This franchise can’t develop rookies QBs for nothing. You guys are hoping for the next Justin Herbert to come here and overcome this next coaching staffs ineptitude.
Instead of rolling the dice again for another half decade of (please be good) QB play, why don’t you consider trading for an established quarterback. Kyler Murray, Dak Prescott, hell trade the number one overall for Justin Herbert, he might want out of LA.
It literally doesn’t matter who the Bears draft this year, they won’t be good because the Bears have NEVER shown that they can develop a QB.
Ok I’m out.
The Bears have been bad at football for a while now. They haven’t won many games. They should stop playing, so that we stop losing games.
Cutler was underappreciated in Chicago. He was never the guy we hoped he would be after the trade, but he was good for us. At the very least, we were competitive with Cutler, and we were able to (for the only time in my Bears life) see a competent offense and QB play.
As the years go by, I’d imagine a lot of Bears fans have come to realize we did Cutler dirty. The misery, particularly at the QB position, since he retired has been brutal.
Side Note: You are either delusional or a moron if you think Dak, Kyler or Herbert are getting traded by their respective organizations. The NFL isn’t the trade machine in Madden lol
The first Bears QB I remember watching was Bobby Douglas. In half a century, Id rank the top 3 QBs as: 1. Cutler, 2. Grossman, 3. Harbaugh… and I would take Fields over any of them. His arm is better, and his mobility sets him apart. Yes, there are lots of warts, plenty of faults, not saying he’s my ride or die - but Im saying he’s good enough for the Bears.
And… the odds of us getting that “generational” talent in the draft? Please review the last 50 years and tell me why you think the odds are better than a coin flip we do better than Fields???
What??? Fields over Cutler? No way. Cutler played a few years on some pretty horrible Bears teams. Difference between him and Fields? Cutler was still able to play pretty fucking good those years.
I’ve reviewed the odds myself and 18/26 QBs picked number 1 turned into good NFL starters.
Absolutely amazing people here think Cutler was consistent, literally one step away from calling Rex consistent lol Google exists, anyone can check out Jay‘s numbers with us, they were straight up terrible and legitimately even worse than Mitch or Justin. And he was wildly inconsistent
The Bears acted like Mike Glennon was a good signing.
That tells you more.
Y’all are insane
Hold on, you mean to tell me that it doesn’t just take drafting a top rated QB to solve all our problems?
Lol you’re asking us like we make those decisions
The chiefs had never developed a qb in their history. Now they’ve got one of the goats. Bengald and Texans were “cursed”. Burrow and stroud.
This argument is the stupidest fucking thing. The organization isn’t incapable of doing it just because of the logo on the helmet
It took Kansas City bringing in an established head coach who took multiple teams to the playoffs and developed Patrick Mahomes to what he was.
You’re a straight clown if you think Matt Nagy and Bill Lazor would’ve made Mahomes into what he is today.
The Bengals drafted a general talent in Joe Borrow and was able to draft the best wide receiver prospect a year later.
But keep acting like none of this is shit isn’t correlated. Keep rolling that slot machine and keep hiring these bum ass coaches who don’t know what the fuck to do with these rookies.
You don’t have to be this dumb when it comes to quarterbacks. You could be normal.
These takes that qbs are made by coaches is straight up trash. Sure I’ll admit that coaching is important but I’ve even seen people here credit CJ Stroud’s success to coaching. Get out. He came into the league a player. Same with Burrow and Mahomes. Take your dumbass qb takes somewhere else.
So is it the Franchise? Or the coaches? Or the receivers? Or the quality of QB prospects?
L take.
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Sadly it’s not the logo on the helmet " it’s ownership ! "
Cause they hired Andy Reid
Why would a team with a Justin Herbert level or better QB trade their QB? It’s clear how absolutely pivotal it is to have a good QB in this lesgue; only caviot to this is the very intermittent mega trade when the stars align and a rebuilding team trades to a “ready to make a run” team (i.e Aaron Rogers)
What are you trying to achieve with this post? You’re screaming at the clouds & arguing with other Bears fans because… They’re trying to be optimistic about a QB prospect or coaching staff?
