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http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/columnists/ct-bears-should-draft-quarterback-biggs-spt-0425-20170424-column.html
ribune reporter Brad Biggs provides his updated mock draft projections as of April 21, 2017. (Brad Biggs)
Brad BiggsContact ReporterChicago Tribune
If not now, when?
The time to invest a first-round draft pick in a quarterback appears to have come for the Bears, who have not selected a passer in Round 1 since Rex Grossman in 2003. The Bears dealt two first-round picks to the Broncos in the 2009 Jay Cutler deal, a trade that proved to be too good to be true because teams don't deal away franchise quarterbacks.
It simply took the Bears longer than most to come to the realization Cutler wasn't that player and now here they are with the No. 3 pick in the first round Thursday night staring down the opportunity to solve the club's never-ending issue — if they can pick the right quarterback.
North Carolina's Mitch Trubisky, Clemson's Deshaun Watson, Texas Tech's Patrick Mahomes and Notre Dame's DeShone Kizer all offer upside. It's possible general manager Ryan Pace will have his choice of this group if the Browns (No. 1) and 49ers (No. 2) invest in other positions. Even if Pace has second pick among quarterbacks, the Bears are overdue to draft one....click on link
ribune reporter Brad Biggs provides his updated mock draft projections as of April 21, 2017. (Brad Biggs)
Brad BiggsContact ReporterChicago Tribune
If not now, when?
The time to invest a first-round draft pick in a quarterback appears to have come for the Bears, who have not selected a passer in Round 1 since Rex Grossman in 2003. The Bears dealt two first-round picks to the Broncos in the 2009 Jay Cutler deal, a trade that proved to be too good to be true because teams don't deal away franchise quarterbacks.
It simply took the Bears longer than most to come to the realization Cutler wasn't that player and now here they are with the No. 3 pick in the first round Thursday night staring down the opportunity to solve the club's never-ending issue — if they can pick the right quarterback.
North Carolina's Mitch Trubisky, Clemson's Deshaun Watson, Texas Tech's Patrick Mahomes and Notre Dame's DeShone Kizer all offer upside. It's possible general manager Ryan Pace will have his choice of this group if the Browns (No. 1) and 49ers (No. 2) invest in other positions. Even if Pace has second pick among quarterbacks, the Bears are overdue to draft one....click on link