The Chicago Bears have taken their share of grief for trading up in the 2017 NFL Draft for Mitchell Trubisky instead of Patrick Mahomes or Deshaun Watson, and with good reason.
While Mahomes and Watson have become two of the NFL’s best quarterbacks, Trubisky has failed to establish himself as even a serviceable starter in Chicago. The team recently declined his fifth-year option after trading a fourth-round pick in this year’s draft for Nick Foles.
Not only did the Bears not pick Watson after trading up to the No. 2 overall pick in that draft, they never showed any interest in him whatsoever, according to Watson himself:
The bears NEVER ONCE talked to me.. https://t.co/nMX7JKW99P
— Deshaun Watson (@deshaunwatson) May 9, 2020
It’s hard to imagine what else Watson could have done throughout his stellar career at Clemson to get the Bears’ attention. I’m betting he has it now.
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