What can Bears offer new GM and coach? Pros and cons in 4 areas, including what the team has in QB Justin Fields.
by Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune
Jan 19, 2022
4 minutes
CHICAGO — In the week since firing general manager Ryan Pace and coach Matt Nagy, Chicago Bears Chairman George McCaskey has been inching his way through an interview schedule of more than two dozen candidates to replace them.
As the five-person Bears search committee narrows its choices, it also will be selling what the franchise has to offer the next GM and coach. Six other teams are looking for a coach, and three others are trying to find a GM.
So what exactly is the appeal of the Bears jobs, and what is the downside to what the next GM and coach will inherit?
Here are four key categories to consider: the quarterback, the rest of the roster, the assets and the intangibles.
The quarterback
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