Chicago Bears: Patience and Perspective is needed
After an underwhelming start to the 2017 NFL Free Agency for the Chicago Bears, patience is needed from the Chicago Bears.
Perhaps the first day of the 2017 NFL Free Agency did not go as planned for the Chicago Bears.
The Chicago Bears seemingly lost out on every free agent that was at the top of their wish-list and settled for alternatives in the form of quarterback Mike Glennon, safety Quintin Demps, and wide receiver Markus Wheaton. Oh, and, the Bears released their starting quarterback in Jay Cutler and lost primary wide receiver Alshon Jeffery to the Philadelphia Eagles.
Needless to say, Bears’ Twitter was not excited.
Pouring one out for the homies, Jay & Alshon. @ChicagoBears pic.twitter.com/DyTe1Zxckh
— Jen Lada (@JenLada) March 10, 2017
What a shitty day to be a @ChicagoBears fan. Gonna be a long next 5 years. #NFLFreeAgency
— Carter Time (@JLcarter74) March 10, 2017
Cutler out Glennon in. When should I start burning my jerseys? Terrible moves by the @ChicagoBears brass today. #beardown?
— Bryan Vermeylen (@BryanVermeylen) March 10, 2017
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Obviously, this was not the plan for Bears’ general manager Ryan Pace when they outlined their strategy for free agency at the start of the off-season. In an ideal world, the Bears likely would have traded for New England Patriots’ quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo; re-signed wide receiver Alshon Jeffery; and signed free agent corner back Stephon Gilmore. Unfortunately for Pace, those moves did not pan out.
It’s important that fans realize that Super Bowls are not won on the first day of NFL Free Agency. If that were the case, the Jacksonville Jaguars would have won the Super Bowl this past season. Super Bowl titles and overall success for an organization is built through the NFL Draft.
While Pace is facing daunting task as he has to address the team’s most important needs through the 2017 NFL Draft, we need to reserve judgment on the Bears’ general manager. If the Bears are without a long-term answer at the quarterback position (the organization knows Glennon is not the answer), a primary wide receiver and a primary corner back after the NFL Draft, then Pace will deserve every bit of criticism he receives. But any sort of judgment or criticism of Pace before the 2017 NFL Draft is simply premature.
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Time will tell if Chicago Bears’ general manager Ryan Pace knows what he is doing.