Chicago tried to bring in the game's greatest quarterback.
were at a crossroads. After a superb 2018, they had slogged through an 8-8 season in 2019—and were already pondering a future without quarterback Mitchell Trubisky.On Thursday morning in England, Chicago chairman George McCaskey confirmed that and discussed the team's past interest in Brady.
"I do remember we were interested in pursuing him. It didn't work out for us. Worked out great for him in Tampa," McCaskey"Anytime you're in a situation like that you're not putting all of your eggs in one basket. You're looking at alternatives. It's the same in free agency, it's the same in the draft," McCaskey said.
By leaps and bounds, Brady would have been the most talented quarterback ever to play for the Bears. Chicago's single-season passing yards record is held by quarterback Erik Kramer in 1995 with 3,838; for comparison's sake, Brady eclipsed that total in 15 different seasons.Patrick Andres is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He joined SI in December 2022, having worked for The Blade, Athlon Sports, Fear the Sword and Diamond Digest.
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