Per Rich Eisen: “The Bears are long down the road to trading the first overall pick. The teams have been identified, compensation is being hammered out.”

[LinvilleGorge]

39 minutes ago, Day1PanthersFan said:

Plot twist 

We move up to 3rd and draft a CB 

[TheBigKat]

Had we not played for ‘pride’ we’d have the #3 pick with an easy move up to 1

 

glad we beat Atlanta

[WUnderhill]

21 minutes ago, Luciu5 said:

That's already started. Pretty sure there is a thread on here about moving to 3.

With Carr gone, I'm 100% sure we're moving up. Idk if it will be 1 or 3. If we can't secure one of those, might as well stay put, or make a move on draft day based on how the board falls.

Yeah I’m not a huge fan of trading to 3 pre draft, but if Young or Stroud somehow make it to 3 on draft day I’m all for it.

[mrcompletely11]

Just now, TheBigKat said:

Had we not played for ‘pride’ we’d have the #3 pick with an easy move up to 1

 

glad we beat Atlanta

But the culture brother 

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, TheBigKat said:

Had we not played for ‘pride’ we’d have the #3 pick with an easy move up to 1

glad we beat Atlanta

Wilks was coaching for a job. The players were playing to help him.

You can't ask guys to act against their own best interests.

Edited March 7, 2023 by Mr. Scot

[mrcompletely11]

Just now, Mr. Scot said:

Wilks was coaching for a job. The players were playing to help him.

And the franchise suffers for it

[Mike in Raleigh]

1 hour ago, Eric4280 said:

This is a terrible, terrible argument. 
 

Luke Kuechly, JC Horn, Ikem, Burns, Brown, Moore, Shaq*, Mccaffrey, Cam,  and Star were all more than worth it. You can’t cherry pick three random players from 13, 8 and 7 years ago and say “first round picks aren’t worth it”.

Everyone wanting this firmly believes Stroud is the franchise savior, I just don’t see it. Where are we getting this franchise saving profile from? He’s good, for sure, but he’s not this home run, knock it out of the park and forget it. In fact, would it shock anyone if he ends up being a Dak level qb?

Why aren’t more people on board with keeping future capital intact and taking (more than likely) the available Richardson or Levis. IF Rodgers moved to LV, I don’t think we have to move at all. Sorry, I guess I’m just not fully on board with having no real capital for the next three years.

Me neither. Not for a solid maybe. 

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, mrcompletely11 said:

And the franchise suffers for it

Would you have asked them to sacrifice their interests for the sake of the franchise?

Think the franchise would have reciprocated?

[mrcompletely11]

1 minute ago, Mr. Scot said:

Would you have asked them to sacrifice their interests for the sake of the franchise?

Think the franchise would have reciprocated?

I would be thinking bigger picture before that 

[ForJimmy]

Not the tank talk again….

[Ricky Spanish]

My hope is the Bears trade with the Texans and then trade out of #2 with us.

Not only would the chaos be hilarious, but it would net the Bears 3 first round picks next year for sure, allow them to load the hell up, and would still allow us to take our pick between Stroud, Young, Levis, and Richardson, whoever wasn't chosen at #1.

This would also be slightly cheaper for us.

[USDepartmentOfSavagery]

2 hours ago, ForJimmy said:

Here we go again Lmao 

[LinvilleGorge]

36 minutes ago, Tbe said:

This is my primary concern as well.

Drafting a good QB is just step 1. Surrounding him with talent is how you develop him and win with him. 

We can’t do that if we don’t have a 1st round pick until after his 3rd year. We have too many holes in our roster.

Remember, QB + HC combos win a SB in their first 5 years together or they never do.

To play devil's advocate here, our cap situation gets LOT better after this year. We could be significant FA players. And the 1st round isn't the only place to find talent in the draft. Especially when you have good young talent at the premium positions outside of QB. Icky at LT, Horn at CB, Burns at EDGE, Moore at WR, Brown at DT, etc.

 

[mrcompletely11]

4 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

To play devil's advocate here, our cap situation gets LOT better after this year. We could be significant FA players. And the 1st round isn't the only place to find talent in the draft. Especially when you have good young talent at the premium positions outside of QB. Icky at LT, Horn at CB, Burns at EDGE, Moore at WR, Brown at DT, etc.

 

It kindof doesnt once you figure we are resigning burns, chinn, brown on the horizon.  I suspect we pick up the 5th on brown and try to extend him asap but maybe not.  Chinn is going to be due for a nice extension as well.   We will have cap space but its not like we are going to be flush