Reports: Bears negotiated against selves, Fox not in loop on Trubisky decision
NFL Draft: Bears “fleeced” in deal to move up for Trubisky at No. 2. Going through what was a wild, but ultimately sensible first round of the 2017 NFL Draft, it’s pretty easy to find the one team that really seemed to have a curious first day of the draft. The Chicago Bears drafted what they believe is a franchise quarterback in Mitchell Trubisky, but they paid a hefty price to move up just a single pick and, really, the whole thing looks a little odd just in general.
For instance, according to a report from Chris Mortensen of ESPN, the Bears declined to let John Fox, the head coach of their football team, know that they were taking Trubisky with the No. 2 pick.
Fox isn’t some offensive savant, but I’m pretty sure you want to let him know who you were taking with your top pick. He’s the coach. And if he didn’t know it was Trubisky, he was probably expecting to get either Solomon Thomas or Jamal Adams, really good defensive players. Maybe at some point he was like “Hey, Ryan, which guy are we taking?”
According to Pace following the draft,…