Bears general manager Ryan Poles knew what the right move for the Bears was but that didn’t make the decision to trade quarterback Justin Fields any easier.
“Justin, probably one of the harder things I had to do,” Poles told reporters Monday at the annual NFL league meeting in Orlando “ I always kind of touch on the empathy part, having that conversation with my own was hard. His jersey’s up in his room. So it kind of puts that into perspective of how difficult those moves are. But I really felt like that was best for our organization and best for Justin. I said that at the combine. I wanted to do right by him. We did that.
Poles said there were other teams involved in the Fields trade discussions but he ultimately sent him to Pittsburgh because of the opportunity to potentially become the starter for the Steelers. Poles and his team looked at every possible scenario, including the potential of keeping Fields and drafting a quarterback with the No. 1 overall pick.
Poles has made it clear how much he and Eberflus love Fields as a person and respect the work he did over the past two seasons. Poles said Fields was “positive” when he was informed of the trade. Poles and the Bears are now singularly focused on drafting a quarterback — likely USC’s Caleb Williams — with the No. 1 pick while a Fields gets to start over in Pittsburgh.
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