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Ohio State QB C.J. Stroud to Bears: Stick with Justin Fields; don’t draft me

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Stroud, who played with Fields at Ohio State in 2020, doesn’t want to bump him out of Chicago.

INDIANAPOLIS — Here’s how awkward the NFL Draft has gotten as the Bears weigh their options with the No. 1 pick: One of the top quarterbacks said straight-up he doesn’t want them to draft him.

One of the most common, and pointless, exchanges that repeats itself throughout the NFL Scouting Combine is a prospect being asked if he wants to go to a certain team and him responding by saying he’d be happy landing with any of them.