Just call me the “Bears Bachelorette.”
Our team of FOX NFL writers is going to do a little thought exercise on one of the most talked about storylines of this NFL Draft cycle: the Chicago Bears. The team once again owns the first overall pick, and while all signs (and most logic) point to them actually using the pick to draft a quarterback, reset the contract clock at the position and take advantage of the fact that they’re set up to develop a tremendous young talent for once, there’s still another side of the coin.
The Bears could trade the pick again. General manager Ryan Poles, who has been mum about which way Chicago is leaning so far, did say he would have to be “blown away” by an offer to forfeit such a unique draft position. But with plenty of quarterback-needy teams, maybe he and the Bears will be.
That’s where our game comes in. What would be a mind-blowing haul and what could each of Chicago’s suitors offer the team? Let’s get all dressed up, enter the mansion and see who I, as our resident NFC North reporter and Chicago expert, would give the final rose to.
Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta needs a quarterback. You’ll see them linked, rather expensively, to Kirk Cousins, and also as trading up from the No. 8 pick to land one of the top three rookies in this draft class.
So they could make one of two very different deals with the Bears, either taking Justin Fields off their hands for, say, a second- and fifth-round pick, or in dealing up from No. 8 to grab the top pick, much like Carolina did going from 9 to 1 for Bryce Young last year.
So what would it take to grab the top pick? We’ll start with the Falcons’ top two picks — 8 and 43 this year — plus their 2025 first-round pick, a second-round pick in 2025 and a third-round pick in 2026. Can we throw in tight end Jonnu Smith? Does that help at all? —Greg Auman
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Las Vegas Raiders
The Raiders need a quarterback — Aidan…
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Publish date : 2024-02-27 21:48:25
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