Former MVP Sees Chicago Bears as "Perfect Fit" For This QB

Will they or won't they? This is the question Chicago Bears fans will be asking all spring in regards to the quarterback position. Will GM Ryan Pace make a significant move to either push or replace Mitch Trubisky? Rest assured there is no unity in regards to this. People fall on both sides. Some think Trubisky will be the starter. Others think the team will start maneuvering to put an end to his time in Chicago. The truth is only Pace and the rest of the Bears brass know what they're going to do.

This hasn't stopped people from speculating. A lot of prominent names have been thrown around by some reputable personalties. Recently a Chiefs defensive starter told Marc Silverman he believes the Bears are a lock to get Cam Newton. No proof was offered but this goes to show just how uncertain the entire situation is. Another man who thinks Chicago will start to turn up the heat on Trubisky is Boomer Esiason.

The former league MVP and Pro Bowl star for the Cincinnati Bengals spoke to Geoff Hobson of Bengals.com about what he thinks his old team will do this offseason. While he agrees it's a foregone conclusion they'll draft LSU star Joe Burrow #1 overall, the murkier situation rests with what they'll do about longtime veteran Andy Dalton. They didn't trade him back in October when they had a chance but odds are they will try much harder in March.

To Esiason, the Bears make by far the most sense.

“The thing going for the Bengals is they can trade him to a team like Chicago. I see that as the perfect fit for Andy Dalton. Maybe not as the starter, but as a (Ryan) Tannehill and push the guy they hope can be the starter, but eventually if it works out for him he would have an opportunity to take that job and earn that job and have a No. 1 defense. But it’s a very difficult division. Unless Andy wants to go somewhere else.”

Dalton would fit the "safe" gamble for the Chicago Bears

Dalton is certainly a name that has been mentioned around the Bears a number of times already. From a logical perspective, it makes sense. He's 32-years old, a three-time Pro Bowler with a long history of steady production. While nothing special from a talent perspective, he has proven himself a savvy veteran who can engineer an offense provided he gets adequate protection and has a couple of capable weapons.

There's no reason to think Dalton wouldn't embrace the opportunity in Chicago. It's a quarterback-friendly offense with a true #1 receiver in Allen Robinson and a great defense to lean on. All he'd have to do is enough to prove he can be more consistent than Trubisky and the job would end up being his. The big hurdle would be getting him here. A trade would require a draft pick and $17.7 million in cap space. That's a lot for the Bears.

They would have to really want him.