The 2021 NFL draft is still more than four months away, but with how the Chicago Bears’ 2020 season has spiraled out of control, it feels like that long weekend in April is the only hope this team has to get back on the winning track.
The Bears currently hold the 13th pick in the first round, a selection that puts them within striking distance for one of this year’s potential top quarterback prospects. If they stack a few more losses down the home stretch of their schedule, there’s a chance Chicago will end up in the top 10.
It’s a sad reality for Bears fans that’s all too familiar: finding joy in losses because it means that maybe, just maybe, the savior is on his way in the draft.
Here are five quarterbacks who will be (or have a chance to be) first-round picks in 2021.