Chicago Bears: Retaining Ryan Pace forecasts cloudy futureon January 15, 2021 at 12:00 pm

The 2020 season is now completed and the biggest question mark that the Bears have on their roster as at the quarterback position.

If there is any takeaway from the otherwise mind-numbingly ton deaf press conference on Wednesday, it is that Trubisky will not be returning to the Bears in 2021 and the front office will aggressively pursue a resolution at the position this off-season.

Bringing back Pace clouds future for the Chicago Bears.

The question that should be asked is why.

Why after six seasons should Pace be allowed to select yet another perceived resolution at the quarterback position? Why after three failed attempts should Pace be allowed to address the quarterback position for a fourth time?

Pace has already wasted six seasons of what could have been success for the Bears by not being able to solve the quarterback position. Now, in what is certainly going to be a win-or-else year for Pace, why should he be allowed to make a decision that may set the Bears even further back. Especially when Pace will likely be leveraging future assets for next Bears’ general manager in an attempt to put a one-year band-aid on the quarterback position.

The reason why is because there is no check-and-balance structure within the Bears’ front office. Pace is a football con-man that is masking himself as a general manager. The reason he is able to continue the con is because George McCaskey and Ted Phillips have no experience in regards how a successful football operation is constructed.

It is a dangerous precedent for the Bears but one that has been set since the team decided fire Lovie Smith after a 10-win season. The standard for the Bears no longer is winning. That is why Pace is allowed to return for a seventh season despite no playoff victory. The Bears organization cares more about relationships and making money than they do winning.

If the Bears were concerned with winning games, Pace would have been fired when George McCaskey and Ted Phillips addressed the media on Wednesday. Instead, Pace received the confirmation that he is the made man in the Bears’ office.