The Bears traded Fields to Pittsburgh in change for a conditional sixth-round decide, a far cry from what most anticipated Chicago to recoup in buying and selling its former first-round decide. With few apparent touchdown spots open, nevertheless, the Bears had little alternative except they have been keen to hold onto Fields into the draft and maybe past.
Poles famous there was a “lot to unpack” with why Fields did not work out in Chicago, noting the fixed change the quarterback needed to cope with in his three seasons.
“There was a uneven begin in his rookie 12 months,” he stated. “And once I got here in, we had some cleansing as much as do, which delayed one other 12 months of including expertise and supporting. After which by way of the sport, I really feel like he was making strides and enhancing. … It is actually the timeline and the way a lot runway you could have. As a result of to get a man up off the bottom, it’s essential assist him with as a lot expertise as potential. After which that flips as a result of it takes a lot cap area.”
The commerce opens the door for Chicago to draft a QB No. 1 general, presumably USC’s Caleb Williams. Poles instructed reporters that Williams will go to Halas Corridor through the first week of April.
Poles famous his first impression of Williams was how a lot his teammates battle for the QB.
“They do not like him,” he stated, through Adam Hoge of CHGO Bears, “they love him.”