What if the Bears had Garoppolo instead of Trubisky?
What if I told you that Arlington Heights native Jimmy Garoppolo could have been a Chicago Bear.
Would that have changed the outcome of the season?
Would the Bears be better off?
Would they be worse?
With this week’s matchup against the 49ers and Garoppolo making his first start of the season against his hometown team I wondered, “What would have this season been like if the Bears acquired Garoppolo in the offseason?”
Let’s just ponder, analyze and embrace the idea.
Let’s say the Bears offered up just their No. 3 overall pick to the Patriots and they accepted it. I mean the Bears did trade the No. 3 overall pick, a third-round pick (No. 67), one of their fourth-round picks (No. 111) and a 2018 third-round pick to the 49ers to move up one spot to select Mitch Trubisky.
Trading for Garoppolo still means the Bears get their franchise quarterback, who isn’t a rookie, and it’s a better deal. The Bears wouldn’t have given up additional picks and this is what the draft order would have looked like going into the draft:
· Round 1 (3) – (Trade to Patriots)
· Round 2 (36)
· Round 3 (67)
· Round 4 (111)
· Round 4 (117)
· Round 5 (147)
· Round 7 (221)
Adam Shaheen was selected in the second round (No. 45), Eddie Jackson in the fourth (No.112), Tarik Cohen also in the fourth (No.119) and Jordan Morgan in the fifth round (No. 147).
More than likely the Bears would have been able to select all their current picks and had two more.
If the Bears still had their third-round pick there were some receivers, something the team desperately needs, still on the board. With the 67th pick the Bears could have chosen the Rams’ Cooper Kupp (No. 69 pick), Bucs’ Chris Godwin (No. 84), or Lions’ Kenny Golladay (No. 96). All would be getting playing time if one of them were on the roster.
With a team that only has 12 wins to date since John Fox took over as head coach, it seems there are more questions than answers as to how to get the organization back to relevancy. But having two more picks in the 2017 NFL Draft could have helped address some of those questions.
Not only would the Bears have benefitted in the draft but they also would have their day-one starter.
You know what that means?
No. Mike. Glennon.
Glennon signed a 3-year, $45 million-dollar contract with $18.5 million guaranteed. Glennon was the most expensive free agent for the Bears and that guaranteed money could have been put to good use elsewhere. Maybe that money could have gone to a 1-year deal with Alshon Jeffery? The Eagles signed Jeffery to a 1-year, $9.5 million dollar deal with $8.75 million guaranteed.
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