Could the Bears really draft Caleb Williams AND Marvin Harrison Jr.?

Could the Bears really draft Caleb Williams AND Marvin Harrison Jr.?

LET’S GO ON THE BEAT WITH MY GUY MATT. BROUGHT TO YOU BY CHEVY DRIVE CHICAGO.COM. ALWAYS GREAT TO @#SEE YOU. I’M PUTTING YOU IN BEARS LAMB BEFORE WE GET TO YOUR CHIEFS AND THE PLAYOFFS AND EVERYTHING YOU’RE DOING WITH THEIR COVERAGE.

THE BEARS CURRENTLY PICKING FIRST AND NINTH IN THE DRAFT. YOUR OPINION, YOU’RE RYAN POLES, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THAT? >>@# NUMBER ONE OVERALL I WOULD TAKE THE QUARTERBACK. EITHER CALEB WILLIAMS OR DRAKE MAYE. WHOEVER YOU FEEL IS A BETTER

FIT FOR YOU, THAT’S FINE, BUT I AM TAKING ONE OF THOSE TWO AND TRADING JUSTIN FIELDS FOR A FEW REASONS. ONE, I THINK IS A GOOD PLAYER, AT THE SAME POINT, HE IS DUE @# BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN EXTENSION.

YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY HIM BIG BUCKS IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS. IF YOU DON’T PAY HIM BIG DOLLARS, THAT MEANS HE WAS A VERY GOOD FOR YOU, THEREFORE, THAT IS A DISASTER. I AM RESETTING THE FINANCIAL CLOCK. I’M TAKING ONE OF THOSE TWO KIDS

, AND I FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT MY FUTURE, KNOWING@# YOU ALSO HAVE THE NUMBER NINE PICK BUT I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD TRADE BACK TO ACCUMULATE MORE PICKS. I GET THAT. DEPENDING ON HOW THE BOARD FALLS, YOU THINK MAYBE YOU STAY

WHERE YOU ARE OR TAKE THE LSU RECEIVER. MAYBE WATCHED IT. BUT THERE IS A WORLD WHERE YOU CAN TRADE UP@# AND YOU CAN GET THE 45 GET MARVIN HARRISON, I WOULD DO IT. IMAGINE WALKING OUT OF THAT DRAFT WITH CALEB WILLIAMS AND

MARVIN HARRISON. TO ME, IF I AM THE BEARS, THAT IS NIRVANA. PERFECT WORLD SCENARIO. >> HOLD ON A SECOND, LET ME DIGEST. YOU ARE GOING TO BE ULTRA @# AGGRESSIVE. YOU’RE GOING TO TRADE, I WOULD ASSUME TO GET TO WHERE YOU WANT

TO GET UP TO GET MARVIN, YOU HAVE TO GET THE NUMBER ONE NEXT YEAR. >> I DON’T THINK YOU HAVE TO DO THAT. YOU WILL GET A PITCH FOR FIELDS TOO. YOU HAVE THOSE PICKS, AND THEN YOU HAVE EXTRA PICKS FROM

CAROLINA@#. IF I AM THE BEARS, AND LET’S JUST SAY IT COSTS YOU YOUR NUMBER NINE OVERALL PICK. IT COSTS YOU TWO SECOND ROUNDERS, ONE THIS YEAR AND ONE NEXT YEAR, I WOULD DO THAT IN A HEARTBEAT. HOW DO THE TEXANS FEEL RIGHT NOW?

THEY DRAFTED STROUD AND TRADED UP @#AND TOOK WILL HENDERSON. WHAT A BUNCH OF DOPES. THEY ARE GOING TO GIVE UP A TOP- FIVE PICK. HOW IS THAT GOING? THEY WANT TO THE VISION AND WILL ANDERSON LOOKS LIKE HE WILL BE AN ALL-PRO.

