The 2017 quarterback class was supposed to be full of duds. It was supposed to be the worst-possible year to draft a quarterback. Therefore, with Chicago’s luck being what Chicago’s luck always seems to be, it was the year that the Bears had the best draft position that they had seen in decades. What happened next will stand out as a franchise-defining move, and it is time to address the various efforts to defend Ryan Pace’s decision to draft Mitchell Trubisky.
I apologize in advance for the length of this piece, but many efforts have been made to exonerate Ryan Pace’s blunder, and they need to be dealt with.