From draft weekend and the offseason that preceded it has come a growing sense of exactly what type of football player coach Matt Nagy and staff are in search of, and which GM Ryan Pace is tasked with finding.
And it is markedly different from some of the templates used by more than one of Nagy’s predecessors. It is a new model that has been developing and reflected in several major roster moves even before draft weekend.
Without putting too fine a point on it, the Bears have been busy getting smaller, all with an eye toward fitting physically with what Nagy envisions schematically, particularly on offense.