George McCaskey delegates, waits as Bears strive to build winner, stadium

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PHOENIX — The Bears are taking on concurrent construction projects that require something difficult from chairman George McCaskey: patience.

The wait continues for the organization to build a winner and a stadium, and progress has been deliberate on both fronts. General manager Ryan Poles spent his first year cleaning up the messes, and McCaskey said “we haven’t really kicked the ball off yet” on the Arlington Heights project despite the Bears closing on the property last month.

On the football side, the Bears are fresh off a league-worst 3-14 finish, and Poles has urged restraint on expectations. He was careful in his offseason moves, preserving salary-cap space and draft assets for…