It will be great. I hope the defense can keep up

I cringe when I think of these candidates trying to out-gush each other over Fields when interviewing with the search team.

Leery Holmes stopped just short ( but of course implied he and the family are ) of calling McCaskey racist for not fawning over Fields at the presser .

I wonder if Sir is referring to McCaskey's response to Haugh's question about whether keeping Fields is a prerequisite for the job, where George said he wants to hear what the candidates' plans are "for the quarterback position" instead of what their plans are "for Justin Fields." If Holmes thinks that is racist or even disrespectful to Fields, fuck him.

holy crap, i missed the Fields question. Chicago media really does have Fields fitted for a gold jacket already.

The real problem here is that George allowed Pace to move up in the draft--and trade away future draft picks--to select Fields when he must have known there was a good chance he would fire both Pace and Nagy in the near future. That's crazy.

The real problem here is that George allowed Pace to move up in the draft--and trade away future draft picks--to select Fields when he must have known there was a good chance he would fire both Pace and Nagy in the near future. That's crazy.

The real real problem is that the Bears should have fired them both guys after the Saints "playoff" game.

I dont understand this line of thinking.

Even if he knows there is a good chance he is firing them after the season, they still need to get the QB position figured out. It is not like he allowed him to trade up to get some no name guy. They traded up to get a guy considered to be a top talent. I would think that is pretty much the only situation where you would be ok with making this move. Because the reality is if they dont figure out the QB position it is not going to matter who fills the GM and Coach roles.

Fields is better than anyone that a new guy would have to select this year. He would be darn near 1/1 in this class. Pace did his successor a favor.

If Fields fizzles out, it wasn't his guy and he is owed a reboot. If Fields succeeds, the heaviest lifting of the new guy's job was already complete.

Why would you trust guys you're considering firing in 2021 to trade your first round draft pick in 2022?

Now that he’s not limited from greatness having that awful Matt Nagy coaching him , he’s gotta go something like 5k yards , 40 TD passes . Can’t wait to see it . Go Bears!!!!

I think it really comes down to who you are trading up for. It is not like they were trading up for a TE or a S. They were trading up for a guy that many considered to be the 2nd best QB in the class and a top 5 pick. You have to take that shot especially considering the history of the QB position with the Bears.

But ultimately if they did not trust them to handle the draft that year then they should have cleaned house that year before the draft.

That trade gives an incoming GM and coach a lot of rope.

If Pace is the GM, as dumb as it was to keep him, you should give him the same amount of draft control he always had. If you chop his legs off during the draft that's doubling down on your bad decision by basically admitting you should have fired him. Which of course they should have, but it was too late.

No you shouldn't since he already identified Dalton as his QB for 2021.

If you only wanted Pace to be concerned about 2021 you should have fired him.