The QB Chatter Is Only Getting Louder From Here and Other Bears Bullets

I took a bit of a risk while making chili the other day, but the results have turned out fabulous. By splicing a half pound of hot Italian ground sausage with my two pounds of ground sirloin, the meat in my chili had an up-tick in flavor and heat. That’s what chili is all about, right?

  • Jay Glazer of FOX Sports/The Athletic believes the Bears are going to add another quarterback because, well, duh. The writing has been on the wall since GM Ryan Pace’s first non-committal commitment to Mitch Trubisky to end the 2019 season. The non-committal commitment has continued into this calendar year, with recent reports surfacing that Chicago was set to bring a veteran quarterback into Halas Hall for competition. It’s just good to read further confirmation from someone as rooted in football knowledge as Glazer.
  • Unfortunately, Glazer doesn’t dive into the Bears’ options or link the team to any specific names on the rumor mill. But Glazer does draw comparisons to the Titans situation last year with Marcus Mariota and Ryan Tannehill. That comp is going to be brought up time and again this offseason, so brace yourselves.
  • In the Bears’ ideal world, Trubisky wins the gig outright, reverts to his 2018 ways, plays solid, complementary football, and gets the Bears back into the hunt for a Super Bowl. That’s the Bears’ obvious Plan A. It’s just that Plan B needs to be better because there are serious doubts about Plan A. No, this isn’t an ideal situation. But it’s what the Bears have in front of them at the moment. And if you’re not making the best out of your situation as a GM, then what exactly are you doing?
  • From an analyst’s perspective, ESPN’s Matt Bowen sees Ryan Tannehill as a fit for Matt Nagy’s offense:
  • Tannehill had some good years with the Dolphins (and Bill Lazor), but it’s tough to see him leaving Tennessee. Maybe we’ll cross that bridge later if the time comes and the QB landscape there starts to shift.
  • Robert Mays (The Ringer) chimes in with a post-Combine write-up. Among the topics — you guessed it — chatter surrounding the Bears’ quarterback position. Mays lays out a baseline for the Bears’ plan to potentially snag Andy Dalton, offering up a path that would likely include the Bears trying to convinced the Bengals to pay down some of Dalton’s cap hit (the Dolphins did that with the Tannehill deal), then moving from there to offer up draft capital to secure Dalton. Anything to save a few bucks against the cap!
  • Another day, another link to the Bears and Florida International QB James Morgan:
  • Depending on how the Bears address their QB2 situation, my gut says the team should also be smart about looking for a developmental QB3. There have been plenty of rave reviews about Morgan as a late-round diamond-in-the-rough type. There are obvious kinks that need to be worked out (obvious, because he would be going a lot higher in mock drafts if there weren’t). But at some point, your team has to go out and take shots.
  • I feel as if there are worse players to be compared to than Chase Daniel:
  • As a former wedding DJ, there are times when I nerd out when it comes to weddings. And I’ve gotta say that Pat O’Donnell is absolutely slaying this look:
  • Congrats to the happy couple. Here’s hoping their DJ was as good as yours truly.
  • Thanks for the invite:
  • Always love seeing retired Bears stars give back to the community:
  • Someone wake up Rob Manfred and tell him that ESPN and the Cubs just fixed baseball:
  • Unfortunately, the Astros have proven to be untrustworthy. Therefore, this idea probably won’t take off. Which is a shame. Thanks for nothing, Astros!
  • Only the Bulls:
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    Luis C. Medina, who you can find on Twitter at lcm1986, has been covering the Chicago Bears at Bleacher Nation since 2017. Since then, he has written about 3 head coaches, 5 play-callers, and 11 starting quarterbacks. Previously, Luis wrote about the Cubs and MLB at BN (2015-16) and worked in the Chicago Tribune sports department (2011-16). He also co-hosted a Cubs postgame show, Outside the Ivy, in 2019.

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