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Caleb Williams announced that he won’t play in USC’s bowl game, which means that, barring the truly unforeseen, he’s likely taken his final collegiate snap. It also means that in 142 days from the time that I’m writing this, he has a great chance to be the first player taken in the 2024 NFL Draft. In mock draft 4.0, I still have Williams as QB1, but I have the Patriots, who currently have the No. 2 pick, moving up one spot to get their quarterback. This also means that the Bears move down, pass on Williams, and are sticking with Justin Fields.
(A quick aside, and this will likely become boilerplate for any and all rebuilding teams who take a young QB: Please — and I can’t stress this enough — make sure you build around them. Solidify the offensive line, make sure the running game is at least replacement level, and do whatever it takes to find receivers who can win at the line of scrimmage. I know, easier said than done because of the salary cap and the inherent uncertainty of player evaluation and development, but if you want to know what happens when you fail to do any of these things, look no further than the 2023 Carolina Panthers. This concludes the public-service announcement.)
Because you love trade details, here they are:
Chicago gets: New England’s 2024 first (No. 2), 2024 second (No. 34), 2024 fourth (102), 2025 thirdNew England gets: Chicago’s 20024 first (No. 1).
This is based on what the Bears had to give up in 2017 to move from No. 3 to No. 2 to get Mitchell Trubisky. More importantly, this hypothetical means Chicago has picks 2, 5, 34, 71, 102, 104 in the ’24 draft.
As for sticking with Fields, at least in this mock draft, here’s the thinking: First, this is going to be a talking point for the final five weeks of the regular season because Fields still has to prove he’s the guy in Chicago. In part because he wasn’t drafted by GM Ryan Poles, in part because the Bears don’t want a…
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Author : Ryan Wilson
Publish date : 2023-12-07 15:53:20
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