Chicago Bears
Likely to release Jay Cutler prior to March, Chicago will surely be in the market for a new quarterback. That much is already known. It’s a fact the team hasn’t hidden since a disastrous three-win 2016 season.
Much like San Francisco, Chicago has the ability to acquire Cousins. It boasts the third overall pick in the upcoming draft and will have nearly $70 million in cap room when Cutler is indeed released.
The interesting dynamic here is that Chicago might miss out on the top quarterback in an otherwise weak draft class at that position. Both Cleveland and San Francisco — picking one and two respectively — are in need of a quarterback.
There’s also a scenario in play that one or both of the teams could move down with another squad that’s targeting a quarterback. It’s something we saw last year when both Tennessee and Cleveland moved out of the top spots in the draft.
It will surely be interesting to see this whole thing play out for the Bears. The options seem to be pretty solid for Chicago here with Tony Romo, Tyrod Taylor, Jimmy Garoppolo and Colin Kaepernick all being potential options. This seems to indicate that the Bears don’t need to exhaust a huge bounty to pick Cousins up. In reality, they will be working from advantageous position.