Are Bears the ‘front-runners’ to land Eagles QB Carson Wentz?

As the Eagles continue to try to deal Carson Wentz, Albert Breer says the Bears are currently the front runners to land the QB.

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The Chicago Bears have been mentioned in conjunction with pretty much every quarterback on, or rumored to be on, the trade block this offseason. Which makes a lot of sense given GM Ryan Pace and head coach Matt Nagy’s jobs are contingent on the success of this team in 2021, which starts at quarterback.

It’s been a roller coaster of a ride for Bears fans, who have ridden the highs and lows of talk about acquiring Deshaun Watson, Matthew Stafford, Derek Carr and now Carson Wentz.

While it’s been a ton of speculation to this point, there have been some credible reporters that have mentioned the Bears and Indianapolis Colts have been the two teams pursuing Wentz.

But according to MMQB’s Albert Breer, “Chicago is the front runner” to land Wentz at this point. Even though, he says, Wentz would prefer to go to Indianapolis.

Breer went on to say how there’s a belief inside Halas Hall with Pace, Nagy and quarterbacks coach/pass game coordinator John DeFilippo that they can “mechanically fix” Wentz.

But as for Breer’s belief that Wentz would probably favor the Colts over the Bears, it stems from Wentz not always responding well to hard coaching in the past, where DeFilippo was the “bad cop” during his time coaching Wentz in Philadelphia and Frank Reich was the “good cop.”

It also makes sense why Wentz would prefer Indianapolis given the lack of stability in Chicago with Pace and Nagy’s jobs on the line this season.

Breer believes that “the Bears have pushed harder to get Wentz” and that Philadelphia would likely get their best offer from Chicago.

While Wentz doesn’t have a no-trade clause, “the Bears would like to at least know that Carson Wentz is on board before pulling the trigger on a trade,” according to Breer.

You can listen to Breer’s interview with Herd below (Wentz talk starts around the 37:30 minute mark).

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