this whole thing began before Fields was even a possibility for the Bears
and it is about Pace and his QB decisions
Dalton was at the time your average NFL QB looking for a job ... as in the case with Glennon, the Bears were bidding against themselves and signed Dalton to a much larger contract than was warranted ... so to me, Pace doubled down on his mistake with Glennon and using $$$ that could have been applied elsewhere to obtain him ... and he did this while having Foles on the roster with his mega $$$ contract, so wtf was his point?
the smart thing would have been to name Foles QB1 then wait until the draft was over before deciding to invest more in QB $$$
so this Minshew mania thread came to be because he was available and for a reasonable price and if the Bears wanted another QB to compete with Foles, getting one at a reasonable price would have been the way to go IMO ... and then when Fields fell into the Bears laps, the QB room would have been Foles, Minshew and Fields, which I think we all would have been ok with