IF I AM THE BEARS, YEAH, I’M GOING WITH THE BIG SWING. I TAKE MY SHOT. YOU DON’T HAVE OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS VERY OFTEN.@# SOMETIMES PEOPLE MAKE THE MISTAKE OF QUANTITY OVER QUALITY. IF YOU ARE GRADING THESE GUYS OUT AND YOU’RE RYAN POLES AND

YOU HAVE MARVIN HARRISON JUNIOR, AND THE GUY @#WHO’S GOING TO BE AT NIGHT IS MAYBE AND 89 PROSPECT, YOU HAVE TO WEIGH THE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS. IF I AM RYAN POLES, I AM THINKING ABOUT MAKING A MOVE — BIG MOVE LIKE HOUSTON LEFT HER.

AND WORKED OUT FOR THEM, WHY CAN’T IT WORK OUT FOR US? >> I THINK WE HAVE A TON OF FANS THINKING, OKAY, I AM READY TO GO. SOME @#PROBABLY THINK YOU’RE CRAZY. I LIKE YOUR MINDSET. LET’S GO THE OTHER WAY.

THE BEARS STICK WITH JUSTIN. THEY LOVE MARVIN HARRISON, JR.. IN YOUR MIND, THEY TOOK A NUMBER ONE OVERALL, THEY DID NOT WANTING TO RISK MAYBE THEY SLID BACK ONE SPOT, AS THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY HAD MARVIN HARRISON. WOULD YOU LIKE THAT DECISION?

>> NO.@# BECAUSE, IF YOU’RE GOING TO TRADE OUT OF THAT PICK, EXCUSE ME, IF YOU DON’T TAKE ONE OF THE QUARTERBACKS, AND YOU REALLY DO LOVE ME — WHICH ITALY CAN CHANGE. THIS IS A HISTORIC DRAFT FOR QUARTERBACK, AND SO, YOU COULD

GET A FORTUNE. @# SOMETIMES HOW FAR YOU TRADE BACK — THERE ARE A LOT OF SCENARIOS, BUT IF YOU TRADE BACK INTO THE SEVEN OR EIGHT RANGE, IF I AM THE BEARS, I WOULD TRADE BACK UP TO GET HARRISON. YOU’RE STILL WALKING WELL@#

ASHAWAY WITH EXCESS PICKS AND MARVIN HARRISON, JR. BUT AGAIN, HOW MANY PICKS DO YOU NEED AT SOME POINT? YOU CERTAINLY KNOW THAT IS THE BEST WAY TO DEVELOP TEAMS TO DRAFT WITH MORE ROOM IN FREE AGENCY AND ALL THAT, BUT AT THE

SAME JUNCTURE, AT SOME POINT, YOU’RE RUNNING OUT OF REASONS TO AMASS PICKS CONSTANTLY.@# CASH IF YOU INCOME AGO BIG. THE BEARS HAVE NOT HAD A FRANCHISE QUARTERBACK. TO ME, THE ONLY WE COULD SAY TO KEEP FIELDS IS IF YOU THINK YOU WILL

BE A TOP-FIVE QUARTERBACK IN THE NFL. KNOW HOW YOU CAN MAKE THAT ARGUMENT BASED ON THE FIRST THREE YEARS. >> NO QUESTION. INCREDIBLY TOUGH ARGUMENT. LET’S @#MOVE ON. CRAZY AMOUNT OF COACHING MOVEMENT. BILL BELICHICK, PETE CARROLL, MIKE GRABLE.

LET’S GO BACK TO THE BEARS. DO YOU THINK THEY MADE A MISTAKE STICKING WITH MATT EBERFLUS WITH THE INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF TALENT OUT THERE, INCLUDING JIM HARBAUGH? >> I DON’T THINK THEY MADE A MISTAKE. I THINK THEY @#DID WHAT THEY SHOULD’VE DONE.

IF I WERE THE BEARS, I WOULD KEEP MATT EBERFLUS, BUT I WOULD TELL HIM TO GET RID OF THE OFFENSIVE STAFF. HE DID THAT. I THINK IS THE RIGHT MOVE. THEY STARTED TO -1 AND WERE AWFUL. THIS YEAR, @#THAT WAS A TIRE FI

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, 0- 4. YOU BLOW THE CRAZY GAME TO DENVER AT HOME. IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS COMING OFF THE RAILS. THEY FINISHED THE YEAR GOING 7- 6. YOU CAN MAKE A REAL ARGUMENT, THERE NOT A GOOD PLAYOFF TEAM,

BUT A TEAM THAT COULD COMPETE FOR @#A SPOT. HE HAS DONE A NICE JOB. TO ME, IT TELLS ME HE HASN’T LOST THE TEAM. THEY BELIEVE IN HIM AND THE MESSAGE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM WITH REAL TALENT. I LIKE HIM.

