The Chicago Bears have had issues at the tight end position dating back to the halfway point of the 2018 season. Issues do not describe what happened though in 2019. Instead, the tight end position completely imploded. Trey Burton was supposed to be a gamechanger, but instead, he turned out to be nothing more than a backup tight end. Unfortunately, Pace paid him like a starter.
The backups behind Burton could not resolve the issues either. Adam Shaheen was struggling and put on injured reserve. Ben Braunecker showed some promise, but he too found himself injured.