Chicago Bears: Why trading for Nick Foles is an awful idea

The idea of trading for Nick Foles to save the Chicago Bears 2019 season is an awful idea.

The Chicago Bears offense has come out of the gate slowly. Alright, I am being too easy on them. The Bears offense has not only stumbled to start the season, but they also found themselves stuck behind the gate and then tripped over their own feet while leaving the starting line.

If not for their elite defense, this team would probably be 2-3 or even worse 1-4 at this point in the season. Well, here is the thing. The team does have an elite defense and this cannot be discounted. However, with the offense struggling, everyone wants to blame the quarterback. As soon as the Giants benched Eli Manning for Daniel Jones, many fans shouted to trade for Manning.

In fact, rumors swirled around by Dan Sileo, who stated that the Bears were one of five teams to call the Giants about trading for Manning. These are just rumors, but if I had to guess, Ryan Pace probably called the Giants to see about trading for Manning after Mitchell Trubisky went down with his shoulder injury in the Vikings game.

However, once the team realized that Trubisky’s injury should not derail his season, Pace probably came to his senses. That, plus the Giants probably were asking for way too much. Manning is not the only quarterback fans are clamoring for though. Unrealistically, many people who have jumped off the Trubisky hype train have wanted the Bears to sign or trade for a handful of different quarterbacks. These include Colin Kaepernick, Gardner Minshew, Teddy Bridgewater and more.

The latest suggestion that I saw today actually came from a national media analyst. If you are not familiar with Evan Silva, my suggestion is to not interact with him if you are a Chicago Bears fan. His most recent suggestion would be for Ryan Pace and the Bears to trade for Nick Foles.

Besides the fact that Silva states this is not realistic because of cap implications, I must make it clear why this move makes no sense. Not even a little bit. This is just Silva building on his stance that he believes Mitchell Trubisky is a bust and the Chicago Bears front office is run by a horrible General Manager. Nothing more to see here.

Alright, here are the reasons why this move would set the Bears back even more.

First, the next six games will determine whether the Bears are playoff contenders or not. Nick Foles is currently targeting a Week 11 return. Mitchell Trubisky is slated to be back in Week 7. Why trade for a guy who you will not have available until after four of those six games are played?

Next, Nick Foles is overrated. He had a fantastic run in 2017 when he led the Philadelphia Eagles to a Super Bowl victory after Carson Wentz went down for the year with an injury. Outside of that season, Foles averages 60 percent completion percentage throughout his career. Take away the John Fox led Chicago Bears and Trubisky has a 65 percent completion percentage.

Some say that Foles has a better deep ball. Although Trubisky needs to improve his accuracy within the 20-30 yards downfield range, I must point out that in 2018, Trubisky led the league with the most 50-plus pass completions by air yards. The national media has once again portrayed this kid as a bust for not being Patrick Mahomes or Deshaun Watson. Irritating.

Finally, right now the biggest issue for the Chicago Bears and their offensive production, or lack thereof, is the offensive line. The line has played poorly all season, especially in the run game. If teams cannot establish the line, teams cannot sustain drives. With the way this line has played, not many quarterbacks would find a way to succeed.

We need to slow down on this Trubisky hate. Leave that to the national media who seem to love to hate him.