Chicago Bears Q&A: Is drafting a quarterback in the 1st round the target? And if not, would they need to trade up in Round 2 to get one?
The NFL draft is a little more than a week away, and Chicago Bears fans have questions. As he does every week, the Tribune’s Brad Biggs has answers. If the Bears are going to take Kellen Mond…
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Brad Biggs had another column answering readers questions on what the Bears may do come draft day. A few nuggets:
In order for the Bears to draft a quarterback in the first round- the Bears would have to trade up and they could face competition from other teams looking to move up for a quarterback — teams selecting higher than No. 20. So Pace might have to sweeten a trade with a 2022 first-round pick (and possibly more) to entice a team to trade back with the Bears to No. 20, which some feel is a dead part of the round.
If the Bears have to wait until the 2nd round to draft a quarterback, Pace apparently likes David Mills of Stanford - lAre the Bears really putting Davis Mills above Kyle Trask and Kellen Mond? Mills started only 11 games over the last two seasons at Stanford and attempted only 438 passes, so there is some concern with the limited tape for evaluation. And, yes, that was an issue with Trubisky, who made only 13 starts at North Carolina. In comparison, Trask made 22 starts at Florida and Mond started the last three seasons at Texas A&M and part of his freshman season in 2017.
I can not believe the Bears are truly going to allow Ryan Pace to possibly trade away draft capital once again in order to pick a quarterback in the first round.
If the Bears have to choose between Mills, Trask and Mond in the 2nd round, I hope Pace does not make the same mistake he made with Trubisky by ignoring the importance of a quarterback having started a lot of games in college. As surprising as it may seem, failure to start a lot of games in college is one of the top red flags that indicate potential failure in the NFL for quarterbacks.
