The Chicago Bears have a decision to make regarding whether or not Justin Fields will remain their starting quarterback, and it sounds like that decision could come in the near future.
This week, NFL insider Albert Breer reported that the Bears are expecting to have a plan in place for the quarterback position “over the next couple weeks” before the NFL Scouting Combine. He explained that if the team is going to trade Justin Fields, it makes sense that they would start that process early.
“Looking at how Chicago handled last year can be instructive. Bears GM Ryan Poles went to the combine in 2023 holding the first overall pick, knowing he’d try to move it but without having done much in the way of shopping it. Less than two weeks later, he moved it, and did so for two reasons. One, the Panthers met the premium that Chicago sought for trading the pick that early. Two, it involved a veteran player (DJ Moore) and, for cap and need purposes, Poles wanted to have clarity in what he’d be working with in free agency,” Breer wrote for Sports Illustrated.
“This time around, the likelihood is the principle in such a trade would be a veteran player, and, naturally, more teams have a quarterback need now than will be the case a month from now, so it makes sense—again, if you’re going to trade Fields—to do it soon.”
So if the team is going to move on from Fields this offseason, it makes sense that they would do it soon.
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