Bears' Team Needs to Fill in 2024 NFL Draft | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors

With Fields out, the Bears are set to take a quarterback with the first overall pick. The general presumption is that USC's Caleb Williams will be the pick. The former Trojans star would indeed be a fitting choice at No. 1.

"Williams is a fascinating prospect," Derrik Klassen of the Bleacher Report Scouting Department wrote. "The arm talent oozes off the film, and he is a special playmaker when things break down. Williams is also more put together as a processor than his playing style suggests, even if he still needs work."

Since last year, it has felt like Williams would be the top pick in 2024, but he isn't the only quarterback for Chicago to consider. North Carolina's Drake Maye is actually the top-ranked quarterback on the B/R Scouting Department's draft board, and LSU's Jayden Daniels has been trending upward through the pre-draft process.

It would be a massive surprise, however, if one of those three isn't Chicago's choice at the top of the draft. It would be equally surprising to see the Bears trade down from No. 1, unless they view two or three QB prospects equally and get a quality offer from the Washington Commanders at No. 2 or the New England Patriots at No. 3.

Chicago needs a new franchise quarterback, though, and that will be the unquestioned top priority in Round 1.