might not even be the best of a mediocre quarterback class.

Yes, this Trubisky-Pace combination might implode all over Halas Hall. The former could eventually cost the latter his job the way Cutler eventually cost Angelo his.

What could go wrong? Well, Trubisky could be Cade McNown, or fellow draftees Patrick Mahomes and Deshaun Watson could win Super Bowls while Trubisky flames out, or all three could be out of the NFL sooner than later.

No regrets anyway.

Over the weekend a FiveThirtyEight.com headline read, “The Browns Need A Great QB, Which is Why They Didn’t Draft One.”

Benjamin Morris’ point was, “I see this type of argument made a lot: A team that needs a QB needs to take a QB. But it isn’t quite that simple. Quarterbacks are almost always high-risk prospects, and investing in a bad quarterback can kill a franchise just as easily as not having one.”

Trubisky might become more bad than great. Some scouts preferred Mahomes, whom the Chiefs traded up to get, or Watson, whom the Texans traded up to get.

The New Orleans Times-Picayune quoted Saints GM Mickey Loomis as saying that Mahomes was the only quarterback he would have been tempted to take in Round 1.

No wonder Trubisky, picked at No. 2 overall, isn’t considered any more of a certainty here than Cutler was.

But no regrets.

If Mitch Trubisky doesn’t work out, the Bears can assess the damage, fire Pace and let the next GM shoot his shot at a quarterback of the future.

mimrem@dailyherald.com