While that’s a significant haul for the Bears, it’s also the cost of doing business to acquire a top rookie quarterback, something the Panthers were obviously determined to do.
“You go get the guy that you want, you know,” general manager Scott Fitterer said at the combine about potentially trading up for a quarterback. “If you have a conviction on a guy, you go get him. It’s pretty simple that way. If you don’t know and you’re going to give all these resources to go up and get it, you’re hurting your team in the long run.
“You better be right. You better have conviction if you do move up. When you do that, you’re all in.”
The move assures them of one of the group of top four passers in this year’s draft — Alabama’s Bryce Young, Ohio State’s CJ Stroud, Kentucky’s Will Levis, or Florida’s Anthony Richardson. That wasn’t anything they could have been sure of if they had stayed at No. 9.
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