Fields being traded to Pittsburgh

The Bears have #1 pick with opportunity to draft immortal generational QB. Poles basically said it himself.  They would not be virtually giving away Fields if all they had is the #9 pick. Poles got an earlier offer from the Eagles, but got greedy, then panicked as all the veterans signed with other teams. He set his price too high and then waited til only one or two trading partners remained. Fields is a better QB than Pickett, Darnold, Minshew.  The other footnote to my #1 is that a GM would have to make decision in May about 5th yr. option. As I said on another thread, that would give the GM TWO ways to look like an idiot a year from now. 

Dan Garanziano said on ESPN Sportscenter that he talked to “several sources around the league” that Eagles tried to get Fields before they settled for Pickett. Fields would be the perfect backup for Hurts. I don’t know exactly what they offered, but they paid a 3rd and a 7th for Pickett. I gotta believe they offered at LEAST that for Fields.  The problem with Poles is that he sets his own mind on what a player is worth and doesn’t move until it’s too late. I think that’s what happened here, but we’ll probably never get the full story.

Dan Garanziano said on ESPN Sportscenter that he talked to “several sources around the league” that Eagles tried to get Fields before they settled for Pickett. Fields would be the perfect backup for Hurts. I don’t know exactly what they offered, but they paid a 3rd and a 7th for Pickett. I gotta believe they offered at LEAST that for Fields.  The problem with Poles is that he sets his own mind on what a player is worth and doesn’t move until it’s too late. I think that’s what happened here, but we’ll probably never get the full story.