Some sins never go away, their effects felt long after their commission. Or, put another way, you just had to take a bite out of that apple, didn’t you, Ryan Pace?
Pace was minding his own business Friday, probably enjoying an RC Cola, the official low-rent soft drink of the Chicago Bears. If he glanced at Twitter, he saw that Texans quarterback DeShaun Watson was trending. Any time Watson or Patrick Mahomes is trending, it’s an uh-oh moment for Pace. This time, for good reason. Watson had tweeted: “the bears NEVER ONCE talked to me.’’
His declaration was in response to a tweet by radio talk-show host Doug Gottlieb, who had taken issue with tweets by longtime sportswriter John Feinstein suggesting that race might have played a role in the Bears’ 2017 selection of quarterback Mitch Trubisky, who is white, over Watson and Patrick Mahomes, who are men of color.