Credit where it’s due: Pace nabbing Fields with 11th pick was a steal

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Justin Fields #1 of the Chicago Bears rushes for a touchdown during the first quarter of the game against the Green Bay Packers at Soldier Field on December 04, 2022 in ChicagoDrafting football players is as much art as it is science. Especially with quarterbacks, specifically in the first round. Those players are supposed to transform your franchise for the better. I’ve spent the last couple of weeks thinking about how the Bears got here with Justin Fields.

During the 2021 NFL Draft, many of us were thinking: How in the world will Ryan Pace mess this up? The Bears stumbling into the playoffs a few months earlier was more of a fluke than by design. The team was stuck…