Minicamps – veteran, rookie or otherwise – aren’t typically occasions for gaining rich insight into NFL teams. But after one veteran and one rookie camp, with a combined camp a month from now, one light conclusion has been distilled about what certain key individuals appear to think about their team.
Ryan Pace and, by extension, John Fox don’t consider the 2015 Bears, particularly the offense, the candidate for federal disaster relief that many do. Not that either would project the Bears into a playoff run (Fox’s mindset: under-predict, then over-deliver). But Fox at age 60 had other options besides one that would involve a massive and lengthy makeover.