3 other players the Chicago Bears need to trade after Khalil Mack

1. QB Nick Foles

Trading for Foles was one thing for former Bears general manager Ryan Pace. Then a contract restructure seemed to make the bloated contract the Jaguars gave him better, and make it effectively a little harder to move him.

No one could blame Foles for sticking around and being paid well to be Chicago’s No. 3 quarterback last season, absent a team willing to acquire him and give him a chance to start, and he did make one start for the Bears.

Foles is heading into the final year of his contract now. A pre-June 1 cut would still leave behind more dead money than cleared cap room. But a trade, now that could be something. According to Over The Cap, the Bears could trade Foles and clear $8 million in cap space with about $2.7 million taken on in dead money before or after June 1.

The dearth of good quarterbacks on the free-agent market and a trade market at the position that’s quickly dwindling could push some teams (the Colts?) to make an offer for Foles with an idea he could at least compete for a starting job. The Bears should be looking to offload him, rather than keep him as a too-expensive backup for Justin Fields.