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4. Bears Draft/Justin Fields Nonsense
Some analytics types want the Bears to trade Fields and his woeful passing metrics so they can "reset the clock" with a fresh rookie quarterback contract. Some analytics types also think real life is a video game that allows you to respawn if you don't like your starting position, and they are more than happy to make suggestions with a high likelihood of getting someone who is not themselves fired.Fields is an unprecedented player: uniquely terrible passing stats, uniquely awesome rushing stats, uniquely awful supporting cast. Trading him comes with a low return on investment and high catastrophic failure potential. The Bears probably know this, though former general manager Ryan Pace could have accidentally suffocated in a paper bag, and new GM Other Ryan Poles only appears slightly more resourceful.
The flip side of speculating about a Fields trade is theorizing about some Minnesota Fats-worthy 8-ball trick shot in which Poles trades down four times in the first round and amasses seven first-round picks or something. Howie Roseman could indeed turn a first-round pick into half a playoff-caliber starting lineup. Poles is more likely to turn it into five or six Chase Claypools.
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Aaron Rodgers and the NFL Offseason Nonsense Top 10
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