Chicago Bears Draft: Ryan Pace unlikely to draft a quarterback

The Chicago Bears and Ryan Pace might not keep to his word of drafting a quarterback yet again this draft.

Ryan Pace and Matt Nagy had their annual post-free agency press conference via teleconference. While most of us expected the Chicago Bears to talk about having a quarterback competition, I don’t feel anybody really grasped how challenging the competition is going to be.

Ryan Pace and Coach Nagy shared that it will indeed be a non-biased full quarterback competition between the two quarterbacks Mitch Trubisky and Nick Foles. Nagy also made it known that Trubisky will get the first crack at the starting spot even though both will receive equal reps.

Both quarterbacks have been said to have embraced the competition. With the offseason potentially shortened, some fans assumed that Foles might be given the keys to the car and off to another team could potentially be Trubisky. Due to Foles’ experience in this system and the familiarity with the coaching staff that is a safe assumption.

Other fans have assumed that since Foles’ contract was massively reduced that Foles was brought in to “challenge” Trubisky lightly but allow Trubisky to retain the job and try to make the front office look good.

Nagy brought up while the offense might seem similar in many ways, that it’s not an exact offense of what Foles would be used to. The language and a look of concepts are different. Nagy and Pace stressed that they will be transparent to everybody, especially the two quarterbacks throughout the entire competition.

The front office desperately needs someone to come out as a clear cut winner in the end. Adding in a developmental quarterback would not allow the coaching staff to fully focus on the more important task at hand — determining a starter between Trubisky and Foles. While the staff is set up perfectly for a developmental quarterback, the Chicago Bears plan to split first-team reps equally. Bringing in another quarterback will just muddy the waters.

This also leaves little time for a third-string quarterback (Tyler Bray) who knows the system to help out the second team, while having time for a developmental guy to get a solid amount of reps. Obviously the quarterback that does not win the competition will be regulated to the backup role.

However, with this competition looking like it will go all the way from training camp to the third preseason game, a draft investment at the quarterback position will not likely get the opportunity to show his relevance anytime soon. If a quarterback is drafted it likely will not be until the seventh round unless the value is beyond too good to pass up. Tyler Bray might be here a bit longer than a lot of us had thought.