Bears take on the status of one of Russell Wilsonare seriously acceptable destinations. They intend to give priority to running for the Seahawks quarterback, notes Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune.
Wilson’s agent listed the Bears, Cowboys, Raiders and Saints as the teams for which he would agree to give up his ban clause. The passing Seahawks made it clear that he is not happy with the current state of affairs in Seattle. For the first time, imagining a nine-year veteran with the defender of another team does not seem silly.
From now on, the Seahawks do not want to change Wilson, notes Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times. Seattle would mark a record $ 39 million in dead money to make such a deal, assuming a deal began before June 1. surprising. Of course, it would take a monster offer to remove Wilson from the team that recruited him.
Chicago still has Nick Foles under contract, and the QB heater could still emerge as a backup option for a bear team that has shown a need for a defender for most of the last 30 years. The bears were involved in Carson Wentz and Matthew Stafford raffles, being more closely related to the first. But no offer has been made, and Wentz is now a Colt. Chicago was not closely related to Deshaun Watson, although it would seem that the team would like to be involved in those raffles.
Wilson would have much more commercial value than Stafford or Wentz, and the bears not having a viable QB1 to include in a transaction and holding general election no. Other options for bears include signing a stopgap QB to complete the free agent Mitchell TrubiskyHis spot writing one in the first round, Biggs adds. However, the team may need to trade to get one of the top five QBs in the project fund this year.
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