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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@nonobaddog I agree with you. But I stand my ground and defend myself by any means possible. But read the comments in time order. You will see who/what started this type of thread again: none other than Rocket(ass). So in words all children understand whether truthful or not: “He started it.”
You’ve probably read the statistics before: 60% of 1st round QBs never realize their “potential” because they’re on a lousy team with a bad system or shit coaches…
For the first time since Marshall and Forte, a Bear QB has weapons. But, the OL is still not very good, and must be upgraded for Caleb to become a Top 5 quarterback.
If Poles can land a top OG and center in the 2025 draft, Bears fans will enjoy watching Caleb & Co shred NFL defenses for years to come and maybe even a Super Bowl or two.
It’s not that the Bears drafted bad quarterbacks, It’s that they didn’t have the coaches to develop them.
On another note, I wish all you guys that do nothing but bash each other here in the comments would just go away. Maybe start your own blog and just bitch at each other, keep it off of here. It’s getting to the point that I mostly just skip the comments because of you guys. I mean really ,7 comments on this article and 5 of them are bitch fests.
@Hate 30IQ: There is a good chance that your mama and sisters have soothed me many times. We male lions go at it for days non-stop. Now imagine the imagery. You male hyenas are so filthy, you cannot or should not be Bears fans. Papa Bear would support me.
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.