What da Bears do with that pick has yet to be seen while the Chicago Fire effectively mortgaged their third overall pick into Dax McCarty. This trade capped off a series of high-level imports that have been hailed as potentially franchise altering.
The Bears, all too symmetrically, are also exploring flipping their pick for a player that could be potentially franchise altering.
As with any risky move, there is certainly opposition. Just weeks ago, I was wondering why the Fire had felt differently than I did about transfer target Jonathan Spector.