>everyone was like WTF?
>
>Bears moved up when no one in the world wanted Trubisky and he
>only started one year and wasn’t all that impressive.
>
>He was just tall and white.
>
>One of the best example of whiteness was on display when they
>outbid themselves for a stiff.

This is just just false. Plain and simple. And that is coming from someone who didn't like the pick from the jump.

Trading up is what the Bears GM does. He is dumb. He does it all the time and with terrible results. But the idea that nobody wanted Trubisky is just plain false.

Watson was the safe pick based on college production and body of work.

Mahomes and Trubisky were the "upside" picks. Trubisky had one year of production but the numbers were crazy, the arm strength and mobility were both good and yes he was tall and white. Mahomes was a boom or bust pick who had all the upside in the world but people also didn't like the system he was coming from, or his penchant for throwing into traffic.

This is just facts. And with Carson Wentz putting up MVP numbers in the league fresh out of North Dakota, people were looking at upside and Pace decided that was where he was putting his chips.

He was wrong and I never liked the pick (and hated the trade up) but the idea that Trubisky was not a highly rated prospect is ridiculous. His problem is that he is just not able to process at the NFL level. The physical tools were there, the willingness to work was there, has the right attitude, just not smart enough.