Oddsmakers say Nick Foles is the favorite to start the Bears’ 2021 opener

[iueyedoc]

My title would have been, "Oddsmakers peg Bears as most tone deaf, shitshow franchisenow that Cleveland and Buffalo have shed the title," but that's just me.





By Sun-Times staff Jan 14, 2021, 11:05am CST





The Bears are keeping everyone else, so why not Nick Foles. At least that’s how the oddsmakers see it.
Nick Foles might be back next season, too. At least according to oddsmakers.

Foles, at 2/1, is currently favored to be the Bears’ Week 1 starter next season, according to Sports Betting Dime. Mitch Trubisky is listed at 5/2.

SBD is also laying odds of 15/1 that Ben Roethlisberger, Drew Brees and Philip Rivers will not be starters when the 2021 season begins.

ODDS TO BE STARTING QB WEEK 1 OF 2021 NFL SEASON

Bears

1. NICK FOLES: 2/1 (+200)
2. MITCH TRUBISKY: 5/2 (+250)
3. FIELD: 8/5 (+160)

Lions
1. MATTHEW STAFFORD: 4/9 (-225)
2. RYAN FITZPATRICK: 19/1 (+1900)
3. CHASE DANIEL: 30/1 (+3000)
4. JAMEIS WINSTON: 32/1 (+3200)
5. TREY LANCE: 50/1 (+5000)
6. FIELD: 9/2 (+450)
Packers
1. AARON RODGERS: 1/9 (-900)
2. JORDAN LOVE: 24/1 (+2400)
3. FIELD: 19/1 (+1900)

 

[msadows]

Do the suntimes staff do research?

Of course foles is back, you can't cut him. The only way he is off the team is if he gets traded.

That being said, my money would go on foles starting week 1 and us drafting a QB in the first round.

 

[BrunoTheRed]

I'm sure limp dick Nick will start.

 

[BrunoTheRed]

Do the suntimes staff do research?

Of course foles is back, you can't cut him. The only way he is off the team is if he gets traded.

That being said, my money would go on foles starting week 1 and us drafting a QB in the first round.

Bold claim there.

I bet they draft a left tackle #1, invest heavily in the o line, and take a QB no sooner than rd 4.

This is the Bears after all....

 

[JesusHalasChrist]

Tank Commander Foles reporting for duty!

 

[greg23]

That's funny as its 100% inaccurate... the FIELD is the favorite not fools

 

[Montucky]

They wont start the rookie week one and I think its unlikely they go the route of Derek Carr or Jameis Winston in free agency. This isn't really news or even worth getting incensed over.

 

[Toast88]

Makes sense. He's the only quarterback guaranteed to be on the roster next year.

 

[TexasBearfan]

i'm sure the bears pro shop will have to stop the stampede of enthusiastic purchasers of Foles replica jerseys

 

[Midway Fields]

My title would have been, "Oddsmakers peg Bears as most tone deaf, shitshow franchisenow that Cleveland and Buffalo have shed the title," but that's just me.





By Sun-Times staff Jan 14, 2021, 11:05am CST





The Bears are keeping everyone else, so why not Nick Foles. At least that’s how the oddsmakers see it.
Nick Foles might be back next season, too. At least according to oddsmakers.

Foles, at 2/1, is currently favored to be the Bears’ Week 1 starter next season, according to Sports Betting Dime. Mitch Trubisky is listed at 5/2.

SBD is also laying odds of 15/1 that Ben Roethlisberger, Drew Brees and Philip Rivers will not be starters when the 2021 season begins.

ODDS TO BE STARTING QB WEEK 1 OF 2021 NFL SEASON

Bears

1. NICK FOLES: 2/1 (+200)
2. MITCH TRUBISKY: 5/2 (+250)
3. FIELD: 8/5 (+160)

Lions
1. MATTHEW STAFFORD: 4/9 (-225)
2. RYAN FITZPATRICK: 19/1 (+1900)
3. CHASE DANIEL: 30/1 (+3000)
4. JAMEIS WINSTON: 32/1 (+3200)
5. TREY LANCE: 50/1 (+5000)
6. FIELD: 9/2 (+450)
Packers
1. AARON RODGERS: 1/9 (-900)
2. JORDAN LOVE: 24/1 (+2400)
3. FIELD: 19/1 (+1900)

Omg I comprehended FIELD as in Justin Fields lol.

I was excited too.

I’m an idiot.

 

[tgmxd]

Omg I comprehended FIELD as in Justin Fields lol.

I was excited too.

I’m an idiot.

