The title of this post says it all. I will add the caveat that the scenarios all have to have some amount of reasonableness. Thus, I won't include the Packers trading all of their picks to the Bears for Connor Barth, who promptly retires. That'd be swell. Let's get to it!
1. The Browns draft Mitch Trubisky at #1, the 49ers draft Solomon Thomas at #2, and Myles Garrett incredibly falls to #3, where the Bears scoop him up before he enjoys a 15-year Hall of Fame run in Chicago.
2. The Browns draft Myles Garrett at #1 but desperately want to get Mitch Trubisky, too, so they use the outdated pick value chart (and not the new Chase Stuart model), trading the #12 pick and both of their second-round picks (#33 and #52) to the Bears for #3. The Bears are ecstatic when Ohio State safety Malik Hooker's injury concerns scare away a few other teams, and they gobble up the electric free safety at #12. Just before the night ends, the Bears jump back into the first round, trading their own second-round pick (#36) and their third-round pick (#67) to the Cowboys for the 28th overall pick, where the Bears grab QB-of-the-future DeShone Kizer before he slips to the Steelers at #30. Over the course of the following day, the Bears auction off #33 overall, recouping a third-round pick in exchange for moving down a few slots in round two.
3. The Browns draft Mitch Trubisky at #1 and the 49ers put #2 up for sale. Despite a flurry of interest, the 49ers want to make sure that they can get Solomon Thomas, so they flip with the Bears for #3 and #67 overall. The Bears are ecstatic with Garrett.
4. The Bears have identified DeShone Kizer as a true QB1, the new quarterback to lead the franchise back to the promised land. The rest of the NFL disagrees, enabling the Bears to trade down multiple times, acquiring a slew of picks in the process and getting Kizer in the mid-to-late portion of the round anyway.
5. The Bears have identified Mitch Trubisky as a true QB1, the new quarterback to lead the franchise back to the promised land. The Browns draft Garrett, the 49ers draft Thomas, and the Bears get their man despite standing pat at #3.
6. The Bears have identified Deshaun Watson as a true QB1, the new quarterback to lead the franchise back to the promised land. The Browns draft Garrett, the 49ers draft Thomas, and the Bears get their man despite standing pat at #3.
7. The Bears deeply dislike the quarterbacks in the class, opting to roll the dice with Mike Glennon and try again in the 2018 draft. The Bears trade down to the back-end of the top-ten and take whoever is left among DE Jonathan Allen, S Malik Hooker, S Jamal Adams, CB Marshon Lattimore, DE Derek Barnett, and TE O.J. Howard.
8. The Bears sit at #3 and draft their favorite among S Malik Hooker, DE Solomon Thomas, CB Marshon Lattimore, and DE Jonathan Allen.
9. The Bears like but don't love most of the draft's top prospects, so they trade way down to #25 with a desperate Texans franchise in need of a new quarterback to save some jobs that has identified Trubisky as that man. Unfortunately, the Bears "only" get Houston's 2017 first rounder (#25), their 2017 second rounder (#57), and their 2018 first rounder. After completing the deal, Pace immediately realizes that he got much too little in the exchange and the Bears complicate matters by overdrafting Utah OT Garett Bolles. At least they added picks.
10. The Bears have identified Mitch Trubisky as a true QB1, the new quarterback to lead the franchise back to the promised land. Desperate to make sure they land him, the Bears trade up to the #1 pick, surrendering their 2018 first-round selection in the process as a premium to get the Browns to pass on Trubisky and Garrett. The Bears are right about Trubisky.
11. The Bears decide that a strong safety is going to be the player who beefs up their rebuild, so they take Jamal Adams at #3, rendering Adams the highest-drafted safety ever despite his underwhelming combine showing.
12. The Bears think that having a stable of elite running backs is the missing piece, so they draft Leonard Fournette. Yikes.
13. The Bears decide that they desperately need a big pass catcher, locking in on WR Mike Williams at #3. This just two months removed from letting Alshon Jeffery walk for nothing.
14. The Bears have identified Mitch Trubisky as a true QB1, the new quarterback to lead the franchise back to the promised land. Desperate to make sure they land him, the Bears trade up to the #1 pick, surrendering their 2018 first-round selection in the process as a premium to get the Browns to pass on Trubisky and Garrett. The Bears are wrong about Trubisky.
15. The Bears draft Patrick Mahomes at any point before the third round in the 2017 draft, ushering in the new era of Bears football, one that looks suspiciously like the old era of Bears football helmed by Jay Cutler 2.0.
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