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The Chicago Bears should do just about anything to upgrade their quarterback room so that they can take advantage of their elite defense.
The Chicago Bears wasted a season in 2019. They went 8-8 in a year that began with Super Bowl expectations. 8-8 is not an awful record relative to the bottom feeders of the league but for a team with those kinds of expectations, it felt like they went 4-12. They still had an awesome defense but they couldn’t score points to save their lives. A lot of it had to do with the fact that Mitchell Trubisky was a horrible quarterback.
Trubisky had a decent year in the Bears 12-4 season that ended in the playoffs but he took a major step back in 2019. He pretty much made it clear that he isn’t going to be able to lead his team to the Super Bowl. For that reason, the Bears need to pursue someone who can do that. They might not need a guy like Tom Brady, Patrick Mahomes, or Aaron Rodgers to get there but they need a guy who can put up enough points to take advantage of having a great defense.
One guy who could be an option is Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Nick Foles. He is already a quarterback that has proven he can lead his team to the Super Bowl as he was the starting quarterback for the 2017-18 Philadelphia Eagles team that won. If the Bears had a quarterback like him they might be able to get over the hump. The Jaguars have said they will move on to Gardner Minshew II so Foles is probably available to be had.
He has a big contract that might need to be reworked or retained on, but if they could figure out a way to get it to work they should try. These are two trade proposals that might get the deal done along with what the fallout would be: