Pat Finley: Bears should keep Justin Fields, take Marvin Harrison Jr. if they draft 2nd

Pat Finley: Bears should keep Justin Fields, take Marvin Harrison Jr. if they draft 2nd

WE @#WILL CROSS THAT BRIDGE WHE WE GET TO IT BUT, OTHER THAN THAT, AND FOCUS ON THESE MEETINGS WE’VE GOT IN THE AFTERNOON AND LIKE I SAID SUNDAY COMING UP. SO WE’RE EXCITED FOR THAT. >> JUSTIN FIELDS STAYING IN THE

MOMENT AND IN THIS MOMENT LET’S GO ON THE BEAT WITH PATRICK FINLEY OF THE SUN-TIMES BROUGHT TO YOU BY CHEVY DRIVE CHICAGO.COM. PATRICK, YOU WERE THERE. YOU HEARD FROM JUSTIN FIELDS. WE WILL GET TO HIS FUTURE IN THE MOMENT. @#

WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO HOW HE HANDLED THE QUESTION? >> THE MAN IS ELUSIVE. WHETHER ON THE FIELD OR OFF. JUSTIN IS NOT INTERESTED IN THIS EXERCISE ABOUT WHAT HIS FUTURE IS GOING TO BE. WE’VE BEEN ASKING HIM ABOUT IT FOR WEEKS. @#

HE USUALLY DOES A GOOD JOB OF NOT ANSWERING THE QUESTION. THE FACT IS, THERE’S NOT MUCH YOU CAN CONTROL AND HE SAID IT AND HE SAID NOBODY REALLY KNOWS. I WOULD ARGUE TO THAT, RYAN HOLDEN KNOWS. MAYBE SOME PEOPLE IN THE FRONT

OFFICE KNOW RIGHT NOW BUT JUSTIN IS NOT IN THE MOOD TO SAY ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BE USED AGAINST HIM IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. ANYBODY WHO FOLLOWS THE TEAM CLOSE ENOUGH HAS A PRETTY GOOD SENSE OF WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN

AND I THINK THAT WILL BE JUSTIN PLAYING FOR A @#NEW TEAM. >> WE MAY HAVE A SENSE OF WE DON’T KNOW STILL. WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN UNTIL THEY HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION BUT UNTIL THEY MAKE A DECISION WE CAN HAVE FUN SPECULATING.

WE PUT TOGETHER AN OFF-SEASON TO DO LIST. FOUR THINGS YOU THINK THE BEARS NEED TO @#DO IN 2024 IN THE OFF- SEASON TO COMPETE FOR THE NFC NORTH. HERE IS THE FIRST ONE FROM PATRICK FINLEY FROM THE SUN- TIMES. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE NUMBER

ONE PICK. ARE YOU SUGGESTING, MAYBE, THE PANTHERS, MIGHT NOT LOSE ONE OF THE FINAL TWO GAMES TO GIVE THE BEARS THE NUMBER ONE PICK? >> THE @#ESPN GAS IS A 3% CHANC FOR THE CARDINALS TO END UP WITH THAT NUMBER ONE PICK?

THE DEBATE HERE IS NOT IS JUSTIN FIELDS A GOOD QUARTERBACK. IT’S NOT, IS JUSTIN FIELDS BETTER THAN WHOEVER THE BEARS CAN GET ON THE STREETS. THE QUESTION IS, IS HE BETTER THAN CALEB WILLIAMS AND I BELIEVE HE IS THE NUMBER ONE

SUREFIRE PICK IN @#THE DRAFT. IS BEEN THE BEST QUARTERBACK FOR TWO YEARS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL AND THAT INCLUDES THE GUY WHO WENT NUMBER ONE LAST YEAR. IF THE BEARS HAVE THE NUMBER ONE PICK THE DECISION GETS A LOT EASIER.

