Ryan Pace Must Go

After another primetime national embarrassment it is clear changes are necessary for the Chicago Bears.  The change should start at the top with Ted Philips but since he has managed to hold a spot in the franchise for over 20 years, making a change at general manager is much more likely.

Pace has only one winning season in his six seasons with the franchise and has whiffed on the two biggest decisions a GM makes multiple times, picking a head coach and a quarterback. Pace's inaugural season was headlined by hiring John Fox and drafting Kevin White. After moving on from Fox he replaced him with Matt Nagy, an "offensive genius" who has not managed to raise the offense from the basement of the league.

The biggest problem I have with Pace is that he didn't do anything to improve this offense coming into the season. Anyone with two eyes could tell the Bears offense needed help.  

A quick look at stats in 2019 and where the Bears ranked:

17.5 points per game (29th) 296.8 yards per game (29th) 4.7 yards per play (31st) 5.3 net per attempt (32nd) 3.7 yards per rush (30th)
Pace looked at these numbers and decided to spend three of his top four draft picks on defensive players. Jaylon Johnson has been pretty solid as a rookie cornerback but the other two picks, Trevis Gipson and Kindle Vildor, have been ghosts. The two of them have combined for 14 defensive going into the Packers game tonight.

Shockingly when combined with the other offseason additions of Nick Foles, Ted Ginn Jr, Jimmy Graham and Germain Ifedi, the offense is a joke once again.

Pace is 0 for 2 on head coaches and 0 for 3 on quarterbacks. Those results do not warrant another opportunity to make either decision.  

The Texans, Jaguars and Lions have already moved from their GMs so if the Bears want the best candidate they need to move fast.  

I am open to any ideas as possible replacements, please leave a comment below with your top choices.