It is becoming increasingly clear that the Bears will trade the first overall pick in the 2023 draft. The question is when they will do it, not if.
Peter King’s America’s Latest Football Morning column with key comments from Bears G.M. Ryan Poles, who will make the final call on when and where the Bears go with the top pick, earned it when the Texans blew the Cubs to capture the 2022 regular season.

Should we do this before pushing free? ” The Poles told the king. ” Or shall we wait? I do not know. That’s what I shared. I could only bear this until we were on the clock for a night drink. But then the teams that want certainty because, ‘If they need a bad QB, would I do that now when some of these guys, like Derek Carr, are there? as above now to do. ”
Poles explained that they are not “greedy” but that they are now “going to go above and beyond”.
However, at some point a deal will be made. Because, wisely, they will not return the Bears in Justinian’s field now.
“When we started to adapt and adapt to what he did well, and the ball started a little, we saw a very unique and unique ability and talent that can change the game,” the Poles told King, adding the next step. we need to make him a more effective passer. “I think the power is that we have something really good, and you realized it through me.”
Polonorum said he thinks he will pick outside the first round in 2024 with an outside first round pick in 2025, while still picking one of the top six or eight players on his roster.
One way he could trade twice. Flip with the Texans to make sure they have the top quarterback, and then bid No. 2 picks for teams like the Colts, Falcons and Panthers. Or maybe the Poles can simply tap into Carolina owner David Tepper’s search for a chronic franchise quarterback and have him go all-in to go No.
Or perhaps it will be twice or three times, from No. 1 to No. 2 with the Texans, then to No. 4 with the Colts, then to No. 8 or No. 9 with the Falcons or the Panthers, with each the horse coming up to take the quarter.
The problem with having a good time is that the Poles eventually choose one. There will be a recall when you do it. When you maximize the bolt. Whether the risk is to wait so long for the offers to start moving is another matter.
It could be done. If Tepper’s move results in signing Derek Carr to the team, there will be one fewer pin in the auction at the top or the Bears will acquire the bottom spot. If the Falcons play and land, Lamar Jackson will also be out of the running.
I forget, the beautiful bears sit. They got the bird in hand, and they got three or four teams willing to give the proverbial two in the bush the first round of futures. The challenge becomes picking the right time to take the bushes for a trade, or two (or three) down the board.