The Chicago Bears have gotten a lot of grief for their quarterback decisions in recent years. That is fair. When you draft guys like Cade McNown, Rex Grossman, and Mitch Trubisky, it tends to erode people’s opinion of your sanity. Trading up for Justin Fields, who turned out to be a disappointment, didn’t help matters. All of it boiled down to a lack of faith they knew what they were doing when drafting Caleb Williams. Though most experts agreed he was the best prospect in the class, the fact Chicago took him made them second-guess those assessments.
However, time has proven that maybe the Bears’ eye for quarterbacks isn’t as terrible as people thought. Adam Jahns of The Athletic revealed as much after the team’s big win over the Jacksonville Jaguars in London. In each of the past two games, the Bears have won in blowouts. Each time, the opponent had to send their backup quarterback out in the 4th quarter for garbage time. One was former #1 overall pick Bryce Young, and the other was former 15th overall pick Mac Jones.
Maybe the Bears’ eye for Caleb Williams was sharper than people think.
Let us review. In 2021, the Bears traded up in the 1st round to get a quarterback. Fields and Jones were their options. Many felt Jones, who’d trounced Fields in the national championship game, was a safer option. However, the Bears felt Fields was more capable. Time has proven them correct. Jones crashed and burned in New England after a solid rookie season and was eventually traded to Jacksonville. As for Young, the Bears passed on taking him last year with the #1 pick, instead trading it to Carolina for a massive haul of picks and wide receiver D.J. Moore.
Young lasted only 18 games as the starter before losing his job to Andy Dalton. Chicago got to showcase Caleb Williams, who they got thanks to the 1st round pick in that trade. Passing on a quarterback they felt couldn’t cut it in the NFL is one thing. Drafting a better one with part of the package you sold his rights for is doubly delicious. This league can humble you frighteningly fast. Yes, the Bears haven’t been great at identifying good QBs for years. However, they seem more than capable of knowing which ones to avoid as well.
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Listen to you Roar?? Sounds like a kitten with a weak meow. Worrying about one’s ego usually means self loathing, resentment, & a weak ego.
That is derived from feelings of inadequacy. Probably suffering from Small- penis syndrome. Call up Mom. If she’ll talk to you Sallie- she might soothe you.
@RoosterRider on a Shetland Pony Yes, we have well-deserved, high-level egos. That is why we are intelligent, strong, brave, well-spoken, and handsome male lions. And we fight and dance as good as we want. It’s in our blood as dominant species compared to you male hyenas. The Chicago Bears need us for protection of Soldier Field, our natural home. Listen to us ROAR, while you have a giddy nervous laugh.
Well its not “the Bears” it’s the GMs that drafted those guys. Our current GM got a really good QB with his first swing. Unlike Pace who screwed the pooch twice. Poles new when to pounce, and made the most of his picks. Much to the chagrin of Gena, Poles will be around a long time. The ones with the egos are gena and sally not Poles.
OMFG, another “EvErYoNe MiSsEd” headline. I’m not even going to read this bullshit.
Let’s put it this way: if former Bears QBs Trubisky and Fields were all that bad or considered busts, then they would not be in the NFL today compared to many other 1st RD busts. Each had some decent talents or good football traits to be drafted in the 1st RD. Some of those redeeming talents and traits have also kept them in, not out, of the NFL to this day.