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Josh Allen does this look off well (as does Mahomes). Its what a good coached, skilled QB can (and should do). Not that the Bears will ever see that from these coaches and QBs.....

The thing about finding the franchise QB which gets overlooked, is it allows you to look at all other positions in the draft and FA.  Once you have your guy, you can fill out the rest of your lineup.

So then the question would be, is it worth giving up a bunch of picks to get 'the guy'? To try to figure this out, lets look at the last fifteen years of Super Bowl winning QBs:
(current or future HOFers in bold...)

2019  KC with Mahomes
2019  NEP with Brady
2018  PE with Foles
2017  NEP with Brady
2016  DB with Manning
2015  NEP with Brady
2014  SS with Wilson (HOF or close?)
2013  BR with Flacco
2012  NYG with Manning (HOF or??)
2011  GBP with Rodgers
2010  NOS with Brees
2009  PS with Roethlisberger
2008  NYG with Manning
2007  IC with Manning
2006  PS with Roethlisberger
2005  NEP with Brady
2004  Brady again

This is pretty telling.....QB is the most important factor in getting a team to the Championship. It's not impossible, but it's not real common otherwise....

LAKE FOREST, Ill., — The Chicago Bears appear to have begun the process of finding their next defensive coordinator with interviews this week. According to a report from Kevin Fishbain of The Athletic, the Bears have reached out to the Indianapolis Colts to request an interview with defensive backs coach Jonathan Gannon.

The request comes just a week after Chuck Pagano announced he was retiring from the NFL after spending the past two seasons as defensive coordinator for the Bears.

Gannon has 14 years of coaching experience, with 10 of those in the NFL. He got his start in 2007 with the Atlanta Falcons as a defensive assistant coach and quality control coach before moving on as a scout with the St. Louis Rams from 2009-11. In 2012 he joined the Tennessee Titans as a defensive assistant and then spent four seasons as assistant defensive backs coach for the Minnesota Vikings from 2014-17.

MORE >>>>> EARLY CANDIDATES FOR BEARS DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR JOB

Most recently, Gannon has been the defensive backs coach for the Indianapolis Colts, joining the franchise in 2018 under Frank Reich's staff. After finishing dead last in a lot of defensive categories in 2017, Gannon was a part of the staff that helped turn things around in 2018, becoming a Top 10 defense. With the help of Gannon, the Colts were sixth-best in terms of passing yards allowed this season, doing it with a young secondary and a veteran in Xavier Rhodes.

The Bears are also considering a few in-house candidates including Jay Rodgers and Sean Desai but with Brandon Staley reportedly interested in bringing Rodgers to Los Angeles as his defensive coordinator, it should urge Chicago to move fast in this process.

Foles was untradeable ... except to the laughingstock GM of the Bears.

Deshaun Watson has already proven in his four years that he has HOF level talent.  The Texans are going to get a huge return if they choose to trade him.  The bears have very little to offer.  I think Pace is going to be looking at Fitzpatrick and Winston level players.

LOL!!!!

Went back to look at boards with all this Watson trade talk. 

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Re: 2017 NFL Draft
« Reply #192 on: January 01, 2017, 06:38:37 pm »
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Deshawn Watson looks like the real deal to me.  He is a winner.  He almost beat Alabama in last years title game.  I believe he might beat them this year.  Nick Saban says he is the most special player since Cam Newton in SEC.  I think he will be 1 or 2 this draft but if somehow he is there at 3 and the Bears pass I think it will haunt us for a decade.