Chicago Bears: Losses are no longer a bad thing for this team

Draft Implications of a loss vs. Lions

On the other side of things, a loss against the Lions gives Ryan Pace’s presumed replacement an earlier pick to find their next quarterback in the NFL Draft. With this reason alone in mind, Chicago winning the ballgame would do nothing but stunt their own growth in the offseason.

Games like these will be the difference between Chicago picking a Kyle Trask-type quarterback and Chicago picking a Trey Lance-type quarterback. Losses are never a good thing, but at this point, we’re able to find more positives in dropping a game than we would have a few weeks ago.

Chicago doesn’t have to draft a quarterback either. Granted, the entire Chicago fanbase would probably explode if this happened, but it could be hugely beneficial to spend a lot of draft capital on putting together an offensive line before we throw away a first-round pick on the third or fourth-best QB in the draft.

No matter how badly this season ends, the Bears will likely find themselves in full rebuild mode after a 2021 season that will result in a large tally in the loss column. Right now, it’s time to embrace our losses. It may be hard to accept it, but a bad season and an earlier draft pick benefits this time a lot more than an eight or nine-win missed playoff season.