Every trade made isn't available to every team. You don't know who wants to deal with who or how they communicate on these things. Bears were probably more inclined to see if the Giants would bite since it's not out of the realm of possibilities for them to go QB with two still on the board. You already knew the Cowboys weren't going QB.
So.....Chicago decided they wanted Fields but didn't pick up the phone until pick 11?
If thats what's needed to rationalize this mistake, have at it.
If I could convince myself that Chicago isn't about to have a very bad season I'd feel better about it as well.
I'm definitely a huge Bears fan next year, as I'd much rather be wrong and happy.
If that pick ends up being top 5 (think Houston 2020) and the Giants deal it off for a massive haul that continues to build their team....gonna be a tough one to swallow.....unless Parsons ends up delivering in a big way, which is definitely possible.
My real point is that turning down that Bears pick has to be factored in on the Parsons pick, because they obviously didn't want to risk losing him.
Really though....all fine....just that when people say that deal wasn't offered its only a way to attempt to rationalize the mistake, or not have that part of things tied to Parsons.
Again, hope I'm very wrong and Parsons is a force and the Bears win 10 games.
Let's see.