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'It's all anyone is talking about': The NFL world is stunned by the 'ransom' the Bears gave up to the 49ers to draft Mitchell Trubisky

The Bears's stunning trade up for Mitchell Trubisky reportedly has not helped the relationship between head coach John Fox and GM Ryan Pace.

With the NFL Draft concluded, talk around the league is reportedly still lingering on the stunning trade at the top of the first round.

The Chicago Bears' decision to trade their third overall pick, two third-rounders, and a fourth-rounder to the San Francisco 49ers to move up one spot and draft Mitchell Trubisky looked bad initially.

However, in the days since, the NFL world is still baffled by the decision and the reported divide between GM Ryan Pace and head coach John Fox.

According to Jason La Canfora of CBS, an executive from another NFL team said the entire league is still talking about the Bears' trade, particularly when Trubisky likely would have been available with the third pick anyway.

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"We don't know what the hell they were doing. It's all anyone is talking about. It's really bad between Pace and Fox. Fox is fuming about being left in the dark on the trade (for Trubisky). I don't know anyone who likes their draft. From the first pick on, we can't figure out what they were doing. Go back and look at how many small-school kids they took. People around the league are shocked. It's really bad between Pace and Fox."

"Marathe called the Bears. 'To try to solidify this now,' Marathe said to Pace, 'we’re gonna need a little bit more to finish. It wouldn’t have to be much. Like, your four. So let’s say your third, 67 overall, this year, your three next year, and your four this year, 111 overall … I’m not gonna string you along … No … I will do it quickly. Let me get with John and Kyle and I’ll call you right back.'

"The Bears agreed. They’d give two third-round picks and a fourth-rounder to move up one spot.

"'Man, who do they want?' Lynch said. 'Gotta be Solomon, right?'

"'Call me crazy,' Marathe said. 'But I think it’s Trubisky.'"

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The pressure is now on Trubisky, fair or not. Though the long-view will almost certainly be taken with Trubisky, the picks it cost to get him won't help a talent-depleted roster. Additionally, as La Canfora notes, some of Chicago's remaining draft picks came from schools like

According to La Canfora, if Chicago hasn't made strides in its rebuild by 2018 "

If the Bears are right in believing Trubisky could be a franchise quarterback, then perhaps the trade will have been worthwhile. In the meantime, the rest of the NFL has raised its eyebrows at what could be a franchise-altering deal.

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