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Ryan Pace’s imprint still on Ryan Poles’ Bears

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Ryan Pace (right, with Kyle Long and Mitch Trubisky in 2019) was the Bears’ general manager from 2015 through 2021.

It’s unlikely the Bears will show a video tribute to former general manager Ryan Pace upon his return to Soldier Field on Sunday as the Falcons’ director of player personnel.

Pace had one winning season in seven years with the Bears, and even the glorious 12-4 season in 2018 is now known as much for its short shelf life and Cody Parkey’s double-doink field-goal miss in the playoffs as it is for all the Matt Nagy/“Santa’s Sleigh” fun and Vic Fangio-fueled defensive-touchdown frolic that preceded that most inglorious ending.