INDIANAPOLIS — General manager Ryan Pace has been hit-and-miss in the draft during his tenure with the Bears, but with few meaningful picks and some important pieces needed, he must be near-perfect in this one.
Pace sold off significant parts of this draft in the Khalil Mack deal and by trading up to get running back David Montgomery last year. He’s fine with the cost of acquiring two players he felt the Bears needed. But it also ratchets up the pressure on him to get it right in April.
The Bears have seven picks, but only two that could reasonably be expected to produce immediate contributors: second-round selections at Nos.