The Facts: Fields has shown hints of high-end talent in his brief NFL career so far, but with the Bears holding the No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft, there has been some suggestion the Bears might opt for a quarterback anyway. The Bears, however, are expected to keep Fields, according to Jeremy Fowler of ESPN. “Most teams I’ve talked to do expect the Bears to keep Justin Fields,” Fowler said Sunday on SportsCenter.
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While the team could change course before April, the expectation is that they will look to trade the No. 1 pick instead of targeting a prospect like Bryce Young. “They say, look, this is a player who kept them in games they had no business staying in last year," Fowler went on to explain. "But, if they have a high ranking on Bryce Young or one of these quarterbacks, they could certainly look into it. The expectation is that they’d move out of that No. 1 pick, but we’ll see. ...” We'll continue to monitor this one.