Caroline Panthers acquire No 1 pick from Chicago Bears in blockbuster trade | NFL News

The trade between the Caroline Panthers and the Chicago Bears additionally contains large receiver DJ Moore and second-round picks in 2023 and 2025; the transfer will imply the Panthers can have their pick of quarterbacks on the draft this 12 months.

Frank Reich’s Carolina Panthers are in pole place to draft the quarterback of their selection

The Caroline Panthers have traded two first-round picks, second-rounders in 2023 and 2025 and large receiver DJ Moore to the Chicago Bears for the No 1 pick at this 12 months’s NFL draft, in response to stories.

The trade places the Panthers in pole place to draft the quarterback of their selection, and it will likely be their high pick for the primary time since choosing Auburn QB Cam Newton in 2011.

Chicago normal supervisor Ryan Poles made his intentions clear on the NFL Scouting Combine when he mentioned that he supposed to trade the pick to the best bidder whereas committing to Justin Fields at quarterback.

The Bears stand to lose out on a number of top-ranked prospects in the deal by taking Carolina’s first-round pick in the 2023 draft, quantity 9 general, and the Panthers’ second-rounder (61st).

But Poles made it clear in Indianapolis that the Bears felt they might get a “great player” whatever the deal, which units the franchise up with a number of first-round picks in the 2024 draft and a number of second-rounders in the 2025 draft.

Carolina employed Frank Reich as head coach after Matt Rhule was let go throughout the 2022 season. The Panthers made a number of trades in an try and fill the quarterback spot underneath Rhule.

But final season, their No 1 pick, Baker Mayfield, did not work out and Sam Darnold, initially drafted third general by the New York Jets in 2018 didn’t safe the positions.

Other quarterback-needy groups who had hoped to maneuver up in a trade with the Bears included the Indianapolis Colts (fourth general) and Las Vegas Raiders (seventh general).