Forgive Ryan Pace if he suspects that someone somewhere is sticking pins in a Bears GM doll, probably in the hands or knees, since that’s where decisions on wide receivers play out. And Pace has had more difficulty getting wideout positions taken care of than perhaps any other position group.
Pace had to deal with undoing the Brandon Marshall knot not long after arriving. The blow from trading away a 100-catch wideout might have been softened had the Alshon Jeffery situation worked out, but that ultimately unraveled, too. Pace was entitled to believe that he was creating a quality hedge against losing Jeffery when he went all-in on his inaugural draft selection of Kevin White.