So, Denmaster Ken Mitchell proposed an elegant, simple premise:
“Through some act of providence, I (WCG staffer) have been hired as team president and given 100 percent control of all football operations. What specific offseason moves do I make? Who do I fire? Who do I bring in? What roster moves do I make?”
With what I would describe as an unsatisfactory amount of housecleaning already taking place at Halas Hall, I have the privilege of tackling this question first.
MOVE #1: Step Into the Future
Right now, the Bears are stretched pretty thin for the 2020 draft--#43, #50, a compensatory 4th-rounder, the Raiders’ 5th-rounder, their own 5th-rounder and 6th-rounder, the Eagles’ 6th-rounder, and their own 7th-rounder.