Would the Bears?

[getnasty]

Think of trading Fields and drafting a QB? He has nobody to throw to but he's looked fairly pedestrian outside of his running ability.

 

[BASF]

Blow an eighteen point fourth quarter lead to let a hated divisional rival climb back into a playoff race? Yes. The Bears would absolutely do that. Fortunately it didn't bite us in the butt.

As far as trading Fields, I sincerely doubt it. They will more than likely deal the pick for a major haul. They need more roster overhaul than we do.

 

[Ozzy]

It’s possible that they should do it because Young is a better QB but the optics are bad so they won’t.

 

[getnasty]

Blow an eighteen point fourth quarter lead to let a hated divisional rival climb back into a playoff race? Yes. The Bears would absolutely do that. Fortunately it didn't bite us in the butt.

As far as trading Fields, I sincerely doubt it. They will more than likely deal the pick for a major haul. They need more roster overhaul than we do.

I would think they'd get a haul for Fields too. Nice thing is you'd also grab two more years of cheap contract if you went with a rookie quarterback.

 

[Lagartixa]

Who would trade anything of value for Fields? He was easily the worst starting QB in the league by DVOA and DYAR (34th out of 34 qualifying QBs in both) this season. By ANY/A, he was 33rd out of 33. By passer rating, he was 25th out of 33. By QBR, he was 17th out of 33, probably because of all his rushing yards. And of course, between all the rushing he did and the enormous number of sacks he took (sacked on 14.3% of all dropbacks, miles ahead of the second-most-frequently sacked QB in the league, Russell Wilson at 10.2%, with no other QB above 9.7%), he'll have a lot more wear and tear on him than most QBs with two seasons of NFL experience have. Also, he fumbled a lot, leading all QBs in the league with eight fumbles.

Now that Fields has had two seasons among the worst QBs in the NFL, it looks to me like the "decent NFL starter" ship may have already sailed for him, so is there any good reason to believe Fields has a better chance to be an adequate NFL backup than any "project"-type draft prospect or journeyman career backup? And how much would a team trade for that?

Since Fields was drafted in the first round, his salary and bonuses are fully guaranteed for two more seasons. Yikes. So even if the Bears wanted to cut bait and draft a QB they believe might have a better chance at decent performance in the NFL, they'd have dead cap if they traded Fields. There'd be some cap savings for 2024 despite the dead money if they managed to find a team willing to trade for him after the 2023 season, but if they trade him before the 2023 season, they actually end up losing cap space.

 

[Kinger95]

Bears have the worst roster/team in the league aside from the Texans. They are t a qb away. They have a horrible offence and defense. It’s significantly easier to say the places they don’t need help than the holes. They really could draft any position. I think it’s generally a waste to have lots invested into to WR position when you have a qb that doesn’t throw the ball well. They need to trade the 1st overall pick to the highest bidder to set them up for the future. Invest heavily on D and o line. Fields has unreal legs and his oline is bad and can’t stay in the pocket. There’s a chance stroud or young aren’t the qb he is then you are really in trouble

 

[Seahawks Guy]

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