The Bears Should Trade For Nick Foles

The Chicago Bears are more than likely going to reach an impasse with Mitchell Trubisky after the season, when he will more than likely ask for a new contract going into the final year of his rookie deal. Given his inconsistent play over the past two seasons under Head Coach Matt Nagy, General Manager Ryan Pace absolutely has to make a decision on Trubisky.

With a roster littered with players capable of winning a Super Bowl, the fans saw flashes of it with Chase Daniel on Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings. Daniel was patient and made the right throws on time. The Bears need to look to making a trade for a quarterback, plain and simple. 

An injury to Mitchell Trubisky allowed for the Bears to showcase how the offense can be with a quarterback that can execute the necessary throws for the basics of the offense. With a defense that’s as elite as the Bears, that should be all that’s needed.

Foles and Nagy

The play of Gardner Minshew has made a player such as Nick Foles a possibility. Foles is someone who has a history with Nagy and the Andy Reid coaching tree. Nagy served as an offensive quality control coach for the Eagles from 2011-12 and then served as the offensive coordinator of the Chiefs from 2016-17. Foles and Nagy have a relationship that goes back to their days in Kansas City. One where Foles thinks very highly of the Bears coach.

“I went to training camp, I signed late. I came to Kansas City and went to get my physical, and I was dropped off at Nagy’s house in Overland Park,” said Foles in a 2018 interview, “I had known him from my rookie year. I got to spend time with his family and hang out. Then I drove back (to training camp in St. Joseph, Missouri) with him. I didn’t have a car and he let me use his car during training camp, so I could get from place to place. And he just rode with a coach, and that’s just who he is as a person.”

Aside from the relationship that the two have, the play on the field cannot be ignored. Foles, a former Super Bowl MVP, has had success in the Andy Reid coaching tree. In the Super Bowl season with Philadelphia, Foles threw for 971 yards, six touchdowns, and only one interception. In the following year, Foles eliminated the Bears from the playoffs following an errant “double doink” from Cody Parkey.

There’s no question Nagy wouldn’t mind him back on a team he’s coaching.

“I can still remember the day that Nick and I were in my car together when I picked him up from the airport and he came over to my house and was seeing my kids and just living life, the things away from football,” Nagy said. “And we got him back up, loving the game, and you see what he’s done last year and where he’s at now, and so I have tons of respect for him.”