NEWSLETTER
The San Francisco 49ers had their chance at drafting Mitch Trubisky, but ultimately passed on the North Carolina product.
“We didn’t feel at that area just for our team — that wasn’t totally the direction that we were going to go at that time,” Shanahan said in a conference call, via Adam Jahns of the Chicago Sun-Times. “[We] felt like we had to add a number of other guys. [Trubisky] was a guy that I definitely liked, and it made sense what Chicago did, but that wasn’t the direction we were going.”
Credit the 49ers for convincing the Bears there was a market for the No. 2 pick and getting swapped first-round picks, as well as two third-rounders (one in the 2018 NFL Draft) and a fourth-rounder.
Then again, it’s not as if the Bears didn’t know what they were getting into. After all, they spent most of the time building up to the draft drumming up interest in the No. 3 pick from teams picking behind them, some of whom were interested in trading up to draft a quarterback third. And it’s not a coincidence that Tennessee Titans GM Jon Robinson confirmed his team (which picked fifth) was taking calls from multiple teams trying to trade up until they stopped coming when the Bears chose Trubisky.
Alas, the 49ers landed Garoppolo (a player once believed to be the Bears as a top priority during the offseason) as their quarterback of the future.
The careers of Trubisky and Garoppolo will be intertwined for years to come. That story begins on Sunday.
Game Info
Chicago Bears (3-7, 4th NFC North) vs. San Francisco 49ers (1-10, 4th NFC West) – noon, CBS-TV (Andrew Catalon, James Lofton), WBBM-AM 780, WCFS-FM 105.9 (Jeff Joniak, Tom Thayer, Zach Zaidman)
Odds: Bears (3), Over/Under 41 via Bovada.
Game Thread and Week 13 Preview
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Your Week 13 Preview lives here.
Coaches
John Fox (131-120 overall, 12-31 with Bears) vs. Kyle Shanahan (1-10 overall)
Starting Quarterbacks
Bears: Mitch Trubisky: 1,135 passing yards, 4 touchdowns, 4 interceptions, 52.8 completion percentage, 70.8 rating
versus
49ers: Jimmy Garoppolo: Making his first start of 2017 .
Bears Inactives
Safety Adrian Amos is out because of a hamstring injury. Joining him among the inactives are safeties Deon Bush and DeAndre Houston-Carson, nickel cornerback Bryce Callahan, center Hroniss Grasu, running back Taquan Mizzell, and quarterback Mark Sanchez.
Bears Expected Offensive Starters
Bears Expected Defensive Starters
Bears Specialists
49ers Inactives:
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— San Francisco 49ers (@49ers) December 3, 2017
