The NFL’s annual meat market kicks off this week and here are a few things to watch for:
The Quarterbacks
In case you haven’t noticed around here, this off-season is about one thing: finding a quarterback. This week is going to be the Bears first real chance to sit down and talk football with the top four guys: Deshaun Watson, DeShone Kizer, Mitch Trubisky and Pat Mahomes.
The Bears know who Brian Hoyer is, have a good feeling about Jimmy Garoppolo and are at least relatively familiar with all of the other veteran options. Their pro personnel department has done their work. They don’t know the quarterbacks in the draft simply because they haven’t had the opportunity to study them beyond their game tape.
Does Watson have enough meat on his bones? What does Kizer attribute his inconsistency to? Is Trubisky really short? Does Mahomes have any clue when it comes to reading coverage? These are some of the questions the Bears need to ask.
The most important part is going to be the interview process. The Bears need to find out what makes these guys tick. They won’t publicly broadcast that information, but we’ll hear the buzz. The Bears could fall in love with a quarterback here and that could change everything.
