Josh Schrock: Justin Fields’ trade value much lower than initially reported

On this episode of Football Night in Chicago, Josh Schrock joins David Haugh from the NFL Combine in Indianapolis to talk about the Atlanta Falcons starting negotiations for Justin Fields, his plummeting trade value, Caleb Williams not participating in combine drills, the Bears’ chances of drafting Brock Bowers and more.

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Josh Schrock: Justin Fields’ trade value much lower than initially reported
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JUSTIN FIELDS MAY LIKE THAT. IT ALL COMES ON THE @#HEALD’S O — PRESENTED BY CHEVY DRIVE CHICAGO.COM. NFL COMBINE IN INDIANAPOLIS. JOSH, I HOPE YOU’RE HAVING FUN DOWN THERE. I KNOW IT HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK @#BUT YOU DID SOME GOOD WO

IN REPORTING THAT THE FALCONS HAVE CHECKED IN WITH THE BEARS ABOUT JUSTIN FIELDS AVAILABILITY. NUMBER ONE, HOW INTERESTED ARE THEY BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT WOULD THEY GIVE UP? >> YES, GREAT QUESTION. AS FAR AS INTEREST, IT’S PRELIMINARY RIGHT NOW.

THE BEARS HAVE YET TO FIRMLY CRYSTALLIZE THEIR PLANS. MULTIPLE LEAGUE SOURCES DID TELL ME THAT FALCONS MADE UP@# PRELIMINARY CALL TO CHECK IN ON FIELDS AND WHAT A POSSIBLE COMPENSATION PACKAGE MIGHT LOOK LIKE. WHAT THE BEARS ARE GOING TO

FIND IS THERE ARE VERY FEW TEAMS THAT WILL BE INTERESTED. THE COMPENSATION MIGHT END UP BEING LESS THAN IT HAS BEEN INITIALLY REPORTED. WE @#MIGHT BE LOOKING AT A THIR ROUND PICK AND MAYBE A FIFTH OR YOU GET A CONDITIONAL THIRD

THAT GOES UP TO A TWO WITH PLAYTIME NUMBERS. I THOUGHT WHAT WAS INTERESTING WAS WHEN THEY WERE ASKED @#ABOU WHAT THEY WANTED IN A QUARTERBACK, THEY LISTED ALL OF THE TRAITS THAT JUSTIN HAS. THEY TALKED ABOUT TOUGHNESS, HANDLING MEDIA CRITICISM.

BEING RIGHT FOR THE CITY. JUSTIN IS FROM CLOSE TO ATLANTA. WHEN MATT WOULD TALK ABOUT IT ITS PERFORMANCE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER PLAYING FROM THE POCKET, PRECISION, ACCURACY, PROCESSING, ALL THE THINGS THAT JUSTIN HAS @#BEEN SEEN FOR IN T PAST.

>> I LOVE THE SPECULATION. YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT THE COMPENSATION. THE FALCONS ALSO HAVE THE NUMBER EIGHT OVERALL PICK. IF THEY WANTED A QUARTERBACK TO CHANGE THE FRANCHISE, WHY WOULDN’T THEY MORE LIKELY STAY THERE, MAYBE McCARTHY, MAYBE SOMEBODY DROPS TO THEM THAT IS

MORE SUITED. YOU START OVER OR COULD THEY CONCEIVABLY DO BOTH? >> I DON’T THINK THEY COULD @#D BOTH. WHAT IT WILL COME DOWN TO IS THE START OF THIS WEEK AND THEN THE PRO DAYS. HOW DO THE FALCONS FEEL ABOUT JJ McCARTHY?

CAN THEY MOVE UP TO THREE WITH THE PATRIOTS AND TAKE A RUN AT DRAKE? IF THEY ONLY LIKE JADEN DANIELS AND THEY CANNOT GET JEN DANIELS THAN JUSTIN BECOMES A MUCH MORE PALATABLE OPTION.@# AS FAR AS THE PATRIOTS ARE CONCERNED, I TALKED TO MULTIPLE

PEOPLE WHO SAID THE PATRIOTS ARE NOT INTERESTED IN MOVING DOWN. THEY WANT TO DRAFT A QUARTERBACK AT THREE AND SIGN A VETERAN IN THE OFF-SEASON AND SAID THAT WE ARE KEY IN YEAR ONE. >> HOW ABOUT THE RAIDERS?

THE SCAPE GOAT FOR THE BEARS IN 2023. HE MOVES ON. HE SAID SOME VERY NICE THINGS ABOUT JUSTIN FIELDS.@# HE MAY HAVE BEEN SAYING THOSE THINGS ABOUT JUSTIN FIELDS. IS THAT A POTENTIAL HOME FOR JUSTIN FIELDS? >> NO.

