The Bears have traded the No. 1 pick in next month’s NFL draft to the Panthers in exchange for multiple first round picks, according to a report from NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.
ESPN’s Adam Schefter added that the Bears will receive the No. 9 pick and the No. 61 pick in 2023, a 2024 first-round pick, a 2025 second-round pick and wide receiver DJ Moore.
It has long been the expectation that the Bears would move the top pick, which they clinched with a Week 18 loss to the Vikings. While the Bears struggled with injuries for much of the season on both sides of the football, it was clear that quarterback Justin Fields was coming into his own in his second professional season.
