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Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Pace could be in for interesting decisions depending on some key NFL free agency dominoes.
As fans, we have become accustomed to seeing general manager Ryan Pace take some risks. He’s not afraid to make a move, even if it means losing out on additional draft capital or spending big money. The Chicago Bears, for the most part, have gotten better because of some of those moves.
The Khalil Mack trade was and is the best move Pace has pulled off to this date. Spending the cash to bring in Allen Robinson has given the Bears an elite talent at wide receiver. Going up and getting Anthony Miller looks like it will pan out, as he truly started to break out at the end of the 2019 season.
Of course, there are still some question marks. We have yet to see what David Montgomery is really made of, and I believe we will eventually see Pace come out on top with that trade-up.
The infamous Mitchell Trubisky trade of 2017 will live on to haunt Bears fans forever, but there isn’t much we can do about it now. Pace has moved on, and so should we.
It’s 2020 and the Bears are in a much different position than they were a year ago. 2019 saw the Bears coming off a division title and playoff berth. It was all about maintaining and continuing to develop as a talented football team.
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There isn’t any other way to put it than saying the Bears underachieved. This season, Pace is going to have to be aggressive in filling the team’s needs.
But, he is going to have to strike fast if he wants to get some of the bigger, better names at those areas of need. There are a few storylines to watch with free agency coming up, and each one could significantly alter the Bears’ plans going forward.