How are you feeling overall about the 2024 Bears?

Depending on how things go, I think we can make a HUGE step towards becoming a perennial playoff contender. We have a lot of draft equity and we have a lot of needs. Done right, we can match those needs, fill the holes and become a more complete team. The QB spectre is the big thing. We play that wrong and we waste all of the rebuild that has happened to date. If we pick the QB right, we get to use the rebuild to date and the additional rebuild that we are going to embark on this year. We pick wrong, and we stagnate while the new players price out, become high priced and we then have to start a new cycle. We have all seen it because that is how we have rolled.

If we go with a new QB, there are lots of gates. First, we have to get the right guy. Then we have to have people to put him in the best position. I don't think any new QB can come in here and play to a high level. I think it takes at least half a year to 2 years to get comfortable. That means we put off really getting to a high level team. But if we get the right QB, it is worth it in the end. If Fields stays AND HE TAKES THE NEXT STEP, with all the additions we could make, we can be that perennial playoff team next year. If he is not going to be that guy, we really have to move on because we need to get that guy. I think it can be him, but the guys running the show need to determine that. My hope is that they make that determination with only the facts and the teams best interests in mind. Not their own self preservation in mind. It is a rare group that can do that, however. I also have doubts about Flus being the mastermind (or any kind of mind) to run the team.

FA is less than a month away and we will start to see how it unfolds, but if we pick wrong on the QB, it could continue to be tough sledding.

Saw some rankin us way behind Vikes.. Cant see that tbh

Williams will not be sitting on the bench.  

We might not overtake Lions and Packers in 2024, but Poles has to deliver the goods (Super Bowl ready by 2025).  That’s my bottom line.

This is currently where I'm at. I'm just praying Poles doesn't overthink this and try to be the smartest guy in the room (something Bears fans have experienced). CW is right there for the taking. 

This is actually why I don't normally watch tape on prospects until after the draft. Last thing I want to do is get attached to some prospect when 95% of the time they're going to be drafted by another team. I made an exception this year since we had the 1st pick and looked like we might draft a QB. Now that I've watched so much of CW in action, I'm going to take it pretty hard if they pass on him.