Every free agency plan comes mapped out with primary go-to options and contingencies in case a general manager’s ideal falls through. For Chicago Bears general manager, Ryan Pace in bolstering a Bears defense in need of vast quantities of talent along the defensive front seven, Akiem Hicks, was anything but a “Plan B”.
Hicks, who came over from the New Orleans Saints in the offseason on an incredibly frugal two-year $10 million dollar deal with five million guaranteed, has been an objective revelation. Many had thought that Hicks would be a solid addition to a defense needing size as a nice complimentary partner for the young, Eddie Goldman.