Todd McShay is an NFL analyst, who has been around for decades and predicted the Chicago Bears would finally make a smart draft decision. He discussed his prediction on Good Morning Football
“todd mcshay well being” is a football analyst who has been predicting the Chicago Bears finally make a smart draft decision.
The NFL draft is all about the stats. It’s an inexact science in which taking more bites out of the apple pays off better than going all-in on one player your team adores. As Chicago Bears fans are well aware, moving high in the draft seldom pays off.
In the previous five years, the Windy City club has made two high-profile trades. The first one was a fiasco, and the second one is already looking troublesome, regardless of how Justin Fields ends out. Fortunately for Bears fans, ESPN draft expert Todd McShay expects that the Bears will do something clever this year to atone for some of their previous transgressions.
In the last five years, the Chicago Bears have traded up twice for quarterbacks.
The #Bears trade up and take… QB Mitchell Trubisky. WOW
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) April 28, 2017
Ryan Pace, the former general manager of the Chicago Bears, was never hesitant to put the team’s future on the line in order to get what he wanted in the NFL draft. That’s one of the reasons why his title now includes the term “former.”
Pace, the league’s youngest general manager at the time, fell in love with North Carolina quarterback Mitchell Trubisky in 2017. The San Francisco 49ers were able to entice the young businessman into exchanging a 2017 third (No. 67) and fourth (No. 111) round pick and a 2018 third (No. 70) round pick for the opportunity of moving up one position to take the quarterback No. 2 overall.
The deal flopped spectacularly.
Trubisky was competent but hardly a franchise quarterback, and he left Chicago after just four seasons. Worse, although the 2017 choices were underwhelming, the 49ers utilized the 2018 pick to draft All-Pro linebacker Fred Warner. Patrick Mahomes and Deshaun Watson were the two quarterbacks Pace would have had to “settle” with if a mystery club did move up to get Trubisky.
Pace, never one to learn his lessons the hard way, was back at it in 2021.
The Bears traded their first and fifth (No. 164) picks in 2021 and their first (No. 7) and fourth (No. 112) picks in 2022 to the New York Giants for the opportunity to move up to No. 11 and choose Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields.
It’s too early to say what Fields will become. And, to be fair, throwing away seven draft selections in five years means the former Buckeye isn’t surrounded by as much quality as he should be.
The good news for Bears supporters is that, if Todd McShay is accurate, the team might break the cycle in 2022.
In the 2022 NFL Draft, Todd McShay believes the Bears will move down.
All of the back-and-forth during the NFL draft contributed to Ryan Pace’s failure with the Chicago Bears. In the offseason of 2022, the team finally acknowledged this and let him leave. Now, the squad is overseen by new general manager Ryan Poles, who previously worked for the well-run Kansas City Chiefs organization for more than a decade.
Todd McShay of ESPN forecasts that Poles’ first NFL draft decision as the new general manager would be the polar antithesis of what his predecessor was renowned for.
Because to the trade of Khalil Mack to the Los Angeles Chargers, the Bears have an additional second-round selection this year. McShay believes the club will take Tulsa offensive lineman Tyler Smith with the No. 39 selection. McShay, on the other hand, says at No. 48:
The Bears have just six selections in 2022 and none in the first round. If Atlanta calls and offers a third-round pick (No. 82) in exchange for moving up from No. 58 to No. 48, new general manager Ryan Poles will be interested. Chicago needs a receiver, but the pass-catcher pool on Day 2 is deep.
The Chicago Bears’ Todd McShay
After years of poor draft-day decisions, a Chicago Bears GM would finally make a good one. The Soldier Field crowd should be overjoyed if this occurs.
WRs selected late in the second round
Getty Images/Ryan Poles | Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service
The Chicago Bears, as Todd McShay pointed out, are in severe need of a wide receiver to aid Justin Fields’ growth. The club boasts Darnell Mooney, a talented young wideout, but missed out on Allen Robinson II during free agency.
Ryan Poles and the Bears are slated to choose South Alabama’s Jalen Tolbert at No. 58, according to McShay. “Tolbert is fluid with the quickness to create vertical plays and produce after the catch,” the draft expert writes, explaining why he chose the 6-foot-1, 194-pound WR. His route tree in the NFL will require time to develop, but he’d be a high-upside choice.”
At that position, Tolbert would be a good choice, but the Bears might go in a number of other paths (while also benefitting from the extra draft capital).
5-foot-8 speedster Calvin Austin III of Memphis and Wan’Dale Robinson of Kentucky, Boise State’s gritty 6-foot slot receiver Khalil Shakir, Purdue’s 6-foot-1 possession receiver David Bell, and Clemson’s 6-foot-4 red zone target Justyn Ross, who falls due to a 2020 back surgery, are all wide receivers who are likely still available at that spot.
Any of these guys would be good Day 2 choices and provide the Bears additional opportunities on Day 3, something they didn’t have much of under the previous administration.
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