Mark Hatley – 1999 Draft
This GM is the perfect encapsulation of “too little, too late.” Mark Hatley looked like he might be finding a rhythm in 1999. He’d found Olin Kreutz the previous year. A few hits in this draft and he’d have the Bears pointed in the right direction. He almost did it too. Marty Booker was a Pro Bowl receiver. Roosevelt Colvin became a dangerous edge rusher on defense. Unfortunately all of that was offset by the awful selection of Cade McNown in the first round. Still arguably the greatest draft bust in franchise history.
The ironic part is Hatley followed that with his 2000 class, one that featured Brian Urlacher and Mike Brown. By then though he’d missed the window.
