Bears Don’t Just Need Something; They Must Accept It
Aproposed trade by one veteran NFL insider, and not actual teams, is gaining support largely from a disgruntled group of Bears fans.
Those would be Justin Fields followers.
There are actually two trades involved and they were the brainstorms of NFL Media analyst Daniel Jeremiah, a former NFL scout. If the Bears did either, presumably Fields would get to keep his job in Chicago. Although, it’s also possible they could trade him and draft a different quarterback with either fictional deal.
Neither deal proposed by Jeremiah is actually a good idea for the Bears, but at least for a few minutes they did seem to placate the group of fans on social media who are totally beside themselves over the possibility the Bears will trade Fields.
Jeremiah, who scouted for the Browns, the Eagles and Ravens, believes the Bears’ asking price if they want to move down from No. 1 in a deal with Washington and not draft Caleb Williams is the Commanders’ second overall pick, a first-round pick next year, a third-rounder this year and a fifth-rounder.
The other trade was one back with New England, which gives the Bears the third pick overall, then a second-rounder this year, a first-rounder next year and a third-rounder in 2026.
The picks are not accomplished through some super secret formula or keen insight. They simply use the NFL trade value chartĀ like the one Jimmy Johnson developed decades ago.
Jeremiah put these trades out there during the combine on the NFL Network’s telecast with Rich Eisen and they’re insufficient.
The problem with these proposed deals is they don’t give the Bears enough compensation, and this is based entirely on Jeremiah’s own past argument. He said in an earlier talk with Eisen while discussing a trade back by New England to No. 6: “When you’re talking about a quarterback there’s a premium.”
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