Nick Foles still running for Bears starting quarterback

The Bears would love to make a splash this offseason by swapping for a franchise quarterback like Deshaun Watson or Russell Wilson. But if they can’t achieve that, the fallback option can stay with the quarterback they have: Nick Foles.

Foles remains under contract with the Bears at an affordable salary cap of $ 6.7 million in 2021. Foles’s dead cap count would be higher than that, so there is no salary cap incentive for that. the Bears get rid of him. Mitchell Trubisky becomes a free agent on March 17 and is unlikely to be back in Chicago, but there’s every reason to believe Foles will remain on the roster.

As indicated by the Chicago Sun-TimesBears general manager Ryan Pace sounded positive when talking about Foles this offseason.

“I respect the way he’s handled a lot of adversity this year, not just for himself in the quarterback,” Pace said. “He was a leader in the hall as a starter or as a substitute. And. . . when he was playing there were some things that to be honest with him the offensive line was a bit choppy and the running game wasn’t quite where we wanted it to be.

Pace knows his job is on the line if the Bears don’t improve in 2021, and it’s hard to believe he wouldn’t want to move up to quarterback this offseason. But upgrading to quarterback may be easier said than done, and the Bears can take a look at the scene and find that they can’t get anyone better than Foles.