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When quarterback Mitch Trubisky was a Bears rookie in 2017, general manager Ryan Pace wouldn’t even entertain the question of what might happen if the No. 2 overall pick in the draft outplayed Pace’s chosen starter, veteran Mike Glennon, in the preseason.
“[We’re] not dealing with hypotheticals,” Pace said in his press conference at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais to open training camp that year. “Glennon’s here for a reason. We evaluated him over the years. We’re very confident in him. This thing is going to have to play out. But Mike Glennon is our starting quarterback and I don’t think now is the time to deal in hypotheticals going forward.