Chicago Bears: Retaining Ryan Pace forecasts cloudy future
If there was one collaborative thought that was correct during the Chicago Bears press conference on Wednesday, it is that the team will be addressing the quarterback position this off-season.
The quarterback problem for the Bears is the same problem that General Manager Ryan Pace promised to correct when he made the decision to let Jay Cutler go after the 2016 position. The same quarterback problem that Pace started to solve with the signing of free agent quarterback Mike Glennon prior to the 2017 season. The same quarterback problem that Pace believed he addressed when he selected Mitchell Trubisky with the second overall selection in the 2017 NFL Draft. The same quarterback problem that Pace believed he solved when he traded a fourth round pick for Nick Foles last March.
The 2020 season is now completed and the biggest question mark that the Bears have on their roster as at the quarterback position.
If there is any takeaway from the otherwise mind-numbingly ton deaf press conference on Wednesday, it is that Trubisky will not be returning to the Bears in 2021 and the front office will aggressively pursue a resolution at the position this off-season.
Bringing back Pace clouds future for the Chicago Bears.
The question that should be asked is why.
Why after six seasons should Pace be allowed to select yet another perceived resolution at the quarterback position? Why after three failed attempts should Pace be allowed to address the quarterback position for a fourth time?
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Pace has already wasted six seasons of what could have been success for the Bears by not being able to solve the quarterback position. Now, in what is certainly going to be a win-or-else year for Pace, why should he be allowed to make a decision that may set the Bears even further back. Especially when Pace will likely be leveraging future assets for next Bears’ general manager in an attempt to put a one-year band-aid on the quarterback position.
The reason why is because there is no check-and-balance structure within the Bears’ front office. Pace is a football con-man that is masking himself as a general manager. The reason he is able to continue the con is because George McCaskey and Ted Phillips have no experience in regards how a successful football operation is constructed.
It is a dangerous precedent for the Bears but one that has been set since the team decided fire Lovie Smith after a 10-win season. The standard for the Bears no longer is winning. That is why Pace is allowed to return for a seventh season despite no playoff victory. The Bears organization cares more about relationships and making money than they do winning.
If the Bears were concerned with winning games, Pace would have been fired when George McCaskey and Ted Phillips addressed the media on Wednesday. Instead, Pace received the confirmation that he is the made man in the Bears’ office.
With that empowerment comes the likely chance that Pace will undoubtedly fail for a fourth time in his attempt to resolve the Chicago Bears quarterback position.
Next. Ted Phillips proves to be tone deaf once again. dark
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