Who will take Justin Fields’ place? For the second consecutive year, the Chicago Bears are favored with the first pick. Nevertheless, they didn’t “earn” it this time. Despite their tie for last place in the NFC North, there’s still a feeling that they could do better at quarterback because Fields hasn’t improved as much as some would have liked.
This means that the Bears could select a quarterback in the first round once more, and many anticipate that USC’s Caleb Williams will be the one chosen, three years after choosing Fields 11th overall. But what if the Bears pulled off a move that few people had predicted, trading that number one pick for yet another amazing draft haul? A look at the official Bears social media accounts on X and you might get that same impression
Here’s what the ‘ official X account posted on Saturday morning, amid persistent rumors that the team is smitten with Caleb Williams.
It’s not like NFL general managers schedule a meeting with the social media manager of their team and instruct them to create a highlight reel featuring Fields in order to demoralize rival teams. However, it’s possible that the Bears were attempting to create as many smokescreens as they could in order to avoid having to wait until April 25 to begin the 2024 NFL Draft.
But what if the Bears, who just conducted an offensive coordinator interview with USC’s senior offensive analyst Kliff Kingsbury, discovered something about Williams that made them pass on the star quarterback?
Perhaps on the eve of the 2024 NFL Draft, we will find out, but if the Bears are considering trading again, we might
see something take place at any point between now and late April when the three-day event kicks off. After all, last year the Bears traded down from No. 1 to No. 9 on March 10, well over a month before the 2023 NFL Draft began.