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NFL free agency winners and losers: Bears had Russell Wilson dreams and an Andy Dalton reality

You hear the lament often among NFL fans. They need to get rid of their middle-of-the-road quarterback.

That's easy to say since all those armchair critics think the next quarterback is going to be a superstar.

The Chicago Bears didn't necessarily do the wrong thing. They, and Bears fans, had seen enough of Mitchell Trubisky to know it was time to move on. But the next step isn't always a leap forward.

While Bears fans dreamed of Russell Wilson or Deshaun Watson, there's a reason those guys haven't been traded yet.