Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields has shown more and more glimpses of being the offensive team leader the front office imagined he would be when they selected him in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft. But is his growing field maturity and efficiency making the case for him remaining in Chicago or is it merely bolstering his trade value on the open market?

It’s almost a sure thing now that the Bears will have the overall no. 1 pick in this coming year’s draft from the Carolina Panthers. That means they’ll have first dibs on blue chip quarterback and Heisman Award winner Caleb Williams from USC. It also means that the temptation to move on from the 3-year veteran Fields will be immense.

That second option seems to be the more popular and widely held prediction for the team’s course of action.

Trade with the Atlanta Falcons

In a projected trade proposal, first published by FanNation Falcon Report, the Chicago Bears and The Atlanta Falcons would get together and make a swap for Justin Fields that would seem to be beneficial for all parties involved.

“The Falcons would send a second-round pick this year and a 2025 second-round pick with incentives that can turn into a first-rounder ‘based on production and playing time’ to the Bears for Fields.

Young QB of the future Desmond Ridder was benched multiple times in favor of Taylor Heinicke, who completed less than 60% of his passes with a rating somewhere in the 80’s. It’s a bleak outlook for an otherwise fairly talented roster, begging for an expensive quick fix this March,’ Spotrac writes.”

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the Falcons, who will be in town to play against Fields and the Bears this coming Sunday in the penultimate game of the season, may be scouting the Chicago quarterback for a possible gig as the team’s starter.