The reason to get MHJ at #1 is simply to pair him with DJ Moore and have a top-3 WR room in the league on day 1. I have seen this work in the past in St. Louis with the 1999 Rams. That team added Timmerman (Pro-Bowl - OG), Faulk (HOF - RB) and Warner (HOF - QB, by accident not intent) and brought in a rookie WR named Torry Holt (Future HOF - WR) to pair with Isaac Bruce (HOF - WR) and Orlando Pace (HOF - LT).
Now, Fields is not Warner - but Warner would not have been “Warner” either without the weapons that were on that Rams O… Pairing Holt and Bruce was a league-leading tandem for 5 years (the entirety of the Greatest Show on Turf run) and while there would still be no one on the Bears anywhere NEAR the level of Faulk, there was so much downfield open receivers for the Rams because they could not be doubled and taken away.
Bruce and Holt absolutely feasted on the 17-yard backside dig routes and I could see similar things for a Bears offense with Fields at QB1, Roschon/Herbert at HB, and Moore / MHJ as WR1a/WR1b. It would not be exactly the same (in reality probably not close to that level of talent), but it could still be the most potent Bears’ offense in forever…
That is all people should be focused on…there is real, demonstrable improvement from first 17 games to most recent 17 games and with an influx of playmakers like MHJ and maybe Bowers? I guarantee this much - Fields NEXT 17 games are going to blow away the first 17 games of either Maye or Williams and it won’ be close.