Chicago Bears: 1 Nick Foles trade makes perfect sense

The Chicago Bears quarterback depth chart is a hot topic at Training Camp right now. Not only is it a hot conversation in Chicago, but it is also a hot topic nationally. People want to see Justin Fields be the starting quarterback but it feels like Andy Dalton is going to be the guy to start. They are both having good camps so far so it doesn’t feel like it is going to change anytime soon.

One thing that is all but a lock is the fact that Nick Foles is the number three. He went into 2020 in a battle with Mitchell Trubisky for the number one job but not Mitch is gone and Foles is getting reps with the third team. If he takes a single snap for the Bears in 2021 that means some bad things have happened.

It doesn’t seem likely that the Bears are going to be able to trade him or his contract to anyone but a new candidate has emerged recently. Coming into this year, the Indianapolis Colts acquired Carson Wentz from the Philadelphia Eagles. Unfortunately, he is going to be out for a fair amount of time due to the fact that he had foot surgery. His return should happen in 2020 but it could be anywhere from 5-12 weeks so nobody truly knows.

In the meantime, they could really use a quarterback. The Colts believe that they are a good quarterback away from being a contender. Nick Foles isn’t a good quarterback by any means but he seems to thrive in these situations. He has been known to be a very good franchise savior in crunch time. When he goes into a season as the main guy, he fails but that wouldn’t be the case in Indianapolis. He would be simply brought in to hold it down until Wentz comes back.

The Chicago Bears would accept literally anything for Nick Foles in a trade.

There are a lot of people that are adamant that it won’t happen and you can understand why. However, Foles has literally replaced Wentz before and led that team to a Super Bowl title. That season was an outlier but he could potentially fill in for Wentz again and get theme enough wins to tread water until their guy is back.

It isn’t like they have many other options anyway. They are going to be scrambling unless they really are okay with using Jacoby Brissett as their guy until Wentz comes back. If the Bears can get literally anything for Foles in a deal with the Colts, they will do it.