Hairyducked Idiot

I think we'll get a third. That's probably fair for a good backup or the lesser guy in a training camp competition.

Feels like bears blogosphere is starting to realize there's no market for fields as a starter

There's so much QB musical chairs this offseason, it's messy. I believe all the insider reports that say Pittsburgh wants to run it back with Pickett, they seem legit. Mayfield seems 99% to stay with Tampa Bay. Chicago, New England, Washington seem likely to go 1-3 with QBs and give the franchise keys to those picks. That leaves Minnesota, Atlanta, Denver, Las Vegas as teams that definitely need a QB. Denver seems ready to do a full tear-down. Cousins seems to be down to Minnesota and Atlanta, but that could always change. That would seem to leave Wilson for Las Vegas and the Cousins' loser between MIN/ATL? That will leave two teams in a bit of a messy situation: Denver and probably one of MIN/ATL/LV. I don't think QBs 4-6 in the draft warrant day 1 starting, but I think some teams that aren't looking for immediate starters (NYG, Seattle, NO) might be into them. So those are the four teams that could be FIelds destinations. Denver and Atlanta want to run quick-hit timing offenses, so you would think that rules them out. Las Vegas to reunite with Getsy would be hilarious but surely not. Would Minnesota even want him? Actually, Denver is just straight tanking, so maybe they won't care that Fields is a bad fit for a season and will want to take the flyer. I think he fits on a tanking team because his skill set (throwing bombs when the defense breaks down and occasionally breaking 70 yard runs) doesn't really require help from his team.

I'll believe that 3 WRs are going top 8 the moment the third WR's name is called at the podium.

Waaaaay too much for me

Yeah I'm not crazy about moving down. There's only 53 active roster spots, you don't need to make 10 picks every single year. I really like our spot at 9. There's at least 9 premium offensive talents in this draft, and I'm perfectly content to sit and see which one falls to us and take him.

Do we have to pay extra to get a division rival to take fields? I'd be down to ship like a 3rd to Minnesota if they promised to make him qb1

It's smokescreen season, but I believe the reports that Pittsburgh is content running it back with Pickett. Atlanta seems to be connected to a half-dozen QBs, and I still think it's a bad fit, but I could buy them being interested in fields. I still think Mystery Team as a backup is where he ends up

The first prospect I fell in love with was Kevin Orie. I remember that one spring where he was popping off and they had an interview with one of the coaches on wgn and he said "it's about time we had a rookie of the year."

There was *zero* doubt in my mind that Bobby Hill was going to be a .380 OBP top-of-the-lineup staple for a decade. I was livid that we traded him for a bad defensive 3b with a .311 OBP.

It was Brendan Harris, nice pull. Roberson was a decent source of power in the 94 sega baseball game I had

Almost everyone has forgotten that the 1990s Cubs were one of the pioneers of overslotting . MacPhail diverted a chunk of the MLB budget toward it. Brownlie was one of the last ones before the Tribune started to pull it back a bit.

Who was the guy who Baseball Prospectus loved and put a Pujols comp on. I can't remember his name now.

Yeah, that's a pleasant surprise, although a lot of people who had seen him in-person estimated that he'd be a true 6-1. It wouldn't have been a dealbreaker if he was shorter, but it's nice that he isn't.

NFL QBs have their WRs randomized each week with no opportunity to build chemistry, which is why throwing to randos at the combine is an important showcase.

I get annoyed when people say "OMG we never *really* had a farm system before Theo.* If you didn't have a worn-out printing of the 2002 Baseball America Q&A (I wanna say it was keith law but I could be wrong about that) where they raved about our farm system's 7 top-80 prospects and how we went 60+ deep with legit MLB prospects, then get off my lawn.

Especally not then. His only good song was As Good as I Once Was.

I'm not very patriotic

This is early 2000s cubs erasure and I won't stand for it

Maybe I'll look like a dummy when he's the next Lamar Jackson, but I don't get the Jayden Daniels helium at all. We can all see that he's not very good at throwing (by NFL standards), right? That is still important, isn't it?

It's just another "post.fake sports breaking news and hope some of it happens so I look like I have sources" account https://twitter.com/CJGolson/status/1733323311793291461?s=20

Putting two things here because they are hockey related 1) my whaleshit tier beer league team played against former NHLer Brad May last night. I skipped the game but he must have been going *real* easy because my team won anyway. 2) pwhl announced their draft rules and other pro sports leagues should 100% steal it: first overall pick goes to the team that gets the most wins after their mathematical elimination. Still favors worst teams (because they get eliminated earlier) but discourages tanking.

I think trading down and taking a different QB is an underrated option, tbh. I like Williams, but as others have said, the best qb prospect out of a draft isn't *that* easy to predict

Part of me wants to quibble with the idea that there's a "both sides" here, but you're right there is. I like Caleb Williams. I want to draft Caleb Williams. But Williams is starting to get the same cult-like love energy that Fields got. At least this time it's directed at a much better prospect.