Crystal Lake Hoffy wrote:
Think the Bears could pull off another trade similar to the Panthers one in 2023? Keep Fields and trade the #1 pick to the Raiders to get their 2024 first round and second round, 2025 first and second round, plus Davante Adams. If Fields is still the problem next year, you have the Raiders picks to draft a QB into an organization that should be on an upwards trend. Use the additional draft capital from the Raiders on picks to continue bolstering OL and DL.
Others on here obviously disagree but I don't know why the above isn't the default answer. This team still has (a) inadequate NFL starters all over the place and (b) a lack of impact players. If the Raiders want to give the Bears the same deal as the Panthers just do it. Yeah,
Fields probably sucks, but there are QBs to draft every year. So if the Bears are drafting a QB in 2025, presumably he's walking into a situation with a stacked roster.
That's setting that guy up for success from day one. For
all of Fields shortcomings, he wasn't helped in any way by the shit roster that he walked into on day one with the Bears.
He could have helped himself by, you know, throwing to receivers when they're open. Stroud walked into a bad roster situation and has no problem throwing to receivers when they're open. That's because he meets basic job requirements like, you know, throwing quickly and with anticipation. He understands he cannot wait for 45 minutes until his receivers are backyard ball wide open. That's what you do in college. This isn't college. Stroud is aware of that. Fields isnt. Then again maybe Fields knows what he's doing because even if he spends 45 mins in the pocket then gets sacked, he knows fans like yourself are gonna blame the line instead of his slow ass processing speed.