By Mark Halpern
The Chicago Bears right now find themselves in a very unique position. The Bears, barring any other colossal change, would own the top pick next season due to their trade with the Panthers last season, allowing Carolina to receive the first overall pick.
The Bears have one of the best young quarterbacks in the game, Justin Fields. Fields is still on his rookie deal and the Bears could (and should) be willing to make a trade but not out of the top position. If the Bears can find a way to make a trade and their disaster of a season holds, they could end up with the #1 and another top pick in the draft.
The question becomes who would be willing enough to gamble on such an idea, and here is a thought of a team that desperately needs a Quarterback: the New England Patriots. At one point during his rookie season, the Patriots thought that Mac Jones would become their new franchise QB, but over the last two years, he has taken massive steps back and has lost faith in the “a lot” of coaches on the team. Bill Belichick’s Legacy is not, nor will ever be, questioned in the NFL, but if he wants the ultimate honor to leave the NFL with the most wins, this is the move to make. If New England has the Number 2 pick come the end of the season, and it’s looking that way, Belichick needs to make the call to the Bears and trade their pick for Fields and a third. This would give the Bears the #1 and #2 picks in the draft, and could we have the most extensive team in the NFC North put together in one night? Well, they would draft #1 QB Caleb Williams and #2 WR Marvin Harrison Jr. What a way for the Bears to look into 2025.
Now, everyone starts to think about Fields and New England. First, I would be honored to be part of that trade cause, showing me that an organization has enormous faith in bringing me here to start fresh. Belichick taught Tom Brady. Fields can do something better than Brady could, and that is run. Something the Pats are dying to have is a run game. Fields can provide much more than that, as he has a good arm and vision. Getting him on a team that can build around him could take New England out of the cellar next season and move up. The Patriots will need better Wide Receivers around him, but they can do that through free agency and other trades.
Look, I know going all in is hard to do whether it is in Poker, life, or your franchise, and Robert Kraft isn’t a dumb business person, and if Belichick tells him this is the right move for the organization, Kraft will listen. Unlike some other owners, Kraft listens to the person who is supposed to be in charge of winning Super Bowls and quickly pushes all his chips in to return to stardom.
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