Michael Lombardi of The Athletic reports that a source informed him that the Bears are attempting to make a deal to acquire quarterback Nick Foles from the Jaguars. Jacksonville inked Foles last offseason to a massive four-year, $88MM deal following Foles’ tenure with the Eagles. Following Lombardi’s report, Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports added that there was a lot of buzz at the combine tying Foles to Chicago as well.
Unfortunately for Foles, in his first game with his new team, he broke his left clavicle and while he was out recovering from the injury, rookie Gardner Minshew showed flashes of competence under center. Since Minshew remains on a long-term, rookie-scale, contract, the rebuilding Jaguars may very well prefer the added cap flexibility and youth that moving forward with Minshew would provide.
The Bears have well-documented concerns at quarterback surrounding Mitchell Trubisky. The second overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft showed promise early in his career in Chicago, but as the talent surrounding him has dissipated, he has not improved enough to help the team make up for the shortcomings. While it remains to be seen whether the Bears are fully ready to move on from Trubisky, it’s clear they need to at least bring in some competition.
What QB are the Bears not interested in. Maybe the call Eli to unretire. LoL
Wow… “…showed flashes of competence” doesn’t make it sound like a lock that the Jaguars have their franchise guy…
BIG DICK NICK
Mystery team for BRADY….Bears
I have a feeling they want to keep Mitch, or at least make it a QB competition. think this is why the Foles route instead of Bridgewater who wants to start. Chicago is a mystery team, but not sure it can happen. TB can offer a ton more to him, we shall see.