Stroud is balling out. He also seems to have some good weapons and O line is solid. With that said , the bears don’t seem to know how to evaluate QBs.
I would go back and not get Moore and Wright for the chance to draft Stroud.
Hindsight is 20/20 but it’s starting to look like Maholmes/Watson all over again
What’s more difficult to find? An elite QB or an Elite WR + Average LT? Of course the first option. Elite WRs are considered dispensable for most NFL teams, so you can trade a pick or get one on FA, that’s not the same for QB.
Will Levis is also quietly looking like a bona fide QB. If we’re really going to play this game, would you do the trade and select Will Levis instead of Darnell Wright, not do the trade and select Stroud, or do the trade as is? (At the time, we probably could have traded Fields straight up for the rights to take Levis.)
-Just illustrating how easy it is to drive in reverse. :)
To early to tell.
Yes. Anyone answering “no” doesn’t possess any opinion’s worth listening to lol.
Too early to tell, ask me in a year after we see what we do in the draft. I’m loving the trade so far with potentially having two top 5 picks and a stud WR and RT.
Not trying to pick holes in a hypothetical, but Stroud publicly announced before the draft that he does not want to go to Chicago. He’s close friends with Justin and it would’ve been incredibly awkward for him. Also can you imagine the pitchforks that would’ve come out all off-season if we moved on from Fields for Stroud (without the benefit of hindsight)
No, this team is and has been missing to many pieces for too long long, everybody can try to blame Poles fact is Poles didn’t mess this team up past GM’s already did that. Angelo consistently missed on first round draft picks from 2001-2011 only Tommy Harris who at the time of being drafted they new he had bad knees and he only lasted 3 years, and Greg Olson who they traded for a 4th round pick for no reason besides that’s what Mike Martz wanted. After 2006 he never was able to rebuild the o-line even whiffing hard on 3 offensive left tackles ion 3 1st round picks 3 years in a row. Emery we all know that shit show hiring the wrong coach and only last 3 years. And then you have Pace who constantly missed on 1st round picks and consistently traded away our draft picks to save his job, he’ll Poles first draft he had to stretch and make Chicken Salad out of Chicken Shit because Pace left him with no picks. My point is Poles isn’t dealing with five years of problems he’s dealing with over 20 years of experience GMs mistakes, he can’t fix that in one year.
Not in 1 million years
I lean yes, but only if I’m given the ability to see the future and draft a quality WR1 and RT with other picks as well as hiring Slowik.
The trade gave Fields and any future QB taken at least a fighting chance to succeed.
Stroud with Getsy, Mooney and Borom, I mean, really?
You would be giving up more than just wright and moore
100% yes
Stroud is a superstar qb
No Moore Wright Stevenson 2024 1st 2024 4th 2025 2nd and we get Stroud? Intriguing but I do think Fields is the guy we just know Fluse ain’t it
Obviously but Poles would have been killed for making the best move.
Funny how everyone forgot their opinions on Stroud before the draft. I was one of the Strouds biggest defenders across reddit but its not like I was saying he would be a MVP candidate as a rookie. I said S2 is stupid, the rumors are dumb and he throws a pretty ball at all levels of the field.
It was easily 90% in favor of Young. There was more love for AR.
Right now, no… Im old enough to remember the Carson Wentz and the many others that were before him.
Slowik hasnt been figured out, which benefits CJ. I want to see what happens when teams have a good amount of tape on them and make them play outside current comfort zone.
Nope, with our current (coaching) staff, Stroud would have probably “busted” same as JF.