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2020 NFL Draft: With their O-line budget maxed out, Bears need help in draft

Part 5 of a 10-part series previewing the NFL Draft and analyzing the Bears’ needs.

The worst thing the Bears could do to try to fix an offensive line that hasn’t played up to its price tag is throw more money at it. They must find the solution in the draft.

Bears general manager Ryan Pace thought he had that unit nailed down going into the 2019 season. His plan quickly unraveled.

Franchise mainstay Kyle Long lasted four games before heading toward retirement; left tackle Charles Leno talked about doing “some real deep searching” about what was wrong with his play by early October; the flipping of Cody Whitehair and James Daniels flopped; and right tackle Bobby Massie missed six games due to injury.