I DO NOT THINK THE RAIDERS ARE POTENTIAL HOME FOR JUSTIN AT ALL. TWO THINGS CAN BE TRUE AND JUSTIN FIELDS, THEY HAD A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP. THEY REALLY LIKE EACH OTHER AS PEOPLE AND I THINK THEIR STYLES DON’T MESH.@#

WITH LOU GIVING A SECOND CHANCES EARLY IN LAS VEGAS HE’S GOING TO GET MORE OF A CHANCE TO PUT HIS FINGERPRINTS ON THE OFFENSE AND MOLD IT IN THE WAY THAT HE WANTS. THEY HAVE PER SITE PRECISE ROUTE RUNNERS.@# THAT DOESN’T SUIT WHAT JUSTIN

DOES WELL. HE’S GOING TO PLAY A BIGGER ROLE IN PICKING THE QUARTERBACK AND I DO NOT THINK THAT WILL BE JUSTIN. >> LET’S MOVE ONTO THE LIKELY QUARTERBACK OF THE FUTURE. DID HE IN FACT MEET WITH THE BEARS AS SCHEDULED?

ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND, IF HE DID, CAN YOU THROW THE DARTS TO THE BULL’S-EYE MEANING — MOVING LEFT? >> HE DID @#MEET WITH FOR 20 MINUTES ON WEDNESDAY. I TALKED TO ONE SOURCE WHO DESCRIBED THE MEETING IS GOING WELL.

THESE MEETINGS USUALLY GO WELL UNLESS YOU WALK IN AND FALL ON YOUR FACE. NO WORD YET. WE WILL HEAR FROM CALEB TOMORROW AT 9:00 A.M. LOCAL TIME. THERE IS A PALPABLE BUZZ HERE FROM THE MOMENT CALEB ARRIVED EVEN BEFORE.

WHILE ALL THE TALK IN CHICAGO HAS BEEN ABOUT JUSTIN FIELDS@#, YOU TALK TO PEOPLE AROUND THE LEAGUE, YOU TALK TO SOME OF THE REPORTERS, EVERYONE WHO IS OUTSIDE A CHICAGO BUBBLE AND IT IS NO QUESTION. THEY’RE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO TAKE CALEB WILLIAMS.

HE IS SPECIAL. HE IS GENERATIONAL AND HE CAN DO IT NO ONE HAS DONE IN CHICAGO AND THAT IS SUCCEEDED @# THE QUARTERBACK POSITION. >> ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE IS BROCK BOWERS. HE WAS ASKED ABOUT PLAYING WITH CALEB WILLIAMS.

THIS IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. >> IS PRETTY SWEET. YOU SAW WHAT HE DID. I MEAN, ROUGHLY TRANSLATES WELL TO THE NEXT LEVEL. IT WOULD BE PRETTY AWESOME TO MEET ANOTHER ROOKIE LIKE THAT. >> OKAY. COULD THAT BE A POSSIBLE DRAFT COMBINATION?

I THINK THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE HIGH BUT WHOEVER GETS @#BROCK BOWERS IS GETTING AN IMPACT GUY. >> HEY, I DON’T THINK THERE IS ANY QUESTION. I’M WITH YOU ON NINE BEING TOO HIGH FOR BROCK BOWERS. IT DEPENDS ON HOW RYAN VIEWS POSITIONAL VALUE.

I TALKED TO MANY PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT HE’S ONE OF THE TOP 15 PICS BUT NOT A TENT — @#TOP 10 PICK. IF THE BEARS COULD TRAINED IN THE 14 TO 17 RANGE I THINK PICKING BOWERS WOULD BE TREMENDOUS.

I TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF TEAMING WITH BOWERS. HE SAID THAT GUYS AWESOME. HE’S A FREAK IN THE OPEN FIELD AND CAN DO @#A LOT OF GOOD THINGS. I THINK IF HE IS OFF THE BOARD AT 9:00 AND OFF THE BOARD AT

NINE AND THEY NEED TO GO PASS CALEB WILLIAMS I THINK TRADING DOWN WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT MOVE. >> I THINK CALEB WILLIAMS IT REALLY HELPED HIMSELF AT THE ARTICLE ON ESPN.COM. HE ANSWERED A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE HAD ABOUT HIS

WILLINGNESS TO PLAY IN CHICAGO, ABOUT SOME OTHER THINGS ABOUT @# HIS MATURITY AND FRIDAY HE FACES A LARGER AUDIENCE. HE WILL FACE THE NFL MEDIA ON FRIDAY MORNING. WHAT’S AT STAKE FOR CALEB WILLIAMS IN YOUR MIND FRIDAY MORNING AND WHAT DID HE ACCOMPLISH?

