Chicago Bears should trade down and avoid Caleb Williams | Build around Fields

I have been up in the air with this NFL Draft, but it is very hard to trade away something you know you already have. The Chicago Bears traded out of the first pick in 2022 and they avoided landing Bryce Young. Did they pass on CJ Stroud, sure, but they are in the same spot once again.

I was recently reading Peter King’s last article, and I was super amazed by his take. The legend will love retirement, but this nugget on the Bears must be talked about, because it makes a ton of sense.

The Bears trading down not once, but twice!

“I suppose the Bears are going to trade the top pick. I know nothing, but that seems to be the way the wind is blowing. What I say: The Bears could keep Justin Fields (and should), and trade the first pick down once or twice, and build the kind of supporting cast a team needs to contend. Suppose GM Ryan Poles traded the top pick down one spot to Washington (which would take Caleb Williams), and got the second pick, a second-round pick and a 2025 first-round pick in return. Then suppose Poles traded the second pick to Atlanta at eight, and the Falcons picked one of the other quarterbacks. In return, Chicago gets the eighth pick, Atlanta’s second-round pick, and first- and second-round picks next year. Imagine moving from 1 to 8 and ending up with this draft haul:

The eighth and ninth (their own) overall picks in round one this year.

Second-round picks from Washington and Atlanta this year.

Three first-round picks and two second-round picks in 2025.

For moving down seven picks in the first round, the Bears could end up with nine picks in the first two rounds of the next two drafts. Instant infrastructure.”

If this happened, the Bears would be in a very good situation. The Bears would be in a completely amazing spot. If they can draft correctly they would be set up for good, and they would already know what they have in their quarterback. Swinging on the fences for a quarterback is not the smartest decision, because quarterbacks very rarely make it.