Chicago Bears ‘trade the No 1 Draft pick to Carolina for MULTIPLE first-round picks’.
BREAKING NEWS: Chicago Bears ‘trade No. 1 Draft pick to Carolina for MULTIPLE first-round picks’…with Panthers set to take a QB with Bryce Young and CJ Stroud among the options
The Chicago Bears are trading the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft to the Carolina Panthers according to Nets NFL Ian Rapoport.
The Bears will receive No. 9, No. 61, a 2024 first-round pick and a 2025 second-round pick and star receiver DJ Moore.
Carolina is expected to take a quarterback with the first overall pick.
The top quarterback prospects heading into this year’s draft are Alabama’s Bryce Young, Ohio State’s CJ Stroud and Florida’s Anthony Richardson.
Last season, the Panthers played Sam Darnold, PJ Walker and Baker Mayfield, who was eventually released en route to a 7-10 record.
The Chicago Bears traded the No. 1 pick in the 2023 NFL draft to the Carolina Panthers
Star wide receiver DJ Moore was also included in the trade and will head to Chicago
The Panthers were only one game behind the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the race for the NFC South.
Carolina, on the other hand, finished the season 3-14 and will use the extra capital from the draft to speed up the rebuild and put more pieces in place around budding star QB Justin Fields.
More to follow…