The great irony of this Chicago Bears season is that Matt Nagy was anxious to move on from Mitch Trubisky. That was evident when he benched the 26-year old in Week 3 despite the kid being 2-0 at the time. Maybe he was tired of the inconsistent play. Or perhaps Nagy didn’t like looking at Trubisky for too long because the QB reminded him of himself. At least that is how it should look to Ryan Pace.
This is the man who created this entire situation. He drafted Trubisky in 2017 over Patrick Mahomes and Deshaun Watson. Why? He felt the kid had the leadership traits and quality talent necessary to become a top tier quarterback in the NFL. This despite the kid having started just one full season at North Carolina. A red flag? Sure but worth the risk.
Has anybody stopped to notice Pace did the same exact thing with Nagy?
Think about it. A guy known for having a nice personality and leadership traits. Also? One who wasn’t exactly proven. Nagy was only the offensive coordinator in Kansas City for two seasons. During that time he called plays in the second half of 2017. That wasn’t a lot of game tape to gauge whether or not this man could construct a functional NFL offense by himself.
Now after watching another hilarious comedy of errors in Tennessee, there is no getting around the truth. Nagy might be a leader but he’s also the primary reason holding this Bears team back. His inability to produce even a mediocre offense thanks to his iffy play calling and lack of common sense is wasting yet another great defense this franchise has produced.
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At the end of the day, all of this started at the top.
Ryan Pace did some good things but not enough
Bears fans seem divided on the GM these days. Some want him gone for the reasons listed about. Drafting Trubisky and building what has been a massively disappointing offense. By that same token, he’s the one who constructed this defense almost from scratch back in 2015. There is no arguing that point. He did a tremendous job with that in all facets.
Yet the job of a GM is to build a good team. Not just a good defense. Pace hasn’t accomplished this goal. He tried to find a franchise QB and failed. He tried to find that innovative offensive head coach and failed. Those were the two big moves every guy in his position needs to hit and he whiffed on both.
To say nothing of his poor management of the offensive line and inability to find a true playmaker at tight end. The list goes on. Right now the Bears are projected to miss the playoffs for the fifth time in six seasons. That is something Ryan Pace can’t escape. He was brought in to help turn this team into a winner.
The McCaskey family has to have seen enough by now. It was close but there were too many mistakes made. Time to move on.
