Almost from the beginning of his tenure as Bears general manager, Ryan Pace's rosters have been beset by injuries, one-time or recurring, to one player after another who had been targeted as critical building blocks of the reforming franchise: Kevin White, Pernell McPhee, Eddie Royal, Eddie Goldman, Hroniss Grasu, Alshon Jeffery, Leonard Floyd, Kyle Long, Danny Trevathan, others. Some were nagging injuries that affected contract decisions (Jeffery), some almost flukish injuries (White), some to veterans brought in to be part of a turnaround (McPhee, Royal, Trevathan).
With the draft now just three weeks distant, the injury specter among top draft prospects is impossible to ignore, and with it a question: How much, if any, injury risk are Pace and the organization willing to tolerate in this, another hugely pivotal draft?