>> I MEAN, THERE’S A LOT AT STAKE. I THINK IT’S THE FIRST TIME@# THAT THE COMMANDERS AND EVERYONE WILL SEE HOW HE DEALS WITH THE ATTENTION THAT COMES WITH BEING AN NFL FRANCHISE SAVIOR. I THINK HOW HE HANDLES A FLURRY

OF QUESTIONS FOR 20 MINUTES WILL TELL US A LOT. IF YOU REMEMBER, HE DID NOT TALK A LOT AT UFC. HE GOT A LOT OF CRITICISM FOR HOW HE WAS MEDIA EVASIVE. HOW DOES HE PORTRAY AND HOLD HIMSELF AND HOW@# DOES HE ANSWE

ODDBALL QUESTIONS AND TOUGH QUESTIONS? YES, HE GOT THE EASY QUESTIONS OUT OF THE WAY. ARE YOU INTERESTED IN PLAYING FOR THE BEARS? BUT VOLLEYS WILL COME AND NOW HE HANDLES IT WILL TELL TEAMS A LOT BECAUSE THEY WILL BE WATCHING.

>> WHY IS HE NOT SUBMITTING TO MEDICAL TESTING? WHY IS HE NOT THROWING? HOW MUCH WILL THOSE DECISIONS GIVE PEOPLE LOOKING @#FOR REASO TO STAY AWAY OR DEFINED FLAWS IN THE BACKGROUND, HOW MUCH WILL THAT AT AMMUNITION? YES, I DON’T THINK IT’S GOING

TO ADD A LOT OF AMMUNITION. AT THE COMBINE, THEY ARE STARTING TO BECOME SIMILAR. IF YOU ARE AN ELITE PROSPECT TO ONLY HAVE THINGS TO LOSE@#. YOU WANT TO DO IT IN A CONTROLLED, SCRIPTED ENVIRONMENT WITH RECEIVERS YOU KNOW, WITH

COACHES YOU KNOW, AND CALEB WILLIAMS IS ALSO AN ODD GUY. HE’S @#THE FIRST GEN Z QUARTERBACK. HE WILL MARCH TO THE BEAT OF HIS OWN DRUM. IF PEOPLE WANT TO PICK IT APART, I’M SURE THEY WILL. AS FAR AS THE BEARS ARE

CONCERNED, I DON’T THINK I’M NOT THROWING HERE IS GOING TO PAY ANY REASON ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. >> LET’S GO TO DEFENSE. THE BEARS HAVE AVOID. EDDIE JACKSON HAS MOVED ON. CAM KITCHENS FROM MIAMI ON NBC SPORTS CHICAGO.COM, OKAY, SO,

WHAT CAN YOU TELL THEM ABOUT — TELL @#US ABOUT HIM? HE COULD BE A ROOKIE LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY TO TAKE OVER. IT IS A CASE OF EDDIE? THEY HAVE TO GET THE KITCHENS. >> YES, CAM KITCHENS IS A VERSATILE SAFETY. GREAT BALL SKILLS.

HE IS A TURNOVER MACHINE AT MIAMI HE REALLY FITS THE BEARS@ MOLD. THEY TALKED ABOUT BALL SKILLS FORCING TURNOVER IMPAIRING WELL WITH BRISKER WHO THEY WANT TO KEEP IN THE BOX. HE WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT ADDITION BUT HE WILL @#BE A

SECOND ROUND PICK. THE BEARS HAVE NO SECOND-ROUND PICK TO BE FOUND. >> FREE AGENCY, CAN THEY GET A VETERAN ON THE MARKET CHEAPER THAN THEY MIGHT INVEST IN A DRAFT CHOICE? OTHER DRAFT CAPITAL, WOULDN’T IT BE WISER TO GO THE FREE AGENT ROUTE?

>> YES, COMPLETELY GRAY. THE BEARS HAD A LOT OF NEEDS IN THE DRAFT AND YOU’RE GOING TO WANT CHEAP DEALS. THEY’RE GOING QUARTERBACK. YOU NEED TO ADD A COUPLE @#OF RECEIVERS. SAFETY IS VERY FAR DOWN THE LIST.

IT WILL BE MUCH EASIER TO LOOK AT A VETERAN. LET’S NOT RULE OUT A