Report: Bears have ‘pushed harder’ than Colts by QB Carson Wentz – but his preference for Indy complicates trade negotiations

According to MMQB’s Albert Breer on ‘The herd with Colin Cowherd’, while the Chicago Bears ‘pushed harder’ for the former Philadelphia Eagles franchise quarterback Carson Wentz, a Indianapolis Colts remains your favorite business destination – complicating ongoing negotiations

“I think Chicago is at the forefront this morning, and I know that there is a feeling inside that building that (de) Ryan Pace, the coaching staff, Matt Nagy, John DeFilippo, the coordinator of the passing game, has achieved two of the best years of Carson Wentz in 2016 and 2017 as their quarterback coach, they believe they can mechanically fix it, ”said Breer during Monday’s show.

“Now, one of the big problems with Carson Wentz is that he didn’t always respond well to hard training, so this is something they would have to overcome because John DeFilippo was the bad cop in Philadelphia.”

“I think the problem now, Colin, is where Carson Wentz is going. I think it was pretty clear that he would rather go to Indianapolis, and I think part of that now for the Eagles will be: ‘Okay, if our best return now is Chicago instead of Indy, then we need to convince Carson Wentz that, this is the only place where are you going, friend. And you need to get excited and accept that and realize that the Bears are going to give you a good chance. ‘”

“And I can understand why Carson Wentz would be skeptical because look, Indianapolis, they are stable. Chris Ballard. Frank Reich. They are not going anywhere. In Chicago, you would play for guys whose jobs will be at stake in 2021. ”

“But I think it’s pretty clear at this point, that the Bears pushed harder than the Colts to get Carson Wentz, and the Eagles are likely to have their best return with Carson Wentz going to Chicago. I think the last part would be, ‘Can you convince Carson Wentz that it is the right thing to do?’ because I think the Bears would at least like to know if Carson Wentz is on board before pulling the trigger for a deal. ”

This also seems relatively correct in several recent reports.

PFT and NBC Sports’ Chris Simms reported last week that Indianapolis was Wentz’s favorite business destination. We also heard from the NFL analyst Ron Jaworski that the Colts had offered two choices in the second round and maybe one choice in the middle of the round, but that general manager of Philadelphia Howie Roseman has too much hope – presumably at least one choice in the first round.

There was a report that another NFL team had offered more than the Colts– with that unnamed mysterious team probably being the Bears now.

The commercial saga of ‘Carson Wentz to the Colts’ continues with no real end in sight.

That is, until the 3rd day of the new year of the league (starting March 17), when Wentz receives a $ 10 million list bonus –that, apparently, the Eagles are simply not going to pay.

However, until that time, this game of ‘cat and mouse’ between Eagles and Colts can continue, where each side expects the other to finally blink.

That said, general manager of Colts Chris Ballard he is notoriously prudent with his draft choices and has said that his franchise ‘will not act out of desperation’ for a starting quarterback this off season.

This recent Breer report indicates that the Eagles can get more from the Bears than the Colts to Wentz, but if the high-profile quarterback doesn’t really want to play in ‘The Windy City’, it will create a problem for Philadelphia – because the general of Chicago Manager Ryan Pace you don’t want to pay big draft compensation to a player who doesn’t really want to be there to lead his team – with his work already at stake in 2021:

This could force the Eagles to accept the Colts’ lower offer because of the loss of Philly’s advantage – if the Bears were forced to withdraw because of Wentz’s unwillingness to play there.