So these are the reports coming out of Chicago today after the Bears traded up one pick to draft Mitchell Trubisky. Apparently, nobody actually planned on trying to trade up to #2 with San Fran to grab him and essentially the Bears give up a shit load of picks for nothing.
Now granted, who knows what to believe when these reports come out, but if it is actually true that Chicago gave up a 3rd, 4th & future 3rd to move to the 2nd pick when literally nobody else was trying to get there, well they’re complete morons. They did in fact negotiate against themselves to get a QB who isn’t going to start this year and is what those in the business call a “project”.
There are none. #Bears were bidding against themselves on that one. Nobody was trying to move to 2 for Trubisky. https://t.co/Z7SO0duvL4
— Charles Robinson (@CharlesRobinson) April 28, 2017
No. Nobody was paying the #49ers price for No. 2. San Fran shopped that pick HARD for a week solid and nobody was biting. Not even close. https://t.co/mTI0qPzahc
— Charles Robinson (@CharlesRobinson) April 28, 2017
Just saying they could have gotten him at 3 https://t.co/jNaTOTUkbQ
— Michael Silver (@MikeSilver) April 28, 2017
Also, John Fox didn’t even know about the plan until basically the rest of us did.
Wow. Per @mortreport, even @ChicagoBears coach John Fox didn’t know about plan to draft QB Mitchell Trubisky until a couple hours before.
— Kevin Seifert (@SeifertESPN) April 28, 2017
Or maybe all of these reports are just bullshit. I don’t know what to believe anymore.
For what it’s worth, the #49ers did have a real and legitimate offer for someone to come to No. 2 yesterday. #Bears offer was best value.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) April 28, 2017
