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Brad Biggs: Bears QB plan bombs, but all that matters is if Mitch Trubisky is savior

Jerry Angelo, in explaining the accountability of the general manager's chair at Halas Hall, once shared the story of how he had to go before Bears ownership and explain the use of the fourth pick in the 2005 draft on Cedric Benson.

Benson, for a variety of reasons, didn't work out for the Bears and Angelo admitted the errors made in selecting a running back who carried the ball only 420 times. One imagines current general manager Ryan Pace might eventually be required to have a similar conversation with the McCaskeys regarding quarterback Mike Glennon, signed in March to a three-year, $45 million

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