Nobody here is making any decisions; following sports is a hobby and it ain’t that serious. If you’re so jaded that you’re pissed off because other people are optimistic… Take a break or something dog that shit is wack as hell
Consistently bad?
I loved Cutty but the guy was a turnover machine
And bears fans were clamoring for the less talented backup to play over him too…we are a dumb fanbase
I think the fan base just knows Fields isn’t it. Is Bagent a better QB than Fields? No. But he’s a picket passer with a strong work ethic and a lot of promise. Fields apologists kept getting upset, thinking that we wanted Bagent playing because he gave us the best chance at winning. No.
Most of us wanted Bagent because we knew the season was over and we know Fields isn’t the guy. Why further injure this guy you’re obviously gonna trade away? Why not see how far you can develop Bagent? See what he can do. Fluse and Getsy like Bagent because he allows them to open up the playbook more. Fields holds on to the ball too long and is uncomfortable in the pocket.
Bagent was a guy that went totally unnoticed, and our scouts happened to see some promise in him. Made his way to backup, and eventually stepped up when called on and did fairly well, considering. He’s just a good story. For all these guys with a hard on for Fields, how do you not want to see Bagent succeed just as much?
Two years of Fields: “He has so much potential” 😫 Two games from Bagent: “He didn’t do anything Fields couldn’t do! He’s just a backup! He’ll never be anything more than a backup!” 😫
This. The thing people forget is that until he started to heat up in weeks 4 and 5, Fields was playing like dogshit on the season. And he was looking like dogshit in week 6 against MIN, too. Bagent came in and played on time, distributed the ball quickly with short/intermediate throws and led a touchdown drive—all things Fields had shown little ability to do to that point in his career.
Nobody realistically thinks Bagent is the better QB, but it was refreshing seeing someone in a Bears uni do some of the things Fields couldn’t/wouldn’t. And a completely raw rookie who had precious few snaps with the 1s, at that. There shouldn’t be ANYTHING a UDFA DII rookie does as well as (let alone better than) your first round, 3rd year starter, yet here we are.
I’m glad Justin is back and playing (relatively) tight football. Is he “the guy?” That depends on what you mean, but plenty of teams have been pretty successful with QBs who nobody would realistically consider “the guy.” Thinking of guys like Nick Foles, Eli Manning, Matt Ryan, Philip Rivers, etc. I think this fanbase gets a little too obsessed with wanting an ELITE QB, when meanwhile Detroit is doing just fine with Jared Goff at the helm.
You’ll get every downvote in the world but no one will have a rebuttal for you 😂 it’s comedy how everyone labeled Bagent a “career backup” after 5 games his rookie year but if you compare his first 5 starts to Fields’s people should’ve been calling fields the backup his rookie year.
Fields had 0 tds first 3 starts ended the 5th game with a ratio of 1 td-2 ints and only eclipsed 200 passing yards once while having 2 games under 70 yards passing. Bagent never got below 150 passing yards and matched field’s TD to int ratio. Let’s keep in mind Fields had the better defense and coaching staff around him his rookie year in comparison to Bagent.
Not saying Bagents the guy but to label him a career back up 5 games/4 starts into his career is such typical casual bears fan behavior.
Bruh. You probably mean a franchise QB and not consistent QB play. Cutler was not consistent. He would have a great game and the next game he’d throw 4 picks.
The Bears have also never had a great wide receiver. Should they stop drafting them as well?
David Terrell and Kevin White were mediocre, what’s the point in drafting MHJ?
That’s how you people sound. It’s crazy delusion. Also, like LA would trade Herbert.
If Staley is out and they want a full reset, stranger things have happened. Considering Chargers are my AFC team I’d be all in on trading Justins if it were an option.
David Terrell and Kevin White were mediocre
You and I disagree on what Mediocre means. Those guys were awful.
Mediocre is a way to say “Average” in a negative way (ie. not exceptional, nothing special), however people keep using it to just mean “Bad.”
In layman’s terms mediocrity = they suck
The people that suggest the Bears make moves as if the NFL functioned like the trade machine in Madden drive me insane
The bengals said the same thing, then drafted burrow.