Bears NFL Draft: Why Chicago won’t select a quarterback come draft day

The Pandemic Factor

This is the top-factor that the Bears have almost zero control over. While the world is on lockdown, the NFL decided to continue progressing with their offseason plans. Say what you want, but in my opinion, it feels good knowing that there’s some positivity to take my mind off of all the craziness that’s been happening in the “real world.”

While front offices are chauffeured into their home offices, and loaded up on a wide variety of HP monitors, industrial-style electrical wiring and a modem that can house a WiFi signal big enough to expand coverage across a small town in New Mexico, the draft must ensue. When the NFL wants to do something they always make sure to do it in top-tier fashion.

With that being said, the Bears nor the league can put a halt to what’s occurring across the world. When will sports be back? Will the NFL season be shortened? There’s no way a training camp will be held, right?

These are all questions on the top of every fan and executive’s mind. Sadly, we don’t quite have any answers at this moment. How will this play out come draft day? It makes taking a quarterback that much more difficult.

While Matt Nagy has confidence in his craft, teaching a mid-to-late round passer the basic intricacies of his offensive scheme will be next to impossible if teams are not given the offseason we’ve come to know over the past few years.

Nagy himself stated that it took veteran, Alex Smith roughly three-years to fully absorb the Andy Reid-based playbook. Smith was a former first-overall selection and by all accounts is a very bright individual. Why would the Bears think that a rookie like Jacob Eason or Steven Montez could pick up the Bears strategy enough to make an immediate impact? That’s right, they wouldn’t.