I could certainly see them moving heaven and earth to get that #2 pick from the jets.

Desperate times and fan anger might just force them into an RG3 trade.

Fields or Wilson would look great in a bears uniform though.

 

[BearDen]

Makes sense. He's the only quarterback guaranteed to be on the roster next year.

/thread

 

[CHIBEAR]

Bold claim there.

I bet they draft a left tackle #1, invest heavily in the o line, and take a QB no sooner than rd 4.

This is the Bears after all....

someone who knows the Bears I see



I honestly cant believe fans think that after what Pace did in 2017 that he would basically just do it again LOL

let the top receiver walk
bring in some veteran cast off at QB
ignore the vet already on the team
trade up and draft a project and anoint him the franchise savior and feeding him to Chicagos fanbase and media

 

[Chicago Staleys]

There is NO way Foles is the starter. Pace/Nagy are on a “prove it” last year deal. Pace has full control of cap and draft capital. He is going to bury this franchise in an attempt to find “the answer” for at least 1 year.

Starting Foles essentially will be for tanking purposes only. Which won’t benefit Nagy or Pace.

 

[modo]

Pace and Nagy should just quit if they are going to roll out Foles....I don't see the Bears starting Foles

 

[CHIBEAR]

There is NO way Foles is the starter. Pace/Nagy are on a “prove it” last year deal. Pace has full control of cap and draft capital. He is going to bury this franchise in an attempt to find “the answer” for at least 1 year.

Starting Foles essentially will be for tanking purposes only. Which won’t benefit Nagy or Pace.

How is starting Foles tanking ?

These takes are getting more and more ridiculous . Foles needs the same damn things any veteran qb are gonna need to be successful here a running game and PROTECTION . Did we give it to him ? NO so why is it that if we roll out another veteran in the same situation its trying to win but if we roll out Foles its tanking ? makes no damn sense

As dumb as you guys claim they are even they can acknowledge that .

“With Foles specifically, as we look at that, and I reflect on him and that move and he’s under contract for us, I respect the way he handled a lot of adversity this year, not just for himself in the quarterback room,” Pace said. “He was a leader in the room as a starter or as a backup. And I think you go back to when he was playing and there were some things that, in fairness to him, the offensive line was a little unsettled and the run game wasn’t quite where we wanted it to be. And then unfortunately he got injured. So I think there’s still some evaluation left out there on him.”

“You go back and you say when we ended up making the move for him, you look at that we weren’t able to have that offseason, which I do believe would have helped in a lot of different ways for him because things are different. You just can’t connect Kansas City and Philadelphia and say it’s the same offense. You can’t do that. But there’s a growing process there. I think that as we look at his situation, just like Ryan said, he went through and battled his tail off in regards to doing a lot of good things for us. And is there areas where he could improve? Absolutely. Are there areas we can improve as a coaching staff to help him? Yes.”

This is NOT a declaration of Foles being the future of the team but at this point in time we unless a qb falls to us in the first we build out the team and try and build on 8-8 and show some damn patience . No veteran qb is gonna put themselves into a position of 3 offenses in 3 seasons without certain assurances so both Nagy and Pace would get extensions before any of them willingly came here.

 

[Leomaz]

There is NO way Foles is the starter. Pace/Nagy are on a “prove it” last year deal. Pace has full control of cap and draft capital. He is going to bury this franchise in an attempt to find “the answer” for at least 1 year.

Starting Foles essentially will be for tanking purposes only. Which won’t benefit Nagy or Pace.

Him and Bray are your only choices at the moment

 

[Anytime23]

16-0

 

[Leomaz]

There is NO way Foles is the starter. Pace/Nagy are on a “prove it” last year deal. Pace has full control of cap and draft capital. He is going to bury this franchise in an attempt to find “the answer” for at least 1 year.

Starting Foles essentially will be for tanking purposes only. Which won’t benefit Nagy or Pace.

Well keeping Pace and Nagy pretty says we are tanking....so Foles it is

 

[msadows]

someone who knows the Bears I see



I honestly cant believe fans think that after what Pace did in 2017 that he would basically just do it again LOL

let the top receiver walk
bring in some veteran cast off at QB
ignore the vet already on the team
trade up and draft a project and anoint him the franchise savior and feeding him to Chicagos fanbase and media

Yup.

I said its gonna be lance. Trust me, it's gonna be lance. He seems like a Pace/Nagy pick. He fits what nagy wants to run.

Foles will get the first 4 games, suck terribly(He might have one good game) and then we will switch to lance and ruin him.