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Choose Your Patriots QB: Is a Justin Fields trade the right move? originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
Editor’s Note: The New England Patriots have a franchise-altering decision to make at quarterback this offseason. As part of our “Choose Your Patriots QB” series, we’ll highlight five different paths the team can take at QB in 2024, laying out the pros and cons of each choice.
Today’s scenario involves New England keeping the No. 3 pick, not taking a QB, and then trading a 2024 third-round pick and 2025 fourth-round pick to the Chicago Bears for Justin Fields.
The New England Patriots selected quarterback Mac Jones in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft, and it has proven to be a mistake. Could taking a chance on a different QB from that same draft produce better results for the Patriots?
Justin Fields’ future with the Chicago Bears is unclear.
The Bears, thanks to a 2023 trade with the Carolina Panthers, own the No. 1 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.
They also have their own pick at No. 9 overall. If the Bears decide to take USC quarterback Caleb Williams — the top-rated prospect in this year’s class — with the No. 1 pick, they could trade Fields for additional draft capital.
The Bears drafted Fields with the No. 11 pick in 2021, four spots ahead of where the Patriots selected Jones. The Ohio State product has played well for stretches in Chicago, even very good at times. But he’s still a work in progress. In the right situation, he has the potential to be a dynamic playmaker.
Let’s list some of the pros and cons of the Patriots trading for Fields, as spotlighted in the video player above:
Pros of trading for Fields
Use first two picks to surround Fields with talent: One of the benefits of trading for Fields is that the Patriots can use their first two picks — No. 3 overall in Round 1 and No. 2 overall in Round 2 — to surround him with the type of talent needed to maximize his production.
The logical choice at No. 3 would be drafting Ohio State star wide receiver…
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Publish date : 2024-02-16 17:58:42
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