INDIANAPOLIS — The Bears are anticipated to satisfy on the 2023 NFL Scouting Combine with most, if not all, of the highest quarterbacks on this 12 months’s draft class, sources say.
But sources additionally warn that should not be seen as any indication the Bears are going to take a quarterback with the highest total decide. In reality, it’s nonetheless unlikely Chicago truly owns the highest choice as soon as April’s draft rolls round with the Bears more likely to commerce the decide and transfer again throughout the prime half of the draft.
Chicago holds the No. 1 total decide following its second season with beginning quarterback Justin Fields. Sources strongly imagine the Bears should not going to draft a quarterback within the first spherical of this 12 months’s draft, and that Chicago continues to really feel Justin Fields is QB1 for 2023. But the Bears, led by second-year common supervisor Ryan Poles and second-year head coach Matt Eberflus, need to probe all accessible choices this offseason.
The Bears needs to be assembly with most prime prospects throughout almost all positions this week.
Sources questioned whether or not the Bears really feel like there is a quarterback head-and-shoulders above Fields on this 12 months’s draft heading into the mix. The interview course of, mixed with on-field work in Indianapolis, personal exercises, professional days and top-30 visits to the workforce facility, will all be used to find out how Chicago ranks these quarterbacks (and different gamers.)
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Bryce Young is taken into account the highest quarterback on this 12 months’s class heading into the mix, although a lot is dependent upon his measurables this week and any given workforce’s urge for food for his smaller body. C.J. Stroud, Will Levis and Anthony Richardson fill out the quartet of the highest sign callers on this 12 months’s class.
Drafting a quarterback close to the highest of the draft with one in-house on a rookie deal is uncommon within the NFL. The most up-to-date and distinguished instance was when the Cardinals drafted Kyler Murray No. 1 total in 2019 one 12 months after choosing Josh Rosen with the tenth total decide. The Browns took Johnny Manziel within the first spherical of the 2014 draft two years after they chose Brandon Weeden within the first spherical of the 2012 draft.
Fields is getting into the third 12 months of his four-year, $18.87 million contract signed when the Bears drafted him eleventh total in 2021. He’ll have a wage cap hit of $5.146 million in 2023.
Fields confirmed some enchancment in his second 12 months, finishing passes at a better price, throwing touchdowns at a better price and throwing interceptions at a decrease price than his rookie season. He led all quarterbacks in dashing with 1,143 yards, second-most in a single season for a quarterback behind solely 2019 Lamar Jackson.
There are a number of quarterback-needy groups within the league earlier than the beginning of free company. Houston (choosing second and twelfth total), Indianapolis (fourth) and Carolina (ninth) are all contenders to commerce up with the Bears for the highest spot and choose their quarterback of the long run.
