Falcons emerging as Bears’ best Justin Fields trade partner at NFL combine originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
INDIANAPOLIS — Bears general manager Ryan Poles said he would “do right by” quarterback Justin Fields and trade him before free agency should Chicago decide it wanted to move on from the 24-year-old signal-caller.
That was the closest Poles has come to admitting what most believe is fait accompli at this point: The Bears will draft a quarterback with the No. 1 overall pick while Fields will continue his NFL career elsewhere in 2024.
Should the Bears eventually land on that likely outcome, Poles’ next task will be finding a suitor for the 2021 first-round selection.
A quick look at the quarterback situations and draft assets around the league quickly winnows the potential landing spots to less than a handful.
But one team that has always seemed like a logical next home for Fields might be positioning themselves as the leader of a small pack in the Fields trade sweepstakes — the Atlanta Falcons.
“You want to go get the best fit for your people, you want to get the best fit for your coaches, you want to go get the best fit for our city, and you want to do all those things,” Falcons head coach Raheem Morris told CBS Sports on Tuesday at the NFL Scouting Combine about Atlanta’s QB search. “There’s nothing ruled out. I forgot to mention trades, because all of those things come into play. We’ve really been tedious, we’ve really been going through the process of how we are going to acquire the best fit for us.”
Morris mentioning the “best fit” for the city made ears perk up everywhere, and people immediately started to connect the dots to Fields, who is from Kennesaw, Georgia.
Morris knew that was going to make waves, but he doubled down on the importance of getting a leader for his football team that connects with the city and fanbase.
“People are going to read into those words or whatever – however they do those things,” Morris said. “There are people…
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Publish date : 2024-02-27 22:37:09
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