He’s the only guy who has at least a baseline knowledge of Nagy’s system, as well as experience with offensive coordinator Bill Lazor and quarterbacks coach John DiFilippo. If Nagy said he needed Foles, the Bears needed Foles. Because if there wasn't a market for Dalton, or Winston or Newton, why would there be one for Foles? Though, if we're speculating on that, we can also wonder: Would the Jaguars have traded him for anything less than a late fourth round pick?Īnd while Ryan Pace has made some high-profile, aggressive, questionable-at-best quarterback decisions, Nagy deserves more benefit of the doubt here. You can argue that the Bears could’ve waited out Foles and gotten him for less. I’m not even sure Dalton is better than Trubisky (who has a better passer rating over the last three years than the Dalton). He’ll sign for a fraction of that price, almost certainly less than Foles’ 2020 $5.333 million cap hit.īut Dalton would’ve been a worse fit in the Bears’ offense than Foles. Maybe the Bears could’ve waited out Dalton, who was due $17.7 million in 2020 before being cut. RELATED: Brian Urlacher stumps for Lance Briggs to join him in Hall of Fame He also would’ve been signed to compete with Mitch Trubisky, which would not have given Matt Nagy anything close to a “safe” option at the most important position in sports. The Bears, who have consistently not been one of the NFL's best offenses for more than a decade, would not have been able to sign Winston for $1.1 million. He signed to fill the Bridgewater role in New Orleans, a perfect place to rebuild his value in case Drew Brees misses time. Winston is hardly an apples-to-apples comparison to Foles here. So: Did the Bears play the quarterback market wrong? "That all kind of came together to make him a target for us and someone we wanted to aggressively go get.” Jets, not Bears, chosen for ‘Hard Knocks' on HBO, per Adam Schefter Then, you have a lot of people in our building that are comfortable with him as a person and his makeup, which made the decision easier. A talented player and the fact that he’s played in some big games and performed well in those big games, and that carries a lot of weight.
“When we got to Nick, it was really a collective effort.
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“We knew there were going to be a lot of options at quarterback in this free agency period, so we knew we would have an opportunity to increase competition there with those options," Pace said earlier this month. "So we went through each one of those and talked about each one. RELATED: Mayor Lightfoot has some suggestions for the Bears' offenseĪnd this is a front office that has a bit of a rough history with getting their quarterback no matter the cost. Foles is guaranteed $21 million in his restructured deal with the Bears, far less than what Winston will make in 2020 and what Dalton can expect to get in free agency. The Bears aggressively pursued Foles - after some interest in Teddy Bridgewater - and made sure they got their guy no matter the cost (although, a fourth round pick was probably fair). So why didn’t the Bears wait out the quarterback market in March and get someone for cheap in late April? Cam Newton, injury concerns and all, is also still out there. Earlier this week, the New Orleans Saints signed Jameis Winston to a one-year, $1.1 million deal - $750,000 less than the Bears will pay punter Pat O’Donnell in 2020. A month and a half after the Bears traded a fourth round pick for Nick Foles, the Cincinnati Bengals cut Andy Dalton.
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