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5 reasons Chicago Bears will not add veteran QB in 2021 offseason

By Parker Hurley

LAKE FOREST, IL - JANUARY 09: General manager Ryan Pace of the Chicago Bears speaks to the media during an introductory press conference for new head coach Matt Nagy at Halas Hall on January 9, 2018 in Lake Forest, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
LAKE FOREST, IL - JANUARY 09: General manager Ryan Pace of the Chicago Bears speaks to the media during an introductory press conference for new head coach Matt Nagy at Halas Hall on January 9, 2018 in Lake Forest, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) /
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3. Not a good free agent pool

Let’s assume that Dak Prescott is heading back to Dallas. Phil Rivers is either staying in Indy or retiring. From there, the quarterback market falls off. The Chicago Bears passed over Andy Dalton and Cam Newton on cheap salaries just last season. Nothing they did screams job saver now.

From there, Mitch Trubisky is the most exciting free agent. Right. Ryan Fitzpatrick always puts up yards, but there is always a reason teams do not commit to him and view him as a stop-gap.

The obvious thought is that they will trade for one. However, again, as already discussed, unless you are trading for Gardner Minshew, you are trading for a salary that you cannot deal with the state of the roster.

Beyond that, you are trading away draft capital that is needed. Do not get me wrong, Ryan Pace is likely itching to trade his draft capital away. However, as we all know, that will be in the draft to trade up for their quarterback.

It ends up being a similar draft trade for a cheaper, younger, option that another team did not just give up on.

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