It’s not just general manager Ryan Pace and coach Matt Nagy feeling the heat to win now. The Bears have several players running out of time in their own way.
This time last year, star pass rusher Khalil Mack talked about the pressure of heading toward 30 and knowing he had yet to do any serious winning.
“We ain’t got no time to waste,” he said as he pondered a spectacular individual career in which his teams have gone exactly .500 and picked up zero playoff wins.
Mack, like many Bears, thought last season was one of those rare opportunities make a run at a championship.