College Football Canceling and the Draft

[bullsrose]

Let's assume there is no college football and both Mitch and Nick Foles are underwhelming.
The pressure and enticement to draft a QB will be high but would we really spend the first 1st round pick we have had in 3yrs on Trey Lance without another season under his belt? it certainly could be a stressful time for Pace

 

[BearFanJohn]

It will be a complete cluster fuck. I think the Bears would draft a QB in the first. But teams may look very different depending on how much the NFL plays. And the cap situation. Everyone will be guessing to some extent.

 

[Midway Fields]

Perfect year to tank for the perfect QB #TankForTrevor

 

[WestCoastBearsFan]

Bears aren’t gonna be bad enough to pick a QB in the top 5 and probably not in the top 10. We will have a pick somewhere between 15-20 and picking the best of what’s left, unless of course we honor the time old tradition of trading up for a mediocre QB.

 

[TheWinman]

Let's assume there is no college football and both Mitch and Nick Foles are underwhelming.
The pressure and enticement to draft a QB will be high but would we really spend the first 1st round pick we have had in 3yrs on Trey Lance without another season under his belt? it certainly could be a stressful time for Pace

we are not trading up to #1 and that is what's needed to get Lawrence.

 

[TheWinman]

Perfect year to tank for the perfect QB #TankForTrevor

We have too good of a D to tank for Drew

 

[Black Rainbow]

It will probably work out for us. Pace won't have any tape to look at and will fall into picking a complete stud.

 

[didshereallysaythat]

If they don't play, the NFL draft is going to be crazy. Just look at home many players get drafted in the 1st round alone that is coming off of one stand out season. A lot of them only even started their last year before the draft.

Teams will be drafting players that did not even play at their school or very little. It will be on potential.

 

[HeHateMe]

Perfect year to tank for the perfect QB #TankForTrevor

Idk how anyone can tank if there are only a few games.

 

[bullsrose]

Fields could potentially be had in a trade up but it would cost a lot. I actually prefer him over Trevor and think he will be a Russell Wilson clone

 

[zack54attack]

Sam Howell or bust in 2022

 

[Menchifus]

If CFB doesn't happen, the thing to do would be to trade out of the 1st round and collect a bunch of 2, 3, 4th rounders. The draft is already a crapshoot as it is. Now with no CFB, it's gonna be worse odds. So you take as many chances as you can get. This is the one draft you're gonna see alot of potential All-Pros in the later rounds.

 

[wazzupi]

Fields could potentially be had in a trade up but it would cost a lot. I actually prefer him over Trevor and think he will be a Russell Wilson clone

Nothing about fields says Russell wilson

 

[Dragon Slayer]

If they don't play, the NFL draft is going to be crazy. Just look at home many players get drafted in the 1st round alone that is coming off of one stand out season. A lot of them only even started their last year before the draft.

Teams will be drafting players that did not even play at their school or very little. It will be on potential.

Joe Burrow would have been a 6th rounder without his senior season lol.

If we get a spring college season though (which there is some chatter from the B1G), I would imagine they just push the draft back till summer.

 

[didshereallysaythat]

Joe Burrow would have been a 6th rounder without his senior season lol.

If we get a spring college season though (which there is some chatter from the B1G), I would imagine they just push the draft back till summer.

I would be shocked beyond belief if they play a whole season in the spring. What is more likely (still doubtful) is that the Big 12, SEC and ACC start in September without any problems and cases go down which leads the Big Ten and PAC 12 to jump in and play November and December. Then they push back the bowls till January. Yes, that probably is overly optimistic but there is just no way they actually play in the spring and then again in the fall. To ask college players to play up to 25 games in essentially 7-8 months is malpractice. Even Urban Meyer who I hate said this. I guess I could MAYBE see some little 3 or 4 game conference tourney thing to try and drive revenue in the spring. But not a actual 10-12 game season.

 

[Midway Fields]

Idk how anyone can tank if there are only a few games.

Idk how the draft order will be determined if there is a shortened season.

Would be very interesting.

 

[Dragon Slayer]

I would be shocked beyond belief if they play a whole season in the spring. What is more likely (still doubtful) is that the Big 12, SEC and ACC start in September without any problems and cases go down which leads the Big Ten and PAC 12 to jump in and play November and December. Then they push back the bowls till January. Yes, that probably is overly optimistic but there is just no way they actually play in the spring and then again in the fall. To ask college players to play up to 25 games in essentially 7-8 months is malpractice. Even Urban Meyer who I hate said this. I guess I could MAYBE see some little 3 or 4 game conference tourney thing to try and drive revenue in the spring. But not a actual 10-12 game season.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1293883128994570240

In no circumstance do I see a conference just starting a season in November because the SEC/ACC/BIG12 are playing and doing fine.

 

[iueyedoc]

Big Ten screwed the pooch cancelling fall sports. The shortsightedness is laughable. Kids are still going to some classes live, living in dorms, eating in dining halls, having parties. Anyone thinking that the athletes are safer in that unstructured setting is fooling themselves.

Two things that factored into The Big Ten's decision:

The Big Ten, in their hubris, counted on everyone following their lead like with the the conference only season.

They want deniability for sick kids. The fact that the student athletes are at more risk outside the team structure doesn't matter to them , what matters is that when they do get sick , they can't blame (aka sue) the athletic departments.

Now it looks like they are going to be left standing with no chair when the music stops.

 

[didshereallysaythat]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1293883128994570240

In no circumstance do I see a conference just starting a season in November because the SEC/ACC/BIG12 are playing and doing fine.

Good luck with that.

 

[flabear]

Drafting will be a crap shoot, very bad news