Everyone on here is focused on the future, for good reason, but almost all speculations assume we get the 1st pick in the draft. What if we don’t?

Realistically, I think we will win 4-6 games. We have one of the easiest schedules ahead and while we still suck, we are good enough to squeak out a few more wins, regardless of whether it’s Fields or Bagent at QB.

There’s a lot of bad teams in the league this year, almost every division has a stinker that could potentially land the #1 overall. I think it’s fairly likely that 4 wins could be too many to be guaranteed that pick.

We are much more likely to get the #1 overall via Carolina. They are pretty bad, but have a few winnable games ahead of them. Let’s assume for the sake of argument that Carolina manages to pull off a few wins, enough to knock them out of the #1 spot. How should we approach the draft?

Do we trade up and go get our guy? Do we take what we have and run with it? What are people’s thoughts?

I think no matter what the #1 pick will be Caleb Williams. If the team with the 1st pick doesn’t want him, they will trade down to a team that does. I also think the Bears should draft a QB. However, I’m not sold enough on Caleb Williams to trade up and grab him. Nothing has convinced me that he’s worth it. I think we’d be better off taking what we got, as we will still most likely have a top 5 pick, and going with a guy like Drake Maye, saving our other 1st round pick for another beast.

If we actually find ourselves in that scenario, it will be big decision time for Poles and could end up making or breaking his career her