#2 Pick
- Sid Luckman (QB, Columbia, 1939)
- Bob Williams (QB, Notre Dame, 1951)
Odds are the highest pick the Bears can get in 2017 will be the #2 choice. The Cleveland Browns are 0-11 and look like they might win one game if they’re lucky. So Chicago is battling San Francisco and Jacksonville for that second spot. Like the #1 pick they’ve only held it twice in franchise history. Also in similar fashion both picks were at the same position. Fittingly it’s the one most experts agree the team must focus on this coming April.
Quarterback has haunted the dreams of Bears fans for years. Part of why they’ve struggle at it so much is because they don’t take them high in the draft. Sid Luckman represents the highest drafted player at that position in franchise history. Is it any coincidence he remains the teams’ only Hall of Famer? Bob Williams was didn’t live up to the same hype, playing just three seasons in Chicago before leaving the game. If they do end up drafting this high, it likely will be as good an opportunity to land a quarterback as they’ll get.