The coach of a college basketball team was once asked at the end of a dismal season if he was excited that he was getting all five starters back for the upcoming season. The coach delicately explained that getting everyone back after a 5-24 year wasn’t necessarily a good thing.
With the signing of right tackle Bobby Massie to a four-year extension, the Bears have all 11 offensive starters from their 12-4 playoff team back under contract. But for a team that rode into the postseason largely on the strength of arguably the best defense in the NFL, is that necessarily a good thing?