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There are reportedly indications that the Chicago Bears are leaning toward trading quarterback Justin Fields and selecting USC's Caleb Williams with the No. 1 pick in the 2024 NFL draft, but it doesn't sound like they will receive the compensation they're hoping for in return for him.

According to ESPN's Dan Graziano, "The idea that Chicago could get a second-round pick for Fields no longer seems likely, but it's always possible that one of these QB-needy teams will get panicky once other options fly off the board, so it behooves GM Ryan Poles to wait."

Graziano also stated that since Chicago has not received the level of interest it was expecting for Fields, the team is now "waiting to see what happens with [Kirk] Cousins, Baker Mayfield and maybe some others, and what kind of market emerges once those situations sort themselves out."

Fields is a promising young talent and one of the best dual-threat quarterbacks in the NFL, but it doesn't seem like that's enough for a team to give up assets to take a chance on him. Graziano further illustrated how the current state of the league has affected how much interest Fields has garnered.

"Right now, the message the Bears are getting back from teams is that they don't consider Fields more of a sure thing than other potential one-year options such as Sam Darnold or Drew Lock, who wouldn't come with the fifth-year option decision that Fields' eventual team will have to make by early May," Graziano stated. "It's an odd offseason in which the supply at the quarterback position seems to be higher relative to the demand than usual, which works in favor of the teams who are looking for quarterbacks and likely drives the price down in these kinds of trade talks."

Despite the lack of movement toward a potential deal, ESPN's Jeremy Fowler noted that the Bears "aren't panicked" because there is still much that has to play out this offseason.

"If somehow Cousins and Mayfield re-sign with their respective teams, Chicago suddenly has potential leverage with Atlanta," Fowler explained. "Or if Mayfield leaves, does Fields jump into the fray with Tampa Bay? Letting a few dominoes fall is risky, but it also isn't the worst thing."