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Bears GM: 'Andy Dalton Is Our Starter' Despite Trade Up to Pick Justin Fields

Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Pace told reporters that veteran quarterback Andy Dalton is still the team's starter despite the team selecting Ohio State signal-caller Justin Fields with the 11th overall pick in the 2021 NFL draft on Thursday.

The Bears traded their first-round pick (No. 20 overall) and fifth-rounder (No. 164) this year as well as a first-rounder and fourth-rounder in next year's draft to move up nine spots for the New York Giants' choice at No. 11.

They then took Fields, who theBleacher Report NFL Scouting Dept.