Do YOU want the Bears to trade for Garoppolo?

I voted yes, but it is a qualified "yes". With that said, let me make a few points:

1.  I am an admitted fan of Garoppolo, so I openly share that, but I would NEVER advocate for someone on the Bears that I did not think would be in the teams interest.  I am partially a fan because I live 30 miles from where he played college ball, so I got a lot of local news.  By all accounts, he is not just a very damn good QB (at least at that level), but he is an outstanding person and a real leader.  The "outstanding person" part doesn't win ball games, but after years of Jay Cutler, it's a nice bonus. 

2.  As I stated in another thread, I would never give up our top 1st round pick for the guy, no how, no way.  However, I would be in favor of any number of other options that could be put together without giving up the farm.  Cleveland has two high 1st round picks; if they are in the mix, don't even bother because we can't compete with that.  I am in favor of a trade for him if the trade is reasonable and fair, but I AM NOT in favor of giving up too much as the potential is just not a sure thing.

3.  I think Garoppolo gives us a much better option than drafting ANY QB in the 2017 draft.  If he was coming out this year based on his performance, I think it's very likely he wouldn't even make it to us with the 3rd pick, and if he did, he would likely be a Chicago Bear.  Many of you forget how well he did in college and why he was so well thought of coming out.  The only reason he lasted to the second round was due to the size of the school he played.  You might remember that he played very well in the East-West Shrine game (Offensive MVP) and was then given the opportunity to play in the Senior Bowl when AJ McCarren bowed out.  One of the biggest knocks was obviously the spread system that he led at Eastern Illinois, but after his time in the NFL, I think he's learned the pace of the game and playing under Center, which is ANOTHER benefit he has over some of the college kids coming out this year.

4.  Stop with the comparisons of Matt Cassel.  I get it, I understand.  Ya'll think these guys are machines so if one guy is this way or that way, the next guy with certain similar characteristics or backgrounds will be the same or similar.  That's just ignorant.  They and we are human beings and most of the QB talent is between the ears.  I understand and agree with the lack of starts argument, but for the love o God, please don't start with the Matt Cassel comparisons, the only comparison they have is that they both started out in NE and that's it.  You wanna compare the two?  OK, Cassel was a 7th round pick out of USC and he never started a single game in college.  The guy was a career college backup behind Palmer and Leinart.  He threw a total of 33 passes in all 4 years at USC.  Garoppolo played at Eastern Illinois University (about as far removed from the University of Southern California as one can get) and became the starter where he also thew for over 5,000 yards in a single season (only one other player in FCS history has done that).

Bottom line is that none of us know how he or these kids coming out of the draft will play.  It is damned difficult to judge QB talent, mostly because, as I stated above, so much of it is between the ears and you just never know if it's gonna click at this level.  There are myriad examples of bust after bust after bust and Jimmy G may be another in a long line of such examples.  However, if he's available and we have an opportunity without selling out completely, I think we could do w helluva lot worse and he may just turn out to be pretty damn good.  Hell even Matt Cassel went to the Pro-Bowl after he was traded to Kansas City (2010) so he wasn't all bad.