Let me frame the question. A Bleecher Report Article yesterday attempted to list the biggest risk for every NFL team, focusing on which roster players or position groups pose the highest potential for calamity. The best example of this in 2017 is probably the Jacksonville Jaguars’ lack of a reasonable alternative to Blake Bortles at quarterback. If I were to answer this question for the 2016 Bears with hindsight, I’d say it was the lack of quality secondary depth—a risk that did result in calamity for the 3 and 13 Bears.
The Bleecher report labeled the Bears’ quarterback room as their biggest risk, but I can’t buy that when the Bears signed the best quarterback available in free agency and then drafted the best—at least in their estimation—quarterback in the draft.