tosses, screen passes with that right touch. We know the Bears are stocking draft picks like those hoarders during the pandemic that brought up all the store’s toilet paper. We know the Bears will have Uncle Scrooge type of money to spend on the best toys in the game. What if one of these young quarterbacks listed above is the next Patrick Mahomes and Fields turns out like every other Bears quarterback we have seen? Having the number one draft pick was earned by the team and fans for watching that hot garbage of season. Only certain franchises have the magic touch and pick their right guy like the Colts getting Peyton Manning which is not a no-brainer. For the Bears, that would be like a person who does not like public speaking – a train wreck. The Colts would then get Andrew Luck right after kicking Manning to the side of the road. The Packers getting Brett Farve, then Aaron Rodgers. Will Jordan Love be the next thorn in the side of the Bears? Maybe Rogers can sell Love a percentage of his Bears team.

The Bears could possibly get one of those quarterbacks with the number 9 pick. That would be what the Bears like to take – the leftover door prize. I think the Bears should draft a quarterback in later rounds. The Bears getting D.J Moore instantly improves your wide receiving core as he now is the best one the team has. That number nine has to be an offensive lineman of which the Bears may have the first pick in that position by then. Pick of the litter? Here we go again. I really can see the Bears going defense in that number 9 selection. You know it too. The Bears have the money and draft capital, and if Justin Fields is the man behind center and can make Chicago a staple in the playoffs, avoiding picking at number one will mean nothing. I think Ryan Poles could of waited after free agency, closer to the draft, and fleeced some team for more riches. I think the number one draft pick for the Bears brass is a game of hot potato… get rid of it as fast as you can. These potatoes always have a way of finding the Bears, especially if one of these kids in the upcoming draft becomes the next Tom Brady. You can’t make these things up as a Bears fan.