Thinking about Super Bowls just isn’t in the cards for the Chicago Bears right now. GM Ryan Pace and head coach John Fox have to set more realistic goals for 2017. Posting a winning record would be a step in the right direction. Otherwise they both know the odds of them keeping their jobs into 2018 grow more remote by the day.
Not an easy proposition, what with the team having just finished 3-13 last season. If it’s going to happen, the Bears have to make an all-out push this off-season to improve the roster. It was injuries and lack of depth that doomed them in 2016. They can’t control the former, but a productive process in free agency and the draft can correct the latter.
Free agency will be up first in early March. Given how the Bears have operated the past two years, it’s fair to assume they will stick to that same methodology. With that in mind, there is one name that sticks out as a probable target for them.
