The Chicago Bears have fired general manager Ryan Pace, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported on Monday. The news comes on the same day of the report of head coach Matt Nagy’s firing from the team.
After 14 seasons in the Saints organization, Pace was hired to be the Bears’ general manager in January of 2015, replacing Phil Emery after a rocky regime. Faced with a difficult task of having an aging roster with locker-room concerns, Pace attempted to instill some stability by hiring John Fox as the team’s new head coach.
Early moves like signing Akiem Hicks and Danny Trevathan while drafting Eddie Goldman, Adrian Amos and Leonard Floyd helped turn around what was one of the worst defenses in the league.