The Chicago Bears’ search for a starting quarterback included an attempt to sign the reserve for the New Orleans Saints and the first overall pick of the 2015 NFL Draft, Jameis Winston.
The attempt failed, of course, because Winston agreed to a one-year contract to return to the Saints on Monday night.
According to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, the Bears made a pass to Winston that fell incomplete.
The Bears were a suitor for Jameis Winston before he signed with the Saints, by source. Chicago running out of options.
– Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN) March 16, 2021
Interestingly, longtime Bears reporter Brad Biggs tweeted that Winston was a ‘Plan B’ at Halas Hall, which suggests that GM Ryan Pace has his eyes set on a bigger problem.
Russell Wilson, perhaps?
At this point, it is Wilson or bust. Free agents like Andy Dalton and Ryan Fitzpatrick offer no more advantages than Nick Foles, and investing any kind of guaranteed money or free agent dollars in them just wouldn’t make sense.
We hope that Pace will have another bestseller in the tank.