THEY JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT CHRIS TABER, THEIR OLD BUDDY DOESN’T RATTLE OFF TWO STRAIGHT WINS AND MAKE IT INTERESTING. YOU LOOK AT @#THEIR SCHEDULES, THE JAGUARS, THIS WEEK MIGHT BE THE TEAM IN FOOTBALL I WANT TO

PLAY IF I’M TRYING TO WIN A GAME AND THEY GET TO PLAY THEM. >> I WILL PLAY ALONG, HYPOTHETICALLY EVEN THOUGH THERE’S A 3% CHANCE OF RAIN. IF THEY DO DRAFT SECOND — IF THEY DON’T HAVE THE NUMBER ONE OVERALL PICK, DOES THAT CHANGE #

THE DYNAMIC? ISN’T THAT THE ONLY REASON WE ARE TALKING ABOUT REPLACING JUSTIN FIELDS BECAUSE THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO GET NUMBER ONE AND GET AN UPGRADED QUARTERBACK? >> IT DEPENDS. I THINK CALEB WILLIAMS IS A BETTER PLAYER THAN DRAKE MAY IS

BUT IF YOU TAKE SECOND THAT OPENS THE DOOR TO GET MARVIN HARRISON JR. WEATHER AT TWO OR YOU TRADE DOWN @#THE THREE AND TRY TO MAKE SOMETHING WORK THAT WAY. YOU COULD MAKE A BETTER ARGUMENT FOR KEEPING JUSTIN AND ADDING TO THE OFFENSE AND

ENDING UP WITH HARRISON ONE WAY OR ANOTHER THAN YOU COULD IF YOU’RE PICKING ONE BECAUSE NUMBER ONE, YOU JUST CAN’T BE THE GM WHO SAYS NO TO @#CALEB WILLIAMS. >> YOU SAY YOU NEED THE NUMBER ONE OVERALL PICK WHICH LEADS US

TO NUMBER TWO PATRICK FINLEY’S OFF-SEASON TO DO LIST FOR THE CHICAGO BEARS AND THAT IS DRAFT CALEB WILLIAMS. CALEB WILLIAMS. IS HE THE CONSENSUS NUMBER ONE OVERALL TALENT? WHAT ABOUT ALL THE STUFF PEOPLE SAY ABOUT HIM CRYING WITH HIS

MOM AND ALL THE OFF FIELD CONCERNS PEOPLE WANT TO POINT TO AS A @#RED FLAG? >> WHEN HE DUCKS INTERVIEWS AFTER THE GAME, I WILL SCREAM AND YELL ABOUT THAT ALL DAY BUT THERE IS AN ENTIRE SUBSET OF NFL MEDIA THAT IS DEVOTED

TOWARD THE DRAFT AND YOU KNOW, IT’S NOT A VERY INTERESTING FOUR MONTHS BETWEEN NOW AND THE DRAFT IF YOU SIT THERE AND SAY YEAH, CALEB WILLIAMS IS REALLY GOOD. MOVING @#ON. I THINK THAT PEOPLE NEED TO CREATE CONTROVERSY.

THEY NEED TO CREATE A FALSE DECISION WHERE THERE IS NOT ONE. I THINK AS LONG AS CALEB WILLIAMS DECLARES FOR THE DRAFT, HE IS OBVIOUSLY THE NUMBER ONE PICK. I DON’T THINK IT’S CLOSE. >> BUT THERE ARE CREATIONS. HEADING @#INTO THE DRAFT.

WHAT IF DANIELS IS ONE OF THOSE CREATIONS. WHAT IF HE DOES AN ANTHONY RICHARDSON AND SKYROCKETS OF MANY PEOPLE’S DRAFT BOARDS? >> USUALLY THOSE CREATIONS — FIRST OF ALL, USUALLY THEY COME BACK AROUND ON THE OTHER SIDE BEFORE APRIL.

SOMETIMES A LOT OF THESE GUYS WHO @#JUMPED OUT BECOME A REALL COOL STORY FOR US AND THEY BECOME CLOSER TO WHERE YOU THINK THEY ARE GOING TO GO. ANTHONY RICHARDSON BEING THE EXCEPTION. NOTHING A QUARTERBACK COULD DO WITH THE COLUMBINE RIGHT NOW.

IT WOULD CHANGE MY MIND IF — IF SOMEONE HAS A GOOD DAY THROWING ON AIR WE ARE GOING TO SIT THERE AND — >> I COULD NEVER IMAGINE A TEAM# DRAFTING MITCH. I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.

