The 2024 NFL Draft order is starting to take shape.
The Chicago Bears are predicted to trade Justin Fields during the offseason and select a top QB prospect in the 2024 NFL Draft but that doesn’t mean they will.
Chicago is still in line for the No. 1 pick, via Carolina, and there are a lot of talented quarterbacks that are expected to be available.
However, the newest rmor has the team leaning towards keeping Justin Fields and continuing t build around him. The report says if the team can get him a coach like Mike McDaniel and a WR like Tyreek Hill then his true talent can be unlocked like it was for Tua Tagovailoa.
Last Friday, Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune appeared on an episode of the “Mully & Haugh Show” and predicted that the Bears will move on from quarterback Justin Fields this spring.
“That’s where it appears to be headed as I evaluate the situation,” Biggs said. “There are five games remaining, so he’s got an opportunity to change the trajectory of this thing. But the evaluation at Halas Hall is going to be made on the entirety of it, not how people felt on December 1. It’s the entire season.”
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General manager Ryan Poles passed up the opportunity to draft a quarterback like Bryce Young, CJ Stroud, or Anthony Richardson and it appears like two of them may be franchise-changing players. Stroud is now a legitimate talking point in the MVP discussion as a rookie.
The deal Poles made instead netted the Bears wide receiver DJ Moore and what looks likely to be the No. 1 pick in next year’s draft from the Carolina Panthers.
If Poles decides to make the same mistake and pass on Caleb Williams and/or Drake Maye and Fields never pans out, it could set the franchise back for many years to come. There are not many teams that would get the chance to pick No. 1 in the Draft two years in a row and the Bears have a chance to right their wrong.
After Sunday’s Week 13 action, the Bears have a 72 percent chance of getting the No. 1 pick via Carolina. Currently, the Bears would own the No. 1 and No. 5 picks in the 2024 draft, giving them two top-tier assets to reshape the franchise.
Chicago selected Fields with the No. 11 pick in 2021. Though he hasn’t progressed as the passer some thought he might be in 2023, Fields still has a strong arm and is arguably the most dangerous rusher at the position in the NFL right now.
Poles will have plenty of paths to choose from this offseason, but what happens in the final five games will impact the route he travels.
