The Chicago Bears are currently in the midst of a potentially franchise-altering decision at quarterback.
One of the decisions would come with a larger return, which is trading the No. 1 overall pick and keeping Justin Fields.
However, if the franchise opts to move on at quarterback a recent development may have taken a trade partner off the board.
According to Gerry Dulac at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, soon-to-be free agent quarterback Russell Wilson and the Pittsburgh Steelers will meet before the start of free agency.
Dulac reports that Wilson has interest in quarterbacking the Steelers.
This would take a trade partner off the board for the Bears.
At the start of the NFL Combine, USA Today’s Tyler Dragon reported the Steelers, Atlanta Falcons and Las Vegas Raiders were interested in Fields. ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler also reported the Falcons, Steelers and Raiders were interested, but also added the Minnesota Vikings to the mix.
The Atlanta Falcons are already rumored to be in on Vikings’ free agent quarterback Kirk Cousins. Cousins signing in Atlanta would take the Falcons off the Bears’ trade board.
Should the Steelers add Wilson, that would most likely take Pittsburgh out of the mix, too.
That would leave the Vikings and Raiders, who could forgo a trade by drafting a quarterback.
Where would that leave the Bears? Following the tea leaves, it would leave them in a waiting game.
Bears General Manager Ryan Poles said he wants to do right by Fields should the franchise decide to trade him. Fields, on the St. Brown Brothers podcast in February, also expressed his desire for this situation to be over.
