come.

After this one game — only Wentz’s second in the NFL — wouldn’t the Bears be more inspiring to follow if they had either Wentz or Garoppolo in its QB pipeline?

“He’s a good young quarterback,” Fox said of Wentz. “He obviously has a lot of good football ahead of him.”

Quarterbacks of the future are a precarious proposition, but this entrenched Cutler thing is getting tiresome.

The middle among NFL quarterbacks, where Cutler resides, is no place to start building a champion.

For a long time it has been time for the Bears to do whatever it takes to elevate their quarterback play.

Eight seasons is long enough for the same quarterback to be average at best with a team that is average at best.

Since about 2012 the Bears should have been looking for someone better than Cutler, which Cutler was supposed to be.

The Bears decided not to beat the New England to Garoppolo in the 2014 draft. They also decided not to do what Philadelphia did by moving up to No. 2 overall in the draft to acquire Wentz this spring.

Would Garoppolo or Wentz be an upgrade over Cutler right now? Who knows? But wouldn’t it be fun to find out?

The Eagles traded draft choices that represented their future at other positions just to gamble their future on a quarterback.

Then the Eagles decided they couldn’t let Wentz sit a couple of years like Garoppolo did in New England. Instead they traded veteran starter Sam Bradford to Minnesota a week before the season and promoted Wentz, who last year was playing for North Dakota State in the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

Wentz might be the next Donovan McNabb in Philly, or better. Garoppolo might be the next Tom Brady in New England, though probably not better.

It sure would be nice if the Bears had either one of them, along with their potential at the most important position on the field.

By the way, if Jimmy Garoppolo doesn’t heal quickly, Carson Wentz might become my new quarterback crush.

mimrem@dailyherald.com