Chicago Bears: 3 Reasons the Bears should trade for Deshaun Watson
By Braden Fogal
If Deshaun Watson somehow demands a trade, Chicago Bears must be all-in
The Chicago Bears might have a chance to trade for the guy they should have taken at the No. 2 spot in the 2017 NFL Draft over Mitch Trubisky.
Pro Football Talk sent out a tweet Thursday morning that there is “growing buzz” around the league that Deshaun Watson could request a trade from the Houston Texans.
There's a growing buzz in league circles that Deshaun Watson could ask to be traded, and his new contract doesn't make that as difficult as you'd think https://t.co/wvY5BxQZRq
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) January 7, 2021
The news could easily be a rumor but that’s the same thing football fans said before Khalil Mack, Jamal Adams, and Watson’s former teammate DeAndre Hopkins got traded. It is worth noting how big of a trade package teams like the Bears would have to give up for the former Clemson Heisman Trophy winner.
Texans aren't trading Watson, nor has that been discussed. I asked for a hypothetical offer that might move him last night.
— Benjamin Allbright (@AllbrightNFL) January 7, 2021
"Three 1sts, three 2nds and a player might start the conversation"
The NFL has become a league where frustrated athletes get tired of their situation and request to be traded. Watson doesn’t seem like the type of guy to follow that sort of behavior, but crazier things have happened. Who could even blame him if he did want out of Houston? Bill O’Brien traded away the team’s best receiver and the Texans’ defense has been horrendous in recent years. Even Deshaun Watson’s former teammate, Tyrann Mathieu likes the Bears as a landing spot.
If I’m Saints , 49ers or even Chicago...... I’m all in on this Watson news....
— Tyrann Mathieu (@Mathieu_Era) January 7, 2021
Future Hall of Famer J.J. Watt voiced his frustrations with the team in a postgame interview, making it naive to think he’s the only player in that locker room that feels that way. Watson is a 25-year-old quarterback playing at an elite level and has four years remaining on his $156 million dollar contract he inked in 2020.
There are certainly more NFL teams out there with better draft capital and young stud players to even “start the conversation” for a trade like Benjamin Allbright said in his tweet. The Bears have three reasons why they should try and acquire Watson in order to bring a Super Bowl back to Chicago.