After 19 Bears players landed on injured reserve in 2016, you wouldn't blame Ryan Pace for tossing a couple of coins into Buckingham Fountain and wishing for better luck next season.
The general manager will take a more pragmatic approach to the problem, however, after seeing the roster he constructed decimated by injuries on both sides of the ball.
"I've been thinking about that constantly," Pace said Wednesday. "It was a significant thing for us.