I like Justin Fields the person and the leader but I don’t know if he can ever be a great QB. My question is, is he good enough?
Yes, we can draft another QB with pick 1 or 4 (or whatever) but we can get a boatload of picks by trading down from #1. Most highly drafted QBs don’t turn into great NFL QBs and our franchise sucks at developing them.
As the defense is playing well, the OLine looks solid, can we go forward and compete with JF1?
Personally, I think if we boot Getsy and get an OC who actually builds a plan around Fields, we may be able to compete by investing in OL, DL and WR.
And if we win 2-3 more games, we might be stuck with the entire front office for next year anyway.
Honestly if the Bears didn’t have Carolina’s pick and had no chance at one of the Top 2 QBs I would be open to keeping Fields with new coaching over taking the 3rd or 4th QB off the board. I think there is a possibility he lands somewhere else and plays really well, which is not something I felt about Trubisky. But there are two legitimate QBs in this draft that are worth moving on from a guy who might be good. I can’t pass that up with what I’ve seen if I’m Poles.
The 3rd and 4th QBs aren’t that good. Nightmare scenario if the Bears fall that low
If that happens you roll with Fields and new coaching – at least OC, but hopefully HC as well. I don’t think it’s a nightmare scenario, but I also don’t see it likely that the Panthers pick is lower than 2.