Major Proposed Trade With Bears Could Land Patriots Premier QB and WR

Head coach Bill Belichick will enter the 2021 NFL Draft with a few open positions. The New England Patriots need a quarterback and they will have to find the quarterback of the future. According to experts, there’s one major trade proposal for the Patriots and it involves a QB and a wide receiver.

Bill Barnwell from ESPN says the Patriots will send their No. 15 pick to the Bears in an exchange for their 20th, 52nd, and 2014th selections in the 2021 draft. A previous deal resulted in Chicago selecting wide receiver Anthony Miller. So, yes, both teams can really work on a good deal.

“Bill Belichick has changed his roster-building style in recent months out of necessity, but unless he’s making a major move up to grab a quarterback, I still think he’s going to lean toward amassing extra picks while taking advantage of desperate teams,” Barnwell said. “He has hooked up with general manager Ryan Pace and the Bears in the past, with Chicago moving up in the second round to grab Anthony Miller in 2018.”

A good trade deal for the Patriots and a great QB pick

Belichick won’t be able to get one of the top prospects with the 15th overall. The Bears may move up to get another position while the Patriots are getting great picks on Day 2 and 3.

“This time, the Bears would be moving up ahead of the Cardinals for a cornerback such as South Carolina’s Jaycee Horn,” suggests Barnwell. “Chicago was forced by cap constraints to swap out Kyle Fuller for Desmond Trufant this offseason, and the former Falcons corner has been alternately injured and ineffective over the past few years. Horn would step in as the team’s third corner before forming the team’s starting duo of the future alongside promising 2020 second-rounder Jaylon Johnson. The Pats would move down and add an extra second-rounder, which would be helpful for a team that lost a second-rounder in 2020 to the Mohamed Sanu trade and a third-rounder in 2021 for filming the Bengals during a game.”