The Bears gave up a fortune to move up one spot and select Mitch Trubisky. It’s not immediately clear whether that was necessary, however. 
The Browns, Chiefs, Texans, and Cardinals all had interest in moving up and the Browns and Chiefs in particular coveted Mitch Trubisky, Adam Jahns of the Chicago Tribune hears (Twitter link). Meanwhile, Charles Robinson of Yahoo Sports (Twitter links) hears the Niners shopped the pick hard for a week and found no takers. While some teams, like the Bills, had legitimate interest in Trubisky, none were interested in paying the steep price to move all the way to the second pick.
Could the Bears have stayed at No. 3 and selected Trubisky? We may never know for sure, but it sounds like there could be truth in both reports from Jahns and Robinson. The Browns, Chiefs, and other teams may have been after Trubisky, but they were probably unwilling to leapfrog the Bears to get a deal done. 49ers GM John Lynch says that Solomon Thomas and Reuben Foster were two of the top three players on his board and it’s safe to assume that Myles Garrett was the third musketeer, not Trubisky.
The Bears, it seems, got pump faked into paying a king’s ransom when they could have stood pat and gotten their man. At the same time, if Trubisky turns out to be a star who greatly outperforms Thomas, Marshon Lattimore, and other top talents linked to Chicago, none of this will really matter.
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yes, bears traded up for nothing
The Chicago GM should be fired for that move alone.
A kings ransome? I’m a 49ers fan and maybe I’m missing something but didn’t the basically just give up a 3rd round pick?
A 3rd and a forth plus a 3rd round next year.
A third and two fourths, one 2017 and one 2018
1) Yes, I think the Bears traded up for no reason.
2) I don’t like Trubisky at all.
3) Let’s not act like they gave up an unbelievable amount. The second best pick they gave up was a third rounder. They didn’t give up multiple firsts, and they didn’t even give up a second. It wasn’t some ungodly amount if they believe Trubisky is there guy. Again, I don’t believe in him and thought it was a dumb move, but it wasn’t THAT much.
they didn’t pick #3 because of injury like Dallas last year when they got Zeke. bears have very little talent and need every pick they can get.
Obviously… That’s not the point at all.
They gave up an unbelievable amount! Jesus they moved up one pick and they did not even have two. Two thirds and a fourth have value!!
i doubt it, i find it really hard to believe that a front office wouldn’t do their due diligence to figure out if another teams was going to jump them
i also doubt that other franchises will admit that they had an offer for the #2 pick and lost out on it. other teams in this draft traded up to get QBs and gave up future firsts, so losing mid-rd picks isn’t a huge deal. they can also recoup value by trading back in rd 2.
i’m not a fan of trubisky, but if he’s their guy then he’s their guy. ryan pace’s job is dependent on how mitch plays. bold move sir.
Or they could have stayed pat, kept those picks, and still moved down in the second round for more picks and used all those picks wisely to improve!
After this move, can we start bashing the Bears all the time now, and stop with the Browns bashing?
At least they don’t play in Cleveland lol
Yeah, Chicago, what a town…….with one of the highest murder rates in the country. I’d rather go to Cleveland.
…said no one ever?
I’d rather live in Chicago and get shot than ever live in Cleveland. I’d shoot myself in that case.
Haters will hate.
Said the person originally hating in this thread
So go to Cleveland then. Who cares
No offense, but Cleveland is like America’s taint.
Chicago is like two cities rolled into one. One is a third world country where no civilized person goes, and the other is a world class booming metropolis. Yea, I’ll definitely take a Chicago.