The Bears have finally released their veteran QB
Mike Garafolo reported that:
While this move will add to the total of dead cap money for the Bears, it will also save around $4 million in cap space.
We have been talking about a potential release of Foles for months now and it has finally happened.
After acquiring Nick Foles before the 2020 season, from the Jacksonville Jaguars in exchange for a 4th round pick to compete for a starting job, Foles' days as a Bear seemed to be numbered.
Heading into the 2021 season, the Chicago Bears selected Quarterback Justin Fields in the 1st round, along with adding former Bear Andy Dalton to a 1-year deal during the off-season. Former Bears GM Ryan Pace failed to find a trade partner and Foles played most of the season as a backup to Dalton and Fields, besides a late-season week 16 start in Seattle. Foles did lead the Bears to a late-game victory in a snowy Lumen Field. Foles posted a modest performance going 24-35 with 250 yards passing and 1TD along with a victory in his only start in 2022.
With Ryan Poles taking over, and the recent signing of veteran QB Trevor Siemian to likely secure the 2nd QB spot on the depth chart, it appeared for Foles again, that the writing was on the walls, he wouldn't be part of the future in Chicago.
We have also said on multiple occasions that it would be wise for Ryan Poles to try to trade Foles this off-season. It's not that he is no longer a fine quarterback it's because he does not fit the system we expect Luke Getsy to implement. In an ideal world, you would like your backup quarterback to have the same style as your starter, or close to it. This is important because if Fields goes down, you don't have to change your whole playbook completely mid-game. Foles and Justin Fields could not be more different from each other! Even though the Bears did not find a suitor for a trade, they still manage to let go of Foles and save a lot of money by doing so.