I THINK HE IS A GOOD COACH. DOES CONFIRM HE TOOK THE BEARS 48 HOURS TO MAKE THE DECISION, BUT IT KIND OF FEELS LIKE YOU SHOULD JUST KNOW IF THAT GUY @# THE FUTURE. BUT MY PERSONAL OPINION, HE IS A GOOD COACH.

I DON’T THINK HE IS THE PROBLEM. I DO THINK HE NEEDS TO FIND HIMSELF A VERY STRONG, MAYBE A YOUNGER OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR TO PAIR WITH. >> DO YOU HAVE A CANDIDATE? ANYBODY JUMPING OUT? >> YOU KNOW, IT’S TOUGH. THERE’S SO MUCH MOVEMENT THIS

TIME OF YEAR.@# IT JUST DEPENDS. YOU HAVE GUYS WHO ARE SITTING THERE LOOKING AT OTHER OPTIONS GOING, ALL RIGHT, IF I SEE THIS COACH GET HIRED AS A COACH, I WILL GO WITH HIM. MAYBE I WILL GET SUCH AND SUCH A JOB.

I WILL GIVE YOU A GUIDE FREE TO MOVE AROUND THAT OF THE HELLUVA AND OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR, SHANE WALTER OF SEATTLE. HE IS AN EXCELLENT OFFENSE IN MIND. HE @#IS SOMEBODY I THINK WOULD A GREAT JOB IN CHICAGO.

MAYBE HAVE TO GIVE THEM A TITLE OF OFFICER CORRELATOR AND ASSISTANT HEAD COACH, WHATEVER IT MAY BE. I THINK HE IS REALLY GIFTED ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL. HE MIGHT @#EVEN GET SOME LOOKS A CANDIDATE THIS OFF-SEASON AS A HEAD COACH.

BUT IF HE DOESN’T GET THE HEAD- COACHING JOB, I THINK WOULD BE A GREAT FIT FOR THE BEARS. >> LAST ONE, WHILE CAR WEEKEND. GREAT MATCHUPS. YOU WILL BE AT ARROWHEAD. LET’S KEEP IT ON THE CHIEFS. ARE YOU NERVOUS ABOUT THIS WEEKEND?

AND IF YOU’RE NOT, DO YOU THINK THEY HAVE A RUN TO THE @#SUPER BOWL IN THEM AGAIN? THEY STILL HAVE PATRICK MAHOMES. >> I WOULD NOT RULE IT OUT. THEY HAVE A — THEY HAVE THE NUMBER TWO DEFENSE. THEY HAVE ENOUGH TO DO IT.

IN THE AFC, WHO CAN THEY NOT BE? BUFFALO? I WOULD PROBABLY PICK BUFFALO IN BUFFALO TO BE THEM, BUT I WOULD@# GIVE IT A 55-45 CHANCE. THIS WEEKEND EVERY GAME IS GAME SEVEN. THAT BEING SAID, THIS IS A ROUGH SPOT FOR THE FALCONS.

THEIR MISSING@# A MISSING — A MILLION GUYS. THIS IS TOUGH FOR MIAMI WITH ALL THE INJURIES. YOU MIGHT BE ON SEVEN DEFENSIVE STARTERS. THAT IS AN OVERWHELMING THING. I KNOW AT SOME POINT THE DAM BREAKS. I THINK THE CHIEFS

On this episode of Football Night in Chicago, Sports Illustrated’s Matt Verderame joins Mark Carman to discuss the Bears position heading into the 2024 NFL Draft. They talk about why drafting Marvin Harrison Jr. with the first pick might not be a good idea, a possible scenario of drafting Harrison Jr. and Caleb Williams, potential new offensive coordinators and more.

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