The Carolina Panthers’ 26-0 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars was an enormous win for the Chicago Bears on Sunday. That loss assured the Panthers will end with the worst file within the NFL this season, which means their draft slot would be the No. 1 total decide within the 2024 NFL Draft.
That decide now belongs to the Bears as a part of final 12 months’s commerce between the 2 groups that noticed Panthers transfer as much as No. 1 to pick out quarterback Bryce Younger.
With the No. 1 total decide now secured, the Bears can be sensible to take the identical method they took a 12 months and commerce for a haul of picks and gamers.
The development and progress of quarterback Justin Fields ought to make that a straightforward determination.
There can be important curiosity in that decide as a result of presence of quarterbacks Caleb Williams (USC) and Drake Maye (North Carolina) on the high of the category.
However Fields has performed effectively sufficient, remains to be younger sufficient, and has sufficient upside that the Bears needs to be snug with him as their franchise quarterback. Particularly in the event that they proceed to place gamers round him.
That’s the place buying and selling the No. 1 decide may come into play.
When the Bears had the No. 1 decide a 12 months in the past they traded it to Carolina for a package deal of picks and gamers that has included vast receiver D.J. Moore, offensive sort out Darnell Wright, cornerback Tyrique Stevenson, the No. 1 total decide in 2024 and a 2025 second-round decide.
That’s already three starters and doubtlessly extra primarily based on these future picks.
It has been an unbelievable haul for the Bears and a doubtlessly franchise-changing deal. Even when they don’t get that huge of a haul this season they may nonetheless transfer down a few spots in a take care of a group needing a quarterback and choose any individual like Ohio State vast receiver Marvin Harrison Jr.
Given the progress of Fields, surrounding him with a large receiver group constructed round Moore and Harrison Jr. would have the potential to be one of the crucial dynamic offenses within the NFC. They need to strongly contemplate it now that they’ve the choice.
