General manager Ryan Poles will get time to rebuild the Bears — they gave Ryan Pace seven years even though he produced just one winning season, so there’s that — but the clock started ticking after the draft.
Poles can discard any of the pieces Pace left him, even a recent second-round pick like offensive tackle Teven Jenkins, but he needs to come up big on his first draft class.
He needs to be right about passing on some of the top wide receivers in the second round to take cornerback Kyler Gordon (No. 39) and safety Jaquan Brisker (No.