Forget all the trade talk, Justin Fields is the Chicago Bears' QB

However, many of these same insiders expect general manager Ryan Poles to run some kind of propaganda campaign to increase the trade value of the first overall pick, suggesting that Poles may do things like show up personally to the Pro Days of quarterback prospects like Bryce Young or CJ Stroud. He will hope to fool some GM into thinking he might be drafting a quarterback after all.

But that doesn’t make much sense. For one, NFL general managers are not stupid. If the overwhelming consensus amongst fans and analysts is that the Bears are standing with Fields, then why would an NFL executive think differently?

And if the NFL world is openly discussing how Ryan Poles is going to trick someone into believing he might draft a quarterback, wouldn’t every GM catch wind of such a ploy?

In his end-of-year press conference, Poles said he would have to be ‘blown away’ by a quarterback to consider moving on from Fields. To me, that means there would have to be an Andrew Luck, Trevor Lawrence, or (ironically) Justin Fields in this upcoming draft, and there just isn’t.

Alabama's Bryce Young is a promising prospect, but there are concerns about his size (shorter than six feet and just 190 lbs). Kentucky's Will Levis has the prototypical build for a quarterback but lacks consistency. CJ Stroud had a fantastic College Football Playoff game to raise his draft stock, but he was always seen as a step or two down from his Ohio State predecessor, Justin Fields. Not one of these prospects seems likely to knock Poles’ socks off.