LET’S GO TO NUMBER THREE ON THE OFF-SEASON TO DO LIST. NUMBER THREE AFTER THOSE TWO. GET HELP AT WIDE RECEIVER AND THE OFFENSIVE LINE, SPECIFICALLY LEFT TACKLE AND WHAT WIDE RECEIVER IS AT THE TOP OF YOUR WISH @#LIST? >> ARVIN HARRISON JR. FROM OHIO

STATE. I THINK THERE’S A WORLD WHERE HE’S THE SECOND BEST LAYER IN THE DRAFT AND IF WE LOOK BACK 20 YEARS FROM NOW WE ARE GOING TO THINK OF IT AS THE CALEB WILLIAMS AND MARVIN HARRISON JR. DRAFT AREA THAT MAKES A

TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SENSE IF THE BEARS END UP NOT TAKING A QUARTERBACK AND I DON’T KNOW WHETHER IT’S LEFT TACKLE. THERE’S THREE LEFT TACKLES THAT MAKE @#GOOD SENSE. YOU CAN SEE THE BEARS TAKING THAT WITH THEIR OWN DRAFT PICK

WHICH IS GOING TO END UP SOMEWHERE BETWEEN EIGHT AND 14. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS ROSTER RIGHT NOW, DARNELL MOONEY, WHO IS PHENOMENAL, AND I DON’T KNOW WHY HE WOULD COME BACK IF IT HADN’T WORKED THIS

YEAR THE WAY IT’S @#NOT WORKED. THEY NEED SOME HELP ON THE INTERIOR OFFENSIVE LINE. A CENTER ISN’T ANYBODY NEW. FIRST DAY DRAFT PICK ON OR EVEN SECOND DAY DRAFT PICK ON. YOU CAN SPEND SOME MONEY AND FREE AGENCY. THEY JUST NEED MORE STUFF ON

OFFENSE. GET CAUGHT UP IN THE FACT THAT D.J. MOORE IS A TREMENDOUS @#RECEIVE AND HAS TURNED INTO A GOOD PASS CATCHER AND HE HAS BUT GOOD TEAMS HAVE MORE THAN TWO GUYS. THEY HAVE FOUR AND FIVE AND SIX AND THEY ARE ABLE TO WITHSTAND

INJURIES. YOU NEED DEPTH AND YOU NEED SKILL AND THEY NEED A LOT MORE OF IT ON THE OFFENSIVE @#SIDE O THE BALL. >> WHY WOULDN’T MARVIN HARRISON JR., IF YOU TAKE HIM NUMBER ONE OVERALL AND PAIR HIM WITH JUSTIN FIELDS, HOW DOES THAT

COMPARE TO DRAFTING CALEB WILLIAMS AND SIGNING A FREE- AGENT VETERAN LIKE MIKE EVANS OR SOMEBODY LIKE THAT? HOW WOULD YOU COMPARE THOSE TWO COMBINATIONS BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT HEIRS FANS ARE LOOKING AT. >> @#IF YOU KEEP JUSTIN YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY HIM.

YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT HE IS WORTHY OF EXTENSION. YOU’RE NOT GOING TO GET HIM THIS SEASON BECAUSE I DON’T THINK HE’S DONE ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY IT BUT IF YOU’RE GOING TO COMMIT TO A QUARTERBACK IN

THE FUTURE YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT PAYING HIM $30 MILLION A YEAR? YOU BETTER BE SURE HE IS @#YOUR GUY. IN TERMS OF WHETHER YOU WANT THE YOUNG QUARTERBACK IN THE OLD RECEIVER OR THE OLD QUARTERBACK IN THE YOUNG RECEIVER, I THINK I WOULD

RATHER HAVE THE BETTER QUARTERBACK FULL STOP. I THINK THAT HER QUARTERBACK FOR THE FUTURE IN THIS SITUATION, IS CALEB WILLIAMS. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO THINK OTHERWISE BUT RIGHT NOW, AS YOU AND I SIT HERE, @#I CAN’T POINT WITH CERTAINTY, AND SAY JUSTIN

FIELDS IS THE GUY I WANT TO GIVE $30 MILLION A YEAR TO, TO BE MY QUARTERBACK. >> I KNOW YOU ARE A RESPONSIBLE GUY SO YOU’RE NOT GOING TO GO OVER DEFENSE IN THE OFF-SEASON TO DO LIST. NUMBER FOUR ON YOUR LIST

ADDRESSES THAT NEED BECAUSE AFTER THE OFFENSE AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS YOU’VE GOT TO FIND A PASS @#RUSHER OPPOSITE MONTEZ SWEAT. IF HE’S GOING TO BE THE MULTIPLIER, YOU’VE GOT TO GIVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO MULTIPLY.

