The future of the Bears – the future of any NFL team, really – will turn ultimately on the abilities of GM Ryan Pace and his staff to draft players of impact. And while the full measure of a draft may take some time to become apparent, drafts are like fine wine: The quality of a vintage will become apparent while it’s still in barrels.
So it may be for the Bears’ 2015 draft, which has all five of its available members active and playing on Sundays. Some of the reasons for three of them starting may lie in injuries above them on the depth chart, but each has performed well enough to secure the job in competitions despite other options being available to coaches.