breaking news: After Justin Field sent a message to four free agents, the Chicago Bears have finally decided to make a deal, as verified by the general manager….
During Monday morning’s owners meetings, Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles acknowledged to the media that the trade of quarterback Justin Fields to the Pittsburgh Steelers was “one of the hardest things I’ve had to do” in his career.
“I always kind of touch on the empathy part, like having that conversation with my own son was hard,” Poles said, according to information published by The Athletic and Kevin Patra of the NFL website. “In his room, his jersey is up. Thus, it somewhat contextualizes the difficulty of certain maneuvers.
Caleb Williams, the quarterback for the USC Trojans, is still expected to be the first pick of the Bears in the 2024 NFL Draft by experts. It now seems that rumors that Fields and Williams wouldn’t be sharing a quarterback room for very long were true, as the 2021 first-round pick was handed a clean slate more than a month before the 2019 draft gets underway on April 25.
Regarding the Fields deal, Poles stated, “It really depends on the timeline and amount of runway you have.” “You need to give a guy as much talent assistance as you can to get them off the ground. That then makes sense. If you reach that stage, it’s a good thing that it takes up so much cap space. However, you have to start winning because of them. The talent surrounding them becomes more difficult to add. As you can see, it occurs frequently around the league. I believe that teams that are able to maintain their performance during that time do a truly exceptional job.
Though some have said that purported personality red flags are hanging over Williams’ situation this spring, it’s thought he’s only made an impression on Bears personnel during pre-draft visits. Polish people talked about it early on Monday.
Poles said of Williams, “When you talk to his teammates, they don’t like him, they love him.” “His ability to unite people via leadership. His leadership style is deliberate. The personnel is in the same boat. Finding someone who doesn’t love him or even like him is difficult for me.”
It appears from every angle that the Bears selecting Williams first overall in the NFL is now just a formality. It remains to be seen if Fields will eventually demonstrate that his previous team erred, but it is obvious that the Bears have already moved on to their next quarterback.