>> YEAH, IT SPEAKS TO HOW GOOD HE HAS BEEN IN THE LAST EIGHT WEEKS OR SO THAT THERE IS REALLY ONLY ONE WHOLE YOU CAN .2. THEY COULD RUN THIS WHOLE TEAM BACK NEXT YEAR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF STARTING @#DEFENSE

THEN OPPOSITE OF MONTEZ SWEAT. I’M CAUTIOUS TO NAME NAMES IN THIS SITUATION BECAUSE YOU’VE SEEN THIS A LOT OF TIMES. THE GUYS WHO ARE POTENTIAL FREE AGENTS MAGICALLY GET SNAPPED UP THEIR OWN TEAMS BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, SO, I THINK IT WOULD BE

HASTY TO @#SAY THEY’VE GOT THIS GUY, THIS GUY, AND THIS GUY, BUT THEY NEED A WEAPON THERE. IT’S THE ONLY HOLE IN THEIR DEFENSE. IF WE WOULD’VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION IN WEEK TWO OR THREE, I WOULD’VE BEEN SHOCKED. BUT THEY NEED SOMEONE WHO CAN

GET HOME. MATT EBERFLUS DOESN’T LIKE TO BLITZ. IN THE PERFECT WORLD HE WOULD LIKE TO DIAL THAT BACK. THEY’VE HAD BAD LUCK BRINGING IN MERCENARY @#TYPE GUYS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM GET SOMEBODY THEY CAN COMMIT TO FOR

THREE OR FOUR YEARS BUT DOES THAT GUY EXIST IN THE DRAFT? YOU PROBABLY HAVE TO GO HUNTING FOR VALUE ON THE @#FREE-AGENT MARKET. >> LET’S NAME NAMES. COME ON, JOSH ALLEN. WHY NOT THOSE GUYS? WHY NOT SWING BIG, PATRICK?

>> THEIR TEAMS THINK THEY ARE GOOD AND ARE GOING TO KEEP THEM. GREAT PASS RUSHERS DON’T HIT THE OPEN MARKET. GREAT CORNERSTONE HIT THE OPEN MARKET. THAT’S WHY JOHNSON IS GOING TO STAY. GREAT QUARTERBACKS DON’T HIT THE OPEN MARKET.

THESE ARE @#THE THREE BUILDING BLOCKS OF EVERY NFL TEAM. THE BEARS HAVE QUESTIONS AT TWO OF THOSE THREE SPOTS AND THEY NEED TO SOLVE THEM IN A SMART LONG-TERM WAY AND THAT IS JUST — GREAT PLAYERS DON’T HIT FREE AGENCY IN THE NFL.

THIS ISN’T BASEBALL.@# IF SOMEBODY IS A FREE AGENT, THERE IS A REASON, USUALLY AND YOU HAVE TO HOLD YOUR NOSE AND HAND THEM MONEY. >> WHY NOT BRIAN BURNS? KEEP GOING. >> GIVE US ALL OF YOUR GOOD PLAYERS.

SOMEBODY LIKE THAT MAKES A TON OF SENSE AND WOULD PROBABLY COME HERE AND LAST. I WOULD @#LOVE TO BE THE DEFENS OF AND GOING UP AGAINST MONTEZ SWEAT BECAUSE YOU’

On this episode of Football Night in Chicago, Patrick Finley joins David Haugh to talk about
Justin Fields growing tired of the media’s questions, the Bears drafting Caleb Williams or Marvin Harrison Jr, finding an edge rusher to play opposite Montez Sweat and more.

#marvinharrisonjr #ChicagoBears #JustinFields

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