One of the biggest problems for general manager Ryan Poles in his first season with the Bears is that, in addition to sweeping out his predecessor’s mistakes, he didn’t inherit a wave of young players on the brink of bursting through to stardom.
Ryan Pace’s draft errors haunt the Bears, and none more so than trading up to pick offensive lineman Teven Jenkins in the second round last year. As the rest of the NFL hesitated, presumably because of his back problems or that he’d predominantly played right tackle, Pace envisioned him as the Bears’ left tackle for years to come.