Bears Ryan Pace totally redeems himself (maybe)

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Was it only a year ago when Ryan pace made the gaffe of the NFL free agency season when he grossly overpaid for quarterback/statue Mike Glennon? While Pace was universally panned for his miscalculation of Mike Glennon, his moving up to draft Mitch “Pretty Boy Assassin” Trubisky may have set up what looks like a banner 2018 offseason.

The Nagy Effect?

It looks more and more like Ryan Pace and former Bears head coach, John Fox, weren't on the same page. With the hiring of new offensive minded head coach, Matt Nagy, things seem to be falling in place. It seems that Trubisky helped make the Bears head coaching job appealing enough lure an offensive minded coach like Nagy to take the job. Next up was getting Trubisky weapons to use.

The story of three (new) Bears

Jaguars receiver, Allen Robinson, was considered to be the best wide receiver available in free agency. He also looks to be better than anybody available in the draft. The fact that the Bears got their man speaks well of Pace and how the Bears are currently viewed by NFL folks in general. Not stopping there, the Bears also signed the best regarded tight end in free agency, Eagles tight end/Super Bowl TD passer, Trey Burton. And topping off the day, the Bears also signed slot receiver Taylor Gabriel.

Curb your enthusiasm 

This will probably be the best day of the Bears 2018 season, and I'm not being totally snarky about it. They made up a ton of ground in their division, there's just more to go.

What next?

By filling in their receiver needs through free agency, the Bears can fill their needs on the other side of the ball through the draft. The only offensive player I see the Bears possibly using the eighth overall pick on is Notre Dame guard, Quenton Nelson. An edge rusher figures to be their most pressing need. As I'm writing this I see from the Chicago Tribune the Bears are going resign Prince Amukamara. In my opinion, that's not a bad move.

The Case of Cousins

In other free agency news, Kirk Cousins appears to be on the cusp of signing a massive three year, fully guaranteed contract with the Vikings. That will suck up a huge amount of cap space for the Vikings and I'm not at all sure he'll do any better than Case Keenum did at a fraction of the cost.

Speaking of Keenum, he's heading to the Broncos. He'll help, but it looks like the Broncos have closed the barn door after the horse is out. 

McCown outlasts Cutler

Not to be left out of the quarterback carousel, the Jets are going to resign Josh McCown. But hey, he's better than Geno Smith. The Jets look like a lock to draft a quarterback in the first round.

Glennon actually contributed to the Bears

And finally, it looks like the man who was bad enough to accelerate the development of Mitch Trubisky, Mike Glennon, will sign with the Arizona Cardinals. Mike's ineptitude shouldn't be overlooked when evaluating the progress of the Bears. And surprisingly, Glennon might improve the Cardinals. That means they really need to do something at that position. 

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