Chicago Sun Times

The Bears taking a quarterback first overall would start a run on passers in the 2024 NFL draft that general manager Ryan Poles should hope lasts past his next pick at No. 9. The surest way for the Bears to maximize the value of the No. 9 selection is for as many as six quarterbacks — you read that right — to go in the first half of the first round. Sound impossible? If the Bears take USC star Caleb Williams first overall — and that seems more likely than keeping Justin Fields at this point — the next two picks could be, in some order, North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye and LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels. The Bears, Commanders and Patriots are just three of the eight teams picking in the top 12 that conceivably need a starting quarterback — at least before free agency begins in a month.