Crickets in Chicago

 And now this from the NFL free agent market, where up is now down, and down is now up and, wait, Russell Wilson is what now?

A Steeler. Russell Wilson is a Steeler.

Also, Saquon Barkley is an Eagle, the Giants having Giants it up again and let him escape to a division rival.

Also, Aaron Jones is a Viking, the Packers having let him go to a division rival only because they just got Josh Jacobs from the Raiders.

And, um, let's see: Kirk Cousins is a Falcon now, and Derrick Henry is a Raven, and Joe Mixon is a Houston Texan, and Jameis Winston is a Brown. Oh, and Gardner Minshew is now a Raider, which means the Indianapolis Colts are in the market again for a backup to Anthony Richardson.

Justin Fields, meanwhile, is still a Chicago Bear.

For now. Or longer. Or ... well, nobody really knows.

Only the Bears know, and they ain't talkin'. Or maybe they don't know and they are talkin', but just not publicly. Again, the only sound coming out of Halas Hall is crickets.

For now, all anyone knows is they haven't traded away the No. 1 pick in the draft, which presumes they might hang onto it and take Caleb Williams, which would mean they'd have to move Fields. But so far they haven't, so either they're still trying to decide what to do or they've decided and are just waiting for the right time to spring it on all of us.

Now, they have made a couple of moves so far. They've signed All-Pro running back D'Andre Swift and re-upped their All-Pro corner, Jaylon Johnson, and they picked up tight end Gerald Everett from San Diego. The Swift and Everett deals suggest they're either keeping Fields and giving him more weapons, or they're adding more weapons in anticipation of more fully enhancing Caleb Williams' expected skill set.

I don't know. You don't know. And again, maybe the Bears don't know.

Maybe at this very minute their brain trust is sitting around a conference table, playing "Rock, Paper, Scissors" to decide what to do.

Bears GM Ryan Poles: OK, here's the deal. If Joe here wins, we trade Justin and draft Caleb Williams. If I win, we trade the No. 1 pick and keep Justin. Rea-

Anonymous Third Guy (interrupting): What if I win?

Poles: Aw, hell, then we trade Justin for Mitch Trubisky and start all over again.

Could happen.