Bears NFL Draft: Why Chicago won’t select a quarterback come draft day

Ownership’s Trust

The McCaskey family has had a front seat through the entire Ryan Pace tenure. They’ve backed Pace since being recommended for the job by Ernie Accorsi. However, the McCaskey family has been patient enough, and with Ryan Pace only having one winning season during his time in Chicago, his leash has to be running short.

What about head coach, Matt Nagy? I’d expect that the McCaskey’s are still fairly high on Nagy. Let’s be honest, Pace had almost no success until Nagy showed up on his doorstep. Moving on from Nagy? It doesn’t seem imminent, but with another awful season anything can happen.

What does this all have to do with the draft on Thursday? Well, almost every single decision a front office makes has to be signed off on by ownership. What happens if Ryan Pace calls George McCaskey and says that there’s a signal caller falling in the first-round and the Bears have the “conviction” to package their two second-round picks to move up into the first-round to select him.

What happens then? I’ll tell you what… George McCaskey covers the bottom of the phone with his palm, and glares at his mother, Virginia. She gives him the nod. George smirks and replies, “You know, Ryan, we love the direction we’re going right now, but I just don’t think we can sign off on you picking another quarterback at this moment. We’re going to stay put.” Click. Phone call over.

It’s clear as day that Bears front office personnel and coaching staff are on thin ice. Why would Bears ownership sign off on Pace selecting another passing prospect that he likes? After paying Mike Glennon and moving up to select Mitchell Trubisky over the likes of Deshaun Watson and Patrick Mahomes, you can see their point. Maybe next year there will be a new general manager calling the shots, and Bears ownership wouldn’t want to hamstring them…