Bears told Patrick Mahomes he was their top QB choice in 2017 draft

For the remainder of Patrick Mahomes and Deshaun Watson’s careers, Bears fans will be reminded that their general manager passed on a generational talents.
For a quarterback that didn’t survive his rookie deal.
The reminders still hurt, especially as Trubisky was benched in favor of veteran Nick Foles, a clear indication that Trubisky’s time in Chicago is likely done.
While Mahomes and Watson have only just begun and are faces of the future in this league.
To pour salt on the wound, the Bears were in close talks with Mahomes during the draft process, according to Kalyn Kahler of Bleacher Report.
To pile on to the draft regret, league sources say that sometime in early March of that year, the Bears told Mahomes that he was their top quarterback in the class, and gave Mahomes the strong presumption they would take him, Kalyn Kahler of Bleacher Report.
The Bears’ interest in Mahomes was real, but the conversation with Mahomes that he was their top QB may have been a smokescreen to throw people off the scent of their actual top quarterback, Kalyn Kahler of Bleacher Report

For the remainder of Patrick Mahomes and Deshaun Watson’s careers, Bears fans will be reminded that their general manager passed on a generational talents.
For a quarterback that didn’t survive his rookie deal.
The reminders still hurt, especially as Trubisky was benched in favor of veteran Nick Foles, a clear indication that Trubisky’s time in Chicago is likely done.
While Mahomes and Watson have only just begun and are faces of the future in this league.
To pour salt on the wound, the Bears were in close talks with Mahomes during the draft process, according to Kalyn Kahler of Bleacher Report.
To pile on to the draft regret, league sources say that sometime in early March of that year, the Bears told Mahomes that he was their top quarterback in the class, and gave Mahomes the strong presumption they would take him, Kalyn Kahler of Bleacher Report.
The Bears’ interest in Mahomes was real, but the conversation with Mahomes that he was their top QB may have been a smokescreen to throw people off the scent of their actual top quarterback, Kalyn Kahler of Bleacher Report