LAKE FOREST, Ill. – The situation facing Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Pace and coach Matt Nagy is clear -- either put the team on the right path at quarterback, or go home.
There is no middle ground.
After the Bears backed into the playoffs at 8-8 and lost in the first round to New Orleans, the Bears blew up whatever patience fans had left when chairman George McCaskey doubled-down on the triumvirate of president and CEO Ted Phillips (in his current role since 1999), Pace and Nagy to lead the team in 2021.
Instead of implementing the kind of wide-scale organizational changes the fan base expected, they did